At All Due Respect this month, Matthew creates a spinning, confusing and yet crystal clear voyage inside the mind of …Read the Rest
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Short Thoughts on Short Fiction: Court Merrigan, Chris Rhatigan, Matthew C. Funk
Lek, by Court Merrigan Over at Specter, Court Merrigan has a refreshing and unique tale of lives that drift and …Read the Rest
Short Thoughts on Short Fiction: Kick It, Manchester 6, Voices in the Field
With the ease of self-publishing, there are an increasing number of single author collections that make their way onto Amazon. …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
Crime Song Wednesday: Femme Fatale by Aloe Blacc
Thanks to Aaron Phillip Clark for this week’s Crime Song Wednesday Aloe Blacc’s “Femme Fatale” has less of a narrative …Read the Rest
Quote for the Day
I’ve made a similar point myself over the years. I have been reading mostly web-based stories this week and getting …Read the Rest
Crime Song Wednesday: Good Man by Raphael Saadiq
Thanks to Anthony Neil Smith for this one. The lyrics of Good Man by Raphael Saadiq are vague but the …Read the Rest
Five on Friday: Five Great Movie Beatdowns
Five on Friday is a fun bi-weekly look at random but specific topics that ignore the obvious. For example if …Read the Rest
The Soft Touch by John D. MacDonald – review
Jerry Jamison lives a quaint life. A steady job in construction under his father-in-law’s business. A gorgeous wife. A nice …Read the Rest
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain – review
This book has been written about for close to 80 years so there probably isn’t anything I can contribute to …Read the Rest
Death Wish by Brian Garfield – review
There is something so refreshingly simple about a man (or woman in the case of Sympathy for Lady Vengeance or …Read the Rest
Collecting the Short Crime Fiction Scene
While I pine away for an annual best of anthology for short stories published online there is a way that …Read the Rest
In Search of Crime Fiction’s Shadow Cabinet
Too many writers and readers prefer their literature spoon-fed to them, in portions similar to the last, with the same …Read the Rest
Community Bulletin Board
It’s been awhile since I cleaned out the traps so its a big one this time. Here are a bunch …Read the Rest
Community Bulletin Board
Spinetingler pulls together some links of what’s happening elsewhere around the community. Check them out after the jump. Brian LindenmuthBrian …Read the Rest
August 2010 Pull List
After the jump check out the August 2010 releases that I am looking forward to reading the most.
Friday’s Forgotten Books: WAIT UNTIL TWILIGHT by Sang Pak
Yesterday, the mailman dropped off 5 packages filled with books. He told me we must have some bookshelf with all …Read the Rest
Crime Song Wednesday: The Carroll County Accident
I’ve always been more familiar with the version done by Tom T Hall, but Porter works for me too, as …Read the Rest
Crime Song Wednesday – Black River Killer by Blitzen Trapper
There are at least two readings in this brilliantly written Cormac McCarthy inspired song. The first is simply that we …Read the Rest
Karen E. Olson Goes Amateur
I never thought I’d write an amateur sleuth mystery. I didn’t read amateur sleuth mysteries, and I wasn’t particularly interested …Read the Rest
