Ted Ryker
@tedryker.bsky.social
Writer of hard-boiled, ruthlessly paced crime fiction. New stories every Tuesday on my Substack: https://substack.com/@tedryker
Photo by Florian Klauer on Unsplash.
Photo by Florian Klauer on Unsplash.
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GIVEAWAY!
Just launched a Patreon where I post stories of 300 words or less every week. First 50 people to reply get a FREE 1-Month Paid Membership, which includes a free collection of micro-fiction.
REPLY below - Links will be sent via direct message.
Just launched a Patreon where I post stories of 300 words or less every week. First 50 people to reply get a FREE 1-Month Paid Membership, which includes a free collection of micro-fiction.
REPLY below - Links will be sent via direct message.
A quote from my short story, No One Really Lives Here, about a haunted and cynical detective uncovering a chilling mystery. Read the full story for free on my Substack:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
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September 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A quote from my short story, No One Really Lives Here, about a haunted and cynical detective uncovering a chilling mystery. Read the full story for free on my Substack:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Noir #CrimeFiction #IndieAuthor
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Noir #CrimeFiction #IndieAuthor
If you're a fan of dark fictional cities such as Gotham but want something more grounded you might enjoy my crime stories set in a dark and unforgiving fictional UK City, all of which are free on my Substack. Link to my latest story in the replies.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Thriller
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Thriller
September 16, 2026 at 1:29 PM
If you're a fan of dark fictional cities such as Gotham but want something more grounded you might enjoy my crime stories set in a dark and unforgiving fictional UK City, all of which are free on my Substack. Link to my latest story in the replies.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Thriller
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Thriller
"The scanner crackles and for a while Les listens to the officers talking back and forth. It’s a robbery."
From my short story, Primeval Justice, about a merciless rooftop vigilante with a hunting rifle.
tedryker.substack.com/p/primeval-j...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #ShortStory
From my short story, Primeval Justice, about a merciless rooftop vigilante with a hunting rifle.
tedryker.substack.com/p/primeval-j...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #ShortStory
PRIMEVAL JUSTICE
The scanner crackles and for a while Les listens to the officers talking back and forth. It’s a robbery.
tedryker.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:54 AM
"The scanner crackles and for a while Les listens to the officers talking back and forth. It’s a robbery."
From my short story, Primeval Justice, about a merciless rooftop vigilante with a hunting rifle.
tedryker.substack.com/p/primeval-j...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #ShortStory
From my short story, Primeval Justice, about a merciless rooftop vigilante with a hunting rifle.
tedryker.substack.com/p/primeval-j...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #ShortStory
Pretty gruesome, this one. And dark. If you like short stories and crime fiction, my latest - Grave Mistake - is a quick read that you might enjoy.
Read here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/grave-mist...
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Read here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/grave-mist...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #ShortStories #IndieAuthor
Grave Mistake
It’d been a good month or two now and Bill hadn’t been caught like he knew he wouldn’t. Nobody really liked Drew. The fields were stinking from the pigs now and everyone had forgotten...
tedryker.substack.com
September 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Pretty gruesome, this one. And dark. If you like short stories and crime fiction, my latest - Grave Mistake - is a quick read that you might enjoy.
Read here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/grave-mist...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #ShortStories #IndieAuthor
Read here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/grave-mist...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #ShortStories #IndieAuthor
GIVEAWAY!
Just launched a Patreon where I post stories of 300 words or less every week. First 50 people to reply get a FREE 1-Month Paid Membership, which includes a free collection of micro-fiction.
REPLY below - Links will be sent via direct message.
Just launched a Patreon where I post stories of 300 words or less every week. First 50 people to reply get a FREE 1-Month Paid Membership, which includes a free collection of micro-fiction.
REPLY below - Links will be sent via direct message.
September 10, 2026 at 10:34 AM
GIVEAWAY!
Just launched a Patreon where I post stories of 300 words or less every week. First 50 people to reply get a FREE 1-Month Paid Membership, which includes a free collection of micro-fiction.
REPLY below - Links will be sent via direct message.
Just launched a Patreon where I post stories of 300 words or less every week. First 50 people to reply get a FREE 1-Month Paid Membership, which includes a free collection of micro-fiction.
REPLY below - Links will be sent via direct message.
Just launched a Patreon specifically for micro-fiction. Weekly stories of 300 words or less. For anyone that wants to support my work and get a little something out of it. Only a quid.
patreon.com/TedRyker?utm...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #MicroFiction #IndieAuthor
patreon.com/TedRyker?utm...
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Ted Ryker — Weekly Micro-Stories!
