Sunday, April 28, 2013

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

Amazon.com: Clark Howard Collected Short Stories - 1960s eBook: Clark Howard: Kindle Store: Clark Howard has written 16 novels, and six books of non-fiction. 

However, Howard didn't start out as a novelist. He started out as a short story writer, and he remains a short story writer. He has won numerous awards for his stories, including the prestigious Edgar Alan Poe Award, five Ellery Queen Readers Award, the Derringer Award. His stories have also been nominated for the Anthony, Shamus and Spur Awards. This book - Clark Howard Collected Stories - 1960s is the first of several planned volumes collecting the bulk of Clark Howard's mystery short stories. 

This first volume features more than 140,000 words of Clark Howard short stories - stories originally published during the 1960s.

4 comments:

Todd Mason said...

Well, if that doesn't get me using one of those devices, relatively little will. Goodness. But I have to wonder...was there a lot of Clark Howard short fiction that wasn't crime fiction in that decade?

mybillcrider said...

Good question. I don't know. That's a lot of words, though. Bound to be a bargain.

Anonymous said...

Definitely one of the greats in the field. I just read one of his recemt EQMM stories a couple of days ago. And I very much enjoyed his appearance at Bouchercon a few years back.

This is definitely one I will be getting. And for those without ebook readers, you might look for his Crippen & Landru collection, CHALLENGE TO THE WIDOW-MAKER & Other Stories.


Jeff

Jeff Rutherford said...

Thanks everyone. I published this eBook. There will be more volumes - collecting Howard's stories decade-by-decade.

Also, if you have't read HARD CITY, Howard's autobiographic coming-of-age novel, I highly recommend it. It's out there and available for ereaders too.

Finally, I'll be publishing a print version of the short story collection. But, with print technology for print on demand, it will be pricing for a trade paperback. That will be coming along in the next couple of months.

Thanks again for reading Clark Howard.

Jeff Rutherford