The deadline is fast approaching for the inaugural Postcard Fiction Contest! Be sure to get your entries in the mail to me in order to be in the running for that $25 prize. Deadline is May 15, 2012. I’m interviewed over at Vic Watson’s blog about some of my current projects. Drop by, share, leave…
Category: crime
Burning Bridges on Walpurgisnacht
It’s a big bonfire night, Walpurgisnacht. Traditionally, bonfires burn and witches fly and the dark night clears the way for the bright May Day. How appropriate that it heralds the release of Burning Bridges: A Renegade Fiction Anthology. A remarkable anthology of 15 stories by a bunch of writers who let their imaginations flow around…
Six Sentence Sunday: It’s a Curse, Round 2
Six Sentence Sunday has rolled around again. Drop by and see all the offerings at the Six Sunday blog. Today I offer another taste of “It’s a Curse” because the eBook of Drunk on the Moon is already out and the print version arrives this week. And because I had such a hard time choosing…
Publication: Drunk on the Moon eBook
Start spreading the news, as Francis would say. Drunk on the Moon is now available as an ebook — print version will be available next week. Read it, review it, rate it! Releasing a book these days is like throwing a message in a bottle into the ocean. Let’s hope the tide catches ours. A…
Six Sentence Sunday: Bill is Dead
Yes, it’s that time again, Six Sentence Sunday. For this week I share another work you can read in full for nothing over at Pulp Metal Magazine, where you will find lots more for your noirish pleasures, including the omnipresent Mr B. PMM loves stories inspired by songs; oddly enough, I tend to write a…
Writer Wednesday: Reviews
PLAGUE TOWNDANA FREDSTI Ashley Parker makes a winning heroine: she’s a bit older than her fellow students and while she’s got the classic California co-ed looks, it’s her intelligence and integrity that you’ll remember. Fredsti’s writing is always full of good humour and arch observations, but it’s also chock full of action and really gruesome…
Publications: Bill is Dead & Chickens
Just a quick word on a couple of things. My sweary sweary story “Bill is Dead” appears in the latest issue of Pulp Metal Magazine. Yes, of course it’s another Fall reference. Also my story “Chickens” will appear in Matt Hilton’s ACTION anthology in May. I seem to have turned to crime. May it serve…
Six Sentence Sunday: It’s a Curse
Howling out of Dark Valentine Press later this month, “It’s a Curse” is one of the Roman Dalton stories in Drunk on the Moon, tales of the werewolf detective created by Paul D. Brazill. Mr B has lured me into the crime world much like a stranger with candy. I may be some time. This…
Six Sentence Sunday: Mandrake Anthrax
I’ve been getting all noir lately. I blame Mr B. Ireland’s so lovely, but I’ve been setting stories here that are undeniably grim. So I blame Ken Bruen, too. While I’m spreading the blame around, might as well point a finger (or two!) at Mark E. Smith, too. If he hadn’t written a lyric like,…
Writer Wednesday: Graham Smith
Graham Smith is married with a young son. A time served joiner he has built bridges, houses, dug drains and slated roofs to make ends meet. For the last eleven years he has been manager of a busy hotel and wedding venue near Gretna Green, Scotland. An avid fan of crime fiction since being given…