Get more from Ted Ryker on Patreon. Weekly Micro-Stories!. Support Ted Ryker and get exclusive access to their work.
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September 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Just launched a Patreon specifically for micro-fiction. Weekly stories of 300 words or less. For anyone that wants to support my work and get a little something out of it. Only a quid.
patreon.com/TedRyker?utm...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #MicroFiction #IndieAuthor
patreon.com/TedRyker?utm...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #MicroFiction #IndieAuthor
If you like reading about chain-smoking, cynical detectives, betrayal, and quick-and-dirty shootouts, I just released a short story that you might enjoy.
You can read it for FREE here, all it requires is an email:
storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/01...
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #IndieAuthor
You can read it for FREE here, all it requires is an email:
storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/01...
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #IndieAuthor
No One Really Lives Here
Detective Inspector Eastman has been looking for a missing girl for over a year and the case has gone cold. Until a seemingly mundane call about an active shooter brings him to an abandoned crack hous...
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September 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
If you like reading about chain-smoking, cynical detectives, betrayal, and quick-and-dirty shootouts, I just released a short story that you might enjoy.
You can read it for FREE here, all it requires is an email:
storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/01...
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #IndieAuthor
You can read it for FREE here, all it requires is an email:
storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/01...
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #IndieAuthor
"So now Eastman’s here. Didn’t leave. Should’ve, maybe. They could argue that. Over his grave, maybe. If he got one."
Link to full story: tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
Link to part one in the replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #ShortStory #Noir
Link to full story: tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
Link to part one in the replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #ShortStory #Noir
No One Really Lives Here - Part Two
So now Eastman’s here. Didn’t leave. Should’ve, maybe. They could argue that. Over his grave, maybe. If he got one.
tedryker.substack.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:19 AM
"So now Eastman’s here. Didn’t leave. Should’ve, maybe. They could argue that. Over his grave, maybe. If he got one."
Link to full story: tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
Link to part one in the replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #ShortStory #Noir
Link to full story: tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
Link to part one in the replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #ShortStory #Noir
"He gets up the stairs as fast as he can and turns the corner with his gun up. There’s a flicker of a body and he fires. The guy’s running. That means guilty. Guilty enough."
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#CrimeFic #NoirSky #IndieAuthor #BookSky
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#CrimeFic #NoirSky #IndieAuthor #BookSky
No One Really Lives Here - Part One
Eastman figures he’s okay with killing, but in the dark corners and hallways of a den full of the desperate, it takes a twitch to earn regret, to live with a ghost.
tedryker.substack.com
September 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"He gets up the stairs as fast as he can and turns the corner with his gun up. There’s a flicker of a body and he fires. The guy’s running. That means guilty. Guilty enough."
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#CrimeFic #NoirSky #IndieAuthor #BookSky
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#CrimeFic #NoirSky #IndieAuthor #BookSky
Really enjoying these short stories by Daniel Woodrell, as heart-breaking as they are.
#BookSky #AmReading #WritingCommunity #ShortStories
#BookSky #AmReading #WritingCommunity #ShortStories
September 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Really enjoying these short stories by Daniel Woodrell, as heart-breaking as they are.
#BookSky #AmReading #WritingCommunity #ShortStories
#BookSky #AmReading #WritingCommunity #ShortStories
"Eastman figures he’s okay with killing, but in the dark corners and hallways of a den full of the desperate, it takes a twitch to earn regret, to live with a ghost."
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
No One Really Lives Here - Part One
Eastman figures he’s okay with killing, but in the dark corners and hallways of a den full of the desperate, it takes a twitch to earn regret, to live with a ghost.
tedryker.substack.com
September 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"Eastman figures he’s okay with killing, but in the dark corners and hallways of a den full of the desperate, it takes a twitch to earn regret, to live with a ghost."
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
From my latest short story:
tedryker.substack.com/p/no-one-rea...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
"The decision is a razor and it cuts at her stomach, ripping with her as she turns, finally tearing the gun free from her jacket and pressing the trigger."
From my latest short story, read it here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
From my latest short story, read it here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
Gold From the Pan - Part Two
When she reaches for the gun it snags on her jacket and Teeth is up out of his chair and reaching for a hidden drawer.
tedryker.substack.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
"The decision is a razor and it cuts at her stomach, ripping with her as she turns, finally tearing the gun free from her jacket and pressing the trigger."
