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COWBOYS & INDIANS & WITCHES & ZOMBIES: COMANCHERIA'S REAVIS WORTHAM

"....WHO IS MORE UNIVERSAL THAN HITCH?": BIRDS, STRANGERS, AND PSYCHOS' MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI

FAMILY MATTERS: WALTER MOSLEY'S GRAY DAWN

"...MAKE THAT LICK AND MAKE IT COUNT": AN INTERVIEW WITH ASH DARK AS NIGHT'S GARY PHILLIPS

