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Archive for October, 2011
Pre-order What it Was by George Pelecanos for .99¢
It looks like Amazon has the pre-order price for What it Was by George Pelecanos set at .99¢. It comes …Read the Rest
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott – review
Lizzie and Evie are inseparable friends. Living next door to one another in an unnamed town in the eighties, the …Read the Rest
Short Thoughts on Short Fiction: Charlie Coleman, Fiona Johnson, Anonymous-9
[ed note: I'm particularly pleased with todays post. A couple of years ago while writing for another site I started …Read the Rest
Quick Takes: By the Nails of the Warpriest, Shotgun Gravy, The Point, Smoke
By the Nails of the Warpriest by Nik Korpon Often times there is more nuance to topics then we would …Read the Rest
Hard Bite and Other Stories by Anonymous-9 – review
By Mar Preston I came upon Hard Bite by Anonymous-9 quite by chance, meeting and liking the author before knowing …Read the Rest
Breaking Rules by Jeff Shelby
I broke the rules. I mean, I knew I was doing it, but I felt like it was the right …Read the Rest
FICTION: ‘Till We Part by Jeffrey Wooten
He had tried not to come here. He had tried to keep driving, to not even look at the gas …Read the Rest
Blasted Heath
“Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting? Publish ebooks, I charge you.” — Macbeth Across …Read the Rest
Soundtrack Sunday: Champagne for Buzzards by Phyllis Smallman
The Sherri Travis mysteries take place in the bars along the mangrove coast of Florida. Most nights Sherri can be …Read the Rest
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock – review
Donald Ray Pollock’s Knockemstiff really floored me, a prime fucking example of the (far too) rare short story collection that’s …Read the Rest
FICTION: Giving From the Broken Down Bottom by Kris Triana
With the electric cut off, the only light in my bedroom came from my neighbor’s obnoxious holiday decorations that burned …Read the Rest
Breaking Bad – “Face Off” – review
You folks probably recall how last week how I was bitching about the shakiness of the motivations behind the characters …Read the Rest
FICTION: A Fugue for Jimmy Mango by B.R. Stateham
The two cops, beat officers dressed in their winter dark blues, sat saucers and cups of hot coffee on the …Read the Rest
A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones – review
I just finished reading A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones a few minutes ago, and I feel like I’ve …Read the Rest
Three Theories on the Murder of John Wily by J David Osborne from Warmed & Bound – review
reviewed by Nick Mamatas “Three Theories on the Murder of John Wily” by J David Osborne is the sort of …Read the Rest
Acts of Contrition by Craig Clevenger from Warmed & Bound – review
reviewed by Barry Graham Elmore Leonard has said that one of the things that makes his prose so compelling is …Read the Rest
Click-Clack by Caleb J. Ross from Warmed & Bound – review
Reviewed by Matthew C. Funk There is a music to life’s morbidity. The classic example of the ticking clock. The …Read the Rest
The Road Lester Took by Stephen Graham Jones from Warmed & Bound
reviewed by Court Merrigan “The Road Lester Took” starts with Lester stacking his cards, and this story unfolds in much …Read the Rest
Practice by Bob Pastorella from Warmed & Bound – review
Review by Sabrina E. Ogden For me, looking back at my friends now, the signs of there being a serious …Read the Rest