From my latest short story, read it here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
From my latest short story, read it here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Fiction #ShortStory
The action-packed ending to my short story about a psychologist hunting down her estranged sister's loan shark released today. Part one and two combined are less than 5000 words, perfect for a small reading session! Both parts can be found here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
Gold From the Pan - Part Two
When she reaches for the gun it snags on her jacket and Teeth is up out of his chair and reaching for a hidden drawer.
tedryker.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The action-packed ending to my short story about a psychologist hunting down her estranged sister's loan shark released today. Part one and two combined are less than 5000 words, perfect for a small reading session! Both parts can be found here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
Just a reminder that the second part of my latest story, Gold From the Pan, releases tomorrow! You can read the first part here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Fiction
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Fiction
Gold From the Pan - Part One
The leading man, the shark himself, is barrel-chested, heavy-set, and broad shouldered. Tiana is glad to have a gun with plenty of bullets.
tedryker.substack.com
August 31, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Just a reminder that the second part of my latest story, Gold From the Pan, releases tomorrow! You can read the first part here:
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Fiction
tedryker.substack.com/p/gold-from-...
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Fiction
This is the cover of my latest short story, Gold From the Pan. I'm having a lot of fun making these! Link to the story in the replies, if you're interested.
#booksky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction
#booksky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction
August 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This is the cover of my latest short story, Gold From the Pan. I'm having a lot of fun making these! Link to the story in the replies, if you're interested.
#booksky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction
#booksky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction
Can anyone recommend me some short story collections in the crime fiction genre? Preferably with a fast pace. Feel free to advertise your own work! I've already got @jameygallagher.bsky.social's Bodies In Bags on the reading list.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir
August 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Can anyone recommend me some short story collections in the crime fiction genre? Preferably with a fast pace. Feel free to advertise your own work! I've already got @jameygallagher.bsky.social's Bodies In Bags on the reading list.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir
The second part of my latest short story is out now! If you love stories about rogue detectives and corrupt cities, I encourage you to give it a go. If you missed the first part, don't worry, it's still available for free. Link in replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #Thriller #WritingCommunity
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #Thriller #WritingCommunity
August 25, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The second part of my latest short story is out now! If you love stories about rogue detectives and corrupt cities, I encourage you to give it a go. If you missed the first part, don't worry, it's still available for free. Link in replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #Thriller #WritingCommunity
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #Noir #Thriller #WritingCommunity
Tomorrow I'm releasing the second part of my short story, Road Block, about a rogue Detective seeking justice for a covered-up murder in a corrupt City. Link to the first part in the replies!
August 24, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Tomorrow I'm releasing the second part of my short story, Road Block, about a rogue Detective seeking justice for a covered-up murder in a corrupt City. Link to the first part in the replies!
Can anyone recommend me some short story collections in the genre of crime-fiction? Preferably those that are some combination of hard-boiled, noir, and US-pulp. I'd love to read some more short fiction.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Hardboiled
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Hardboiled
August 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Can anyone recommend me some short story collections in the genre of crime-fiction? Preferably those that are some combination of hard-boiled, noir, and US-pulp. I'd love to read some more short fiction.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Hardboiled
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #Noir #Hardboiled
I'm posting short crime fiction to my newsletter every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, designed to be read on your coffee break. The first two stories are already out for free! Link in replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #WritingCommunity #Noir #Hardboiled
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #WritingCommunity #Noir #Hardboiled
August 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I'm posting short crime fiction to my newsletter every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, designed to be read on your coffee break. The first two stories are already out for free! Link in replies.
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #WritingCommunity #Noir #Hardboiled
#BookSky #CrimeFiction #WritingCommunity #Noir #Hardboiled
I just released the first part of a two-part crime story introducing the aging Detective Inspector Eastman in a gritty fictional City and I would love some feedback. Link in the replies.
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
August 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I just released the first part of a two-part crime story introducing the aging Detective Inspector Eastman in a gritty fictional City and I would love some feedback. Link in the replies.
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
"The way down the stairs is harder this time and by the time he’s at the bottom he’s bled through the turtleneck. He thanks himself for wearing black."
(Link to full short story in replies)
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
(Link to full short story in replies)
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
August 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"The way down the stairs is harder this time and by the time he’s at the bottom he’s bled through the turtleneck. He thanks himself for wearing black."
(Link to full short story in replies)
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
(Link to full short story in replies)
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Yesterday I posted the first short story in my upcoming collection: a dying hitman, high and paranoid in a cheap hotel, relives his last, botched job. You can read it on Substack (link in replies).
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
August 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yesterday I posted the first short story in my upcoming collection: a dying hitman, high and paranoid in a cheap hotel, relives his last, botched job. You can read it on Substack (link in replies).
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#CrimeFiction #Thriller #Noir #WritingCommunity #BookSky