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…
Category: Paul D. Brazill
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…
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,…
Howling Back into View
You can’t keep a good series down! Back on the prowl with another wild howl, it’s Drunk on the Moon — bigger, badder and better! Coming soon from Dark Valentine Press, home of the original Roman Dalton story by Mr B, the dark vision that kicked off the series. In addition to yours truly, the…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Pop Hive & Galway Races
Happy Valentine’s Day to my sweetie xxx Glad I could spend at least part of the day with you 🙂 Good news from Mr B, who shared the link from Dark Valentine Press who now lists the Drunk on the Moon collection as forthcoming this spring (so just around the corner). Also my Fall-inspired noir…
Love and Theft
“I’m not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound…” “Floater” by Bob Dylan I’ll have some lovely photos from the trip to Connemara up soon, but there’s something else I need to deal with first. This week has been a head shaking one in several ways that’s ended up leaving me with a couple…
Six Sentence Sunday: It’s a Curse
A simple concept: writers offer six sentences to pique your interest. Here’s mine: “And you’re a beast among men, Roman Dalton.” Marinova spoke softly but the words hit like a blow anyway. I hunched my shoulders and walked on, the zubrowka churning my guts yet. When I reached the lifts I punched the button with…
Haunted, Spies & a little Melancholia
Angela Carter: she’s been a kind of spiritual mother to me since I first read The Bloody Chamber and knew I’d found a kindred soul. This week I finally started writing the novel that’s been brewing in my head for some time now inspired by Carter and to some extent also by Kingsley Amis. Hard…