Kyle Decker’s Blog

By Kyle Decker February 24th, 2024 There’s a particular soapbox I keep finding myself on. It’s not a particularly important…

Detective Novels: More to them than entertainment? By Peter Werbe The Fifth Estate a review ofThis Rancid Mill: An Alex…

By Chicago Reader Chicago Reader announced its BEST of 2023 Ballot and author Kyle Decker was nominated both for best…

Ham Jee-hye of Precious Neophyte performs during the vinyl release show for “Home in the Desert” at Chicago’s Sleeping Village,…

By Kyle Decker The Korea Times CHICAGO ― Busan band Say Sue Me brought their unique brand of shoegazy surf…

Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen. Chicago Public Librarian and author of Mr Crabby, You Have Died. https://firsttoknock.com/…/mr-crabb…. Jim Ruland is the…

Episode 311, featuring tracks from JFA, Uphill Avenue, Clayface, Peacefull, ZULU, Small Town Sindrome, Bite Back, Bad Chemicals, Hunting Lions,…

By Zachary Kocanda Heavy Feather The main character of Kyle Decker’s novel This Rancid Mill doesn’t fit the bill of a…

By Kyle Decker July 3rd, 2023 Drowning Mona is a largely forgotten comedy crime film from the year 2000. It…

By Jon Twitch bROKe During IT’S A FEST! 2019, I had a digital copy of an early draft of “This…