Killing Malmon by Dan and Kate Malmon
“Never before has killing someone benefited such a good cause.” So goes the tag line for Killing Malmon, a collection of short stories in which longtime Crimespree Magazine contributor, Kit...
View ArticleYou Have the Right to do Research and a Lack of Accuracy May be Held Against...
It’s a pleasure to welcome J.J. Hensley to the site. The author of three previous novels, his debut, Resolve, was named one of the Best Books of 2013 by Suspense...
View ArticleStopping Monsters with a Story by Rich Zahradnik
I’m pleased to welcome Rich Zahradnik to the site in conjunction with the release of Lights Out Summer, the fourth book in Zahradnik’s award-winning Coleridge Taylor mystery series. Lights Out...
View ArticleWhat Inspired Me to Write this Book by Rebecca Marks
It’s a pleasure to welcome Rebecca Marks to the site. Rebecca is here today in conjunction with Stone Cold Sober (Black Opal Books), the latest entry in her Dana Cohen...
View ArticleFrom Finance to Fiction by Martin Bodenham
I’m pleased to welcome Martin Bodenham to the site today. Martin’s latest novel, Shakedown, is out November 13th from Down & Out Books. Today, Martin reflects on how the big...
View ArticleThe Grind by Frank Bill
It’s an honor to welcome Frank Bill back to the site. Bill burst onto the scene with his powerful collection Crimes in Southern Indiana, which was named by GQ magazine...
View ArticleThe Battle for Reading High School by Jon Bennett
It’s a pleasure to welcome Jon Bennett to the site today. I had the honor of working with Jon on his novel Reading Blue Devils (Open Books). In the book,...
View ArticleJust Want to Dream Better by Trey R. Barker
It’s a pleasure to welcome Trey R. Barker to the site. Barker is the author of over two hundred short stories, some of which you can find in his collections...
View ArticleA World Of My Own by Terrence McCauley
Award-winning author Terrence McCauley returns to the site today. McCauley’s first two novels, Prohibition and Slow Burn, were set in 1930s New York City. He shifted gears with The Devil...
View ArticleA Mile or so, Less as the Crow Flies by Rusty Barnes
I’m pleased to welcome Rusty Barnes to the site. An established author who’s been published in over two hundred journals and anthologies, Barnes most recently found success with his novel...
View ArticleIt Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter
Today I’m taking part in the blog excerpt tour for Lynn Slaughter’s new YA mystery novel, It Should Have Been You, in which teen Clara Seibert struggles to deal with...
View ArticleWaiting for inspiration to write? Never going to happen by Khaled Talib
Khaled Talib is a Singapore-based former journalist whose articles were syndicated worldwide and whose short stories have appeared in literary journals and magazines. I’ve had the pleasure of working...
View ArticleThe Straggler by Scott Adlerberg
It is an honor to welcome Scott Adlerberg to the site today. Not one to anchor himself to any one genre, Adlerberg has previously written crime fiction (Spiders and Flies),...
View ArticleOn Stitching a Fictional World into the Real One by Nick Kolakowski
It’s a pleasure to welcome Nick Kolakowski back to the site. Nick’s work has appeared in publications including The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, North American Review, Thuglit, and Crime Syndicate...
View ArticleThird Time’s A Charm by Eric Beetner
It’s always a great day when Eric Beetner stops by the site. You can check out Eric’s previous guest posts, as well as my reviews of his work, in the...
View ArticleSometimes The Toughest Thing Is To Live In Your Own Skin by Charles Salzberg
Shamus Award nominated novelist Charles Salzberg is here today in conjunction with the publication of his latest novel, Second Story Man, out now from Down & Out Books. In the...
View ArticleA Series of Extraordinary Crimes By R.N. Morris
It’s a pleasure to welcome R.N. Morris back to the site today. I first started reading Morris during his Porfiry Petrovich series, in which Morris took the magistrate from Dostoevsky’s...
View ArticleAn Addiction Worth Cultivating by Ivan Obolensky
It’s a pleasure to welcome Ivan Obolensky to the site today. An accomplished author of both nonfiction articles as well as short fiction, Eye of the Moon is his debut...
View ArticleWriting About Race: Do I Have The Right? by Jon Bennett
It’s a pleasure to welcome Jon Bennett back to the site. I had the honor of working with Jon on his novel Reading Blue Devils, in which Bennett uses a...
View ArticleThe Search for Surprise by Jeffery Hess
I have the pleasure of knowing Jeff Hess as a friend, and the honor of working with him as an editor. Jeff is here today because the second book in...
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