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Amazon.com: Remaindered eBook: Lee Goldberg: Kindle Store: "'REMAINDERED is brilliant! Hilarious, suspenseful, with booksigning sequences that induce PTSD... bravo!' Barry Eisler, bestselling author of 'Hard Rain.'

'REMAINDERED is terrific,' Ken Levine, Emmy-award winning writer/producer of 'M*A*S*H' and 'Cheers.'

Product Description
A Top Suspense Short Story by Lee Goldberg

Kevin Dangler is a once-famous author desperate to regain his lost glory while traveling the back-roads of middle America, selling remaindered, fifth-editions of his first book out of the trunk of his car. When he meets a woman who loves his work, he believes she might be his salvation...or perhaps his nightmare.

This story was an Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award finalist and has previously appeared in the anthologies 'Three Ways to Die' and 'Top Suspense.'

BONUS FEATURE: The story contains a link to a free, streaming video of the acclaimed movie version of 'Remaindered,' written & directed by Lee Goldberg."

Macavity Award Nominations

Mystery Fanfare: Macavity Award Nominations

Full list at the link; congrats to all the nominees.

Book Giveaway

Adventures In Writing: Book Giveaway

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Amazon.com: Driving Hell's Highway eBook: Gary Lovisi: Kindle Store: "He had no past and no future, only the long open road ahead of him. What would he find there, other than danger and violence? Sometimes a shred of memory, dark and fearful, gave him a hint of what he'd once been. Now he was just a loner. Darkness shrouded his heart and mind. With a trunkful of guns and a tankful of gas, he was Driving Hell's Highway! Hard-boiled crime in the 1950s paperback tradition."

An Interview with Your Favorite Blogger

Aimee and David Thurlo have been kind enough to post an interview with me about The Wild Hog Murders. Check it out!

Duct Tape -- So Many Uses

Duct tape may help stop infection spread - UPI.com: "A simple roll of duct tape may offer an inexpensive way to help reduce the spread of infections in U.S. hospitals, researchers suggest.

The infection prevention team at the Trinity Medical Center in the Quad Cities on the Iowa/Illinois border say they created a 'Red Box' safe zone -- a 3-foot square of red duct tape extending from the threshold of the door of patients who have infections -- to facilitate communication with patients in isolation or with 'contact precautions.'"

Margaret Tyzack, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: "Margaret Tyzack, a stalwart British actress who won myriad awards for her stage performances, including a Tony, but who was best known in the United States for her roles in the public television series “The Forsyte Saga” and “I, Claudius,” died on Saturday in London. She was 79."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Elaine Stewart, R. I. P.

iWon News - `Brigadoon' star Elaine Stewart dies at 81: "Elaine Stewart, a leading lady in a series of films in the 1950s, including 'Brigadoon,' and star of the 1970s game shows 'Gambit' and 'High Rollers,' has died. She was 81."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

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Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Houston Chronicle: "A driver who hit a pedestrian along Interstate 45 in southeast Houston early this morning didn’t stop even though the victim smashed through his windshield and landed in the front passenger seat, officials said."

Talk About Timely!

Copters expected to cash in on law allowing hog shootings

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

7 accused of beating fellow Kansas jail inmate over suspected theft of honey bun

PaperBack

Bud Clifton (David Stacton), Muscle Boy, Ace, 1958

Where Have all the Fireflies Gone?

Houston Chronicle: "Charming bugs people miss
Many wonder why fireflies are now a rare sight"

Bigfoot Update

3 News: "The moviemaker who captivated the world with the Blair Witch Project is now on the hunt for Bigfoot.

Director Eduardo Sanchez has been hired by Haxan Films executives to create a new movie about the mythical forest monster."

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Amazon.com: Two-Way Split eBook: Allan Guthrie: Kindle Store: "Winner of the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year

Robin Greaves is an armed robber whose professionalism is put to the test when he discovers his wife has been sleeping with a fellow gang member. Robin plans the ultimate revenge, but things go from bad to worse when the gang bungles a post office robbery, leaving carnage in their wake. Suddenly they are stalked by the police, sleazy private eyes, and a cold-blooded killer who may be the only one not looking for a cut of the money.

A lean and muscular crime thriller with a seriously twisted dark side, TWO-WAY SPLIT is an explosive introduction to the raw talent of Allan Guthrie."

Today's Western Movie Poster

10 Most Masterful Movie Scores of All Time

10 Most Masterful Movie Scores of All Time

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Father smashed wine bottle over diner's head for complaining that his baby would not stop crying

For Only $25

They're almost there, folks. Thanks to all who've kicked in! If you haven't, there's still time for you to get your CD.

Cornell Hurd Band CD Opportunity by Judy Julian � Backers — Kickstarter: "This CD when released...plus an emailed mp3 of a single track from the CD...plus undying gratitude...ALL CDS WILL BE SIGNED."

The First One Is the Best

Unreality - Rare Bruce Lee Photos

Link via Neatorama.

Forgotten Films: Peter Pan

I realize that some people frown on "the Disney version" of any classic tale. Not me, though. I love 'em all, probably because I saw many of them in the theater when I was a kid. This one must have come out when I was 11.

I also have the book of the Disney version that my sister gave me for Christmas in 1952. It's right over there on the shelf. I must have read it six or seven times. Maybe more. It ain't Barrie, but to me at the time it was wonderful. The movie still is. The scene where Peter and the Darling children fly out of the house and over London thrilled me when I was a kid, and it still does. Captain Hook and Smee make me laugh just as hard now as they ever did. In fact, I think Hook is one of the great movie villains of the comic sort. And then there's the croc. Could this be where it all began? I don't know, but that croc is 100% wonderful. Tink's not bad, either.

This movie was such a big deal with me that I wrote a short story that was mightily influenced by it. It's one of my favorites, though it's one that very few people have read. It's "What a Croc!," and it's in a book called Urban Nightmares, edited by Jo Sherman and published by Baen in 1997.

Peter Pan

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THE PULP FACTORY: DAMBALLA: "From the heart of Africa to the streets of Harlem, a new hero is born sworn to support and protect Americans of all races and creeds; he is Damballa and he strikes from the shadows. When the reigning black heavy weight boxing champion of the world agrees to defend his crown against a German fighter representing Hitler’s Nazis regime, the ring becomes the stage for a greater political contest. The Nazis’ agenda is to humble the American champion and prove the superiority of their pure-blood Aryan heritage. To achieve this end, they employ an unscrupulous scientist capable of transforming their warrior into a superhuman killing machine.

Can the mysterious Damballa unravel their insidious plot before it is too late to save a brave and noble man? Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Book Publishers are proud to introduce pulpdom’s first ever 1930s African-American pulp hero as created by the acclaimed author, Charles Saunders."

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Amazon.com: Kill Me Again eBook: Paul Bishop: Books: "“Throughout the story, what seems obvious is contradicted in labyrinthine ways in this complicated, compelling thriller.” – Publishers Weekly

“Bishop not only writes with humor and wit, but with keen insights into flawed heroes and deadly killers.” – Faye Kellerman"

I'm Booking My Flight to Florida

You Can Fly Like James Bond In "Thunderball" For The Low, Low Price Of $249: "Dave Tuxbury works at a place in the Florida Keys where you can strap on a jetpack like the one Sean Connery used in 'Thunderball' and, with the help of 30-foot hoses that use seawater as a propellant, fly like a mechanized falcon. They say it's the only place in the country where one can do this."

Hat tip to Art Scott.

Video at the link.

World's Worst Phone Company?

My vote goes to Century Link. It's a long story.

Note to Self: Don't Use Anal Thermometer

Taking the temperature of dinosaurs

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Amazon.com: The Hunted eBook: James Reasoner: Kindle Store: "After the war, a lone Confederate soldier and onetime gunslinger emerges from a Yankee prison camp and faces a harsh frontier winter, outlaws, state police, and Indians in a quest to find his six children."

Buy My Book!

Amazon.com: Keepers of the Beast eBook: Jack MacLane, Neil Jackson: Kindle Store: "Something strange is stirring in Bayou City. Screams in the night. Mutilated animals. The murder of a college student. Barry Shannon wants to know why, and he he wants to know what's happening in the strange house on the edge of town, the one everyone avoids. He should have let well enough alone because it was better never to have found . . . the Keepers of the Beast."

Today's Vintage Ad

Me, Me, Me

You might have noticed that I've been plugging my own books lately. I should have been doing more of that all along, but somehow my intention of becoming the bestselling writer on the planet keeps getting sidetracked.

Anyway, today I'm starting the big publicity blitz for The Wild Hog Murders, the latest Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, which is hitting the streets on July 5.

You can pre-order it here if you like Amazon, or if you want to support an independent bookseller, Murder by the Book in Houston will have signed copies available on July 6. Even better, you could drop by the store at 6:30 P. M. on July 5 and get your copy signed in person. Such a deal!

Alice Playten, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: "Alice Playten, a versatile character actress and musical comedy voice whose piping wail earned her comparisons to a baby Ethel Merman, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 63 and lived in Manhattan.

The cause was heart failure following a lifelong battle with juvenile diabetes, complicated by pancreatic cancer, said her husband, Joshua White.

Ms. Playten was a two-time Obie winner, for the satirical revue “National Lampoon’s Lemmings” and “First Lady Suite,” the Michael John LaChiusa chamber musical, in which she played Mamie Eisenhower. She was called “a comic genius” by Marilyn Stasio in her New York Post review of the Mark O’Donnell comedy “That’s It, Folks!”"

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

PaperBack

Joseph Hilton, Beyond Mombasa, Avon, 1957

Interview and Book Giveaway

Tense Moments: The Monday Interview (and a book giveaway contest) -- David Cranmer

No Comment Department

Ex-ER doctor Clifford Scheiner's porn, erotica collection includes 350,000 books, films and photos

Hat tip to Art Scott.

That's Greeks -- with an "R"

Homer to Plato: Boris Johnson on the ten greatest ancient Greeks

Today's Western Movie Poster

The 20 Most Amazing Tree Houses in the World

The 20 Most Amazing Tree Houses in the World

A Nice Surprise

The Tennessean: "Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Dickey Lee started getting unexplained royalty checks in the mail recently for 'Memphis Beat,' a Jerry Lee Lewis cut he co-wrote 50 years ago.

Then he got a call from BMI last month asking him to fly to Los Angeles and receive an award for the song. Come to find out, “Memphis Beat” was rerecorded by fellow Nashville resident Keb’ Mo’ and was being used as the theme song on TNT’s show of the same name.

Lee never knew."

Headline of the Day

Woman Arrested After Allegedly Spraying Deputies With Breast Milk

Who Knew?

Hacked IRL: Breakfast Food Revelations

Stage Door

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Amazon.com: Tough As Leather - The Noah Milano Collection eBook: Jochem Van der Steen: Kindle Store: "This Noah Milano short story collection features introductions by fan favorite authors like Les Roberts, Jeremiah Healey, Ace Atkins, Sean Chercover and Mark Coggins. Read how the son of a mobster tries to make an honest living as a security specialist but time and time finds out it's not easy to keep your hands clean when you're dealing with the most evil bastards of L.A."

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Amazon.com: Mending Fences eBook: Livia Reasoner: Kindle Store: "Mending Fences takes readers to the frontier town of Zephyr, Texas, where a young romance writer falls for a character she might have invented - a handsome cowboy who stirs her deepest longings."

Buy My Book!

Amazon.com: Just Before Dark eBook: Jack MacLane: Kindle Store: "It’s just an old junkyard, a place where Lane Hamner loved to play among the rusty old car bodies. But you never know what you might find in a junkyard, especially when your uncle isn’t the kindly old gentleman you think he is. He’s actually the kind of man who would put someone into a car that’s about to be run through the crusher, just to get rid of him.

Frank Castella isn’t so easy to get rid of, however. When his spirit takes over the junkyard, bent on revenge, a lot of people are going to die, and Frank isn’t going to make it easy on them."

Billy the Kid Photo Update

CNN.com: "A 130-year-old photo, billed as the only authenticated picture of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid, sold for $2.3 million at a Denver auction Saturday night."

Feeling Safer Now?

Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search | mother, search, adult - Northwest Florida Daily News: "Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.

Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search."

Link via Boing Boing.

Today's Vintage Ad

Uh-Oh

Stupidity Is Contagious; Your Brain as Band Scout | Week in Ideas - WSJ.com: "Stupidity Is Contagious"

PaperBack

William Irish (Cornell Woolrich), Strangler's Serenade, Popular Library, 1952

Gator Update (Texas Edition)

Officials investigate if gator was shot legally - Local - SunHerald.com: "When it gets hot, Texans start seeing flying saucers, goat-men and the mythical flying monster, El Chupacabras.

This year’s weird animal story has arrived right on schedule: The Giant Cow-Eating Alligator."

If You Wrote This as a Novel, No One Would Believe It

Rape suspect has twisted history - Times Union

Gator Update (Ochocinco Edition)

Ochocinco To Try (Not Lose) His Hand Alligator Wrestling - Sports News Story - WBAL Baltimore: "Ochocinco announced the latest endeavor in his sideshow offseason while practicing with the University of Cincinnati on Friday: alligator wrestling.
'Don't laugh, like I am serious and you'll see it,' Ochocinco said. 'And I am living life.'"

Locus Awards Winners

Science Fiction Awards Watch � Blog Archive � Locus Awards Winners: "Locus Awards Winners"

All winners at the link, which is via SF Signal.

Today's Western Movie Poster

Another Dangerous Criminal Is Off the Streets

Infamous 'Moustache' graffiti bandit is unmasked - and he's clean-shaven!: "The infamous 'Moustache' graffiti bandit has been unmasked - and he's clean-shaven.

Cops busted Joseph Patrick Waldo, 26, this week for writing the word 'moustache' in cursive on the upper lip of people pictured in subway advertisements across the city, police said."

Hat tip to Art Scott.

You'd Cross It, Of Course

Atlas Obscura: "Known as keshwa chaca, this is the only remaining example of the Incan handwoven bridges once common in the Incan road system. Made of woven grass, the bridge spans 118 feet and hangs 220 feet above the canyon's rushing river."

You Were a Member, Right?

It’s a Steal! How Columbia House Made Money Giving Away Music

7 Deadliest Arrow Poisons on Earth

7 Deadliest Arrow Poisons on Earth

Roberta

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Amazon.com: Grace Interrupted (A Manor House Mystery) (9780425241905): Julie Hyzy: Books: "On the grounds of Marshfield Manor, Civil War re-enactors have set up camp. And what a dedicated troupe! One of them has really been killed..."

TMI

Brady Bunch mom got crabs in affair with NY mayor | The Raw Story: "Florence Henderson, the actress who played perky mom Carol Brady in the beloved family sitcom, says she once got crabs after a one-night-stand with career politician John Lindsay, who was the mayor of New York City at the time."

Marty Greenberg, R. I. P.

I just learned of the passing of Marty Greenberg. it's a terrible and saddening loss for all of us who've been lucky enough to have been associated with him in one way or another over the years. His anthologies provided me with my first short story publications and many subsequent ones . My sympathies go out to his family and to everyone at Tekno Books. Marty was one of a kind, a true gentleman, and he'll be greatly missed.

Buy My Book!

Amazon.com: Rest in Peace eBook: Jack MacLane: Kindle Store: "An Evil Secret

Danny West knew that something was wrong from the first day his folks moved into the rundown house next to the creepy graveyard. The neighborhood kids would never come over to play. At night, he saw weird shadows prowling around the crumbling tombstones, and heard strange gurgling sounds. But his parents wouldn’t listen to him. They said he had a good imagination…

Then bad things started to happen. Terrible, gruesome things that even scared his dad. There was something in the graveyard. Something in the graveyard. Something that no kid could ever have imagined. Something that should have been left alone to Rest In Peace."

Today's Vintage Ad

Spoilers Galore

7 sci-fi book-to-film adaptations that TOTALLY changed the ending

The Orange Ones Are the Worst

Crime spree. | Criggo

10 Unusual Sites to Visit for Quick Book Reviews

10 Unusual Sites to Visit for Quick Book Reviews

PaperBack

Max Ehrlich, The Big Eye, Popular Library, 1950

Science Marches On

Your spit can reveal how old you are

Oh, My

Awkward family pet photos

Today's Western Movie Poster

Uh-Oh

News from The Associated Press: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers - and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast."

A Classy Touch for Any Home

Dead Stop - Zombie Doorstop (Crawling)

Farrah Fawcett Update

Mystery: Is A Bad-Boy Celebrity Hiding $30 Million Artwork From UT?

Swing Time

Before The Paparazzi: 50 Years of Extraordinary Photographs (9781935444398): Steven P. Unger, M. Stefan Strozier, Arty Pomerantz

This is an amazing book for anybody interested in news photography in the 20th century. I've reproduced part of the Amazon description, but that doesn't do the book justice. Click the link and read the whole thing. The book's a huge bargain, too.

Amazon.com: Before The Paparazzi: 50 Years of Extraordinary Photographs (9781935444398): Steven P. Unger, M. Stefan Strozier, Arty Pomerantz: Books: "Before the Paparazzi contains about 28,000 words of text and over 300 pictures-most of them with an accompanying 'story behind the pictures.' Almost all of the pictures appeared in the New York Post and other New York City newspapers during the years-primarily the 60s through the 90s-that Arty Pomerantz was a staff photographer and assignment editor, and many of them were on the newspapers' front pages. Arty pioneered the use of 35mm cameras in photojournalism-with their motorized shutter and interchangeable lenses, they revolutionized the industry-and was honored by his peers, who voted him President of the New York Press Photographers Association. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and lost track years ago of the number of national and regional photography awards he's won. His pictures have appeared in virtually every major newspaper and magazine in the country. "

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Greenspoint Mall says no to sagging pants | abc13.com: "It's a popular style of wearing pants called 'sagging' where the bottoms are worn way below the waist.
Wearer Derrick Johnson said, 'Man, it's just a fashion statement. It's just something we do.'

But sagging is something no longer allowed at Greenspoint Mall now that it's changed its code of conduct. Self-described 'saggers' like Gregory Power say they don't like the policy one bit."

Gene Colan, R. I. P.

Gene Colan, comic book legend and Bronx-born artist, dies at at 84: "Gene Colan, a Bronx-born artist and legend in the comic book industry, died Thursday. He was 84.

The New York native passed away at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx from complications related to liver disease and cancer, his longtime friend Clifford Meth said.

Colan's career spanned seven decades and his distinctive style earned him a strong following from comic book lovers.

He chronicled the adventures of Batman, Dracula and Daredevil with his work and was held in high regard among critics."

Hat tip to Art Scott.

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Amazon.com: Penalty Shot eBook: Paul Bishop: Kindle Store: "Top-flight English goalkeeper Ian Chapel's last soccer game ended in a kick to the face from a German opponent leaving him with just one eye and believing he could never play the game again.

Working as an editor for one of his brainy brother's sports magazines, Chapel has recovered his fitness, but hasn't touched a soccer ball since his accident. So, he finds it ludicrous when his old army colonel pitches a proposal with him playing goalie for the Los Angeles Ravens, an American indoor soccer team owned by the colonel and his partner Nina Brisbane, who has the body of a goddess and hides her shotgun-blasted face forever behind a veil."

Buy My Book!

Amazon.com: Blood Dreams eBook: Jack MacLane: Kindle Store: "Hubert is a killer. He loves the sport of it - the thrill of the hunt - and Hubert can feel and share in the pain of his victims as they breathe their final breath.

Larry is a young boy who dreams about death before it happens. He can't remember his dreams by day, but by night he is haunted by the faces and words of the dying. When the two end up in the same town, and become aware of one another, a classic battle of good and evil ensues. Blood Dreams is an old school supernatural thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat."

Peter Falk, R. I. P.

ABC News: "Actor Peter Falk, who was best known for his role in the TV series 'Columbo,' has died, according to a statement released by his family. He was 83."

Uh-Oh

The Mechanic Muse - What Is Distant Reading? - NYTimes.com: "To understand literature, Moretti argues, we must stop reading books."

Great Band, Great Opportunity to get a CD

Cornell Hurd Band CD Opportunity by Judy Julian — Kickstarter: For $25 you get the CD when released...plus an emailed mp3 of a single track from the CD...plus undying gratitude...ALL CDS WILL BE SIGNED.

My son works for the band, so you know it'll be a great CD.

Inside Top Suspense

Max Allan Collins has added his commentary to this on-going discussion at the Top Suspense Group Blog. Check it out.

Rare Billy the Kid Update

Rare Billy the Kid photo to go on auction block - Telegraph: "The two-by-three-inch photograph is the only known adult portrait of the Wild West gunslinger who variously went by the names William Bonney, Henry Antrim, Henry McCarty or just 'the Kid'.

One of the most famous photographs in the world, it first appeared in Sheriff Pat Garrett's book on how he tracked down and killed the Kid in 1881.

'This is it – the only one,' said Brian Lebel, auctioneer for the 22nd annual Old West Show and Auction to be held in Denver, Colorado.

'We'll have over 500 in the audience. We have eight telephone lines and we have three different internet hookups, so people can bid live online with real-time bidding (and) with a camera, so you can see the auctioneer.'"

Where I'll Be This Weekend

Judy and I are getting ready to head off to ApolloCon. I'll be on several panels, and if things go as planned, I'll be able to break away for a quick tour of a few bookstores. Maybe I'll even find something in the dealers' room.

Today's Vintage Ad

Stark House Update from Greg Shepard

Hello, Everyone—

Advance copies of the Day Keene books are going out now. Not only do they contain three of Keene's most entertaining thrillers, Dead Dolls Don‘t Talk, Hunt the Killer, and Too Hot to Hold, but they contain another all-new introduction by the one and only David Laurence Wilson. David's introductions have been an immensely popular and beneficial feature of many Stark House books, and in this one he talks a lot about the "Big Three" in Florida: friends Harry Whittington, Gil Brewer, and of course, Day Keene. In fact, we're preparing an interview with David for a future newsletter and we're very excited.

From his newest piece, "Day Keene: The Pro's Pro" David gives us:

Day Keene was one of the big three, The Triumvirate. In the nineteen fifties, along the Florida Gulf Coast, it was Keene, Harry Whittington, and Gil Brewer who formed the Great Trio of postwar American crime fiction.

[...]

They were almost a conspiracy. They wrote about sex and crime, corruption and violence. It was a high level of problem solving including the greatest problem of all: how to stay alive. Sometimes their books were awkward or unattractive but they all kept going, one plot after another, millions of words. Three big producers with over 300 novels between them, nearly all of them paperback originals.

Crime Club members will get their books shipped automatically, and everyone else can look for the book to be released in July.

And here's a quck peek at what we've got scheduled for the near future. We'll have more to say about these wonderful books and writers as we go, but for now, check these out:

SEPT 11: The Cheaters/Dial “M” for Man– Orrie Hitt

JAN 12: Rapture Alley/A Taste of Desire/Strictly for the Boys—Harry Whittington

APRIL 12: Come Easy Go Easy/In a Vain Shadow—James Hadley Chase

JULY 12: Rough Riders—Charlie Stella

OCT 12: The Sun Worshippers/Yellowleg—A. S. Fleischman

JAN 13: The Unfinished Clue/Girl Who Had to Die—Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Yes, that's a NEW Charlie Stella, his first since our release of his tour de force novel Johnny Porno.

That's all for now. We'll be back at you sooner rather than later with some more entertaining and exciting features. If you're not a member of our Crime Book Club, sign up now to get each book shipped to you automatically and take advantage of the special discount for new members to fill out your collection of back list titles.

If you wish to subscribe or even unsubscribe to this newsletter, drop us an e-mail and we’ll take care of you. Until next time....

Cheers,

Rick Ollerman
Associate Editor,
Stark House Press

PaperBack

Jack Boone, Backwoods Woman (aka Dossie Bell is Dead), Dell, 1952

As Usual, I'm Sure There Will Be No Dissent

The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films

Or Maybe You Did

17 Facts You Might Not Know about Bonanza

Today's Western Movie Poster

This is Just . . . Wrong

China's latest craze: dyeing pets to look like other wild animals

See the photos at the link, which comes via Neatorama.

Another List I'm Not On

15 Most Controversial Academics of All Time

Snapping the Sixties: A Decade of Rare Photography

AbeBooks: Snapping the Sixties: A Decade of Rare Photography: "Some of the most famous photographs ever taken were captured during the Sixties. This decade of huge cultural and political change saw photographers driving forward the cult of celebrity and yet also demanding answers over major problems like the Vietnam War and South Africa’s Apartheid."

Forgotten Books Redemolished -- Alfred Bester

I'm reprinting this because I got the date wrong on my post, and it appeared yesterday. It's worth repeating, though.

I saw this one on eBay and couldn't resist. Why? Because when I was a kid I read The Demolished Man and The Stars my Destination and the top of my head flew off. They're still two of my favorite SF novels, and some of Bester's short stories affected me the same way ("Fondly Fahrenheit," another all-time personal favorite, to name just one). So this collection just seemed to have my name on it. In addition to stories, this book contains Bester's interviews Heinlein, Asimov, Rex Stout, and Woody Allen; essays; the deleted prologue from The Demolished Man, and lots of other good stuff. A complete ToC can be found here. If you're a Bester fan like me, you'll want this book.

Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill!

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Amazon.com: Speedloader eBook: Jonathan Woods, Richard Thomas, Nik Korpon, W.D. County, Matthew Funk, Nigel Bird, Sandra Ruttan, Brian Lindenmuth: Books: "Speedloader is the debut title of Snubnose Press.

From the trenches of WWI to the abandoned rowhomes of Baltimore; From a rural charnel house to the Texas-Mexican border these six stories explore the dark heart of crime fiction today.

Speedloader features stories of…

…revenge that will challenge you to a game of uncle that you may not win and will haunt those who are able to finish it.
…clashing motives on the Texas Mexico border
…a slide into an alcoholic haze
…a struggle with the weight of a personal choice when confronted with the sins of the past
…getting caught up in actions far beyond one’s control
…small crimes covered up and lost amidst larger forces

Speedloader is six stories slammed home and ready to kill

With all new, original stories from Richard Thomas, Nik Korpon, Nigel Bird, newcomer WD County and Spinetingler Award winners Matthew C Funk and Jonathan Woods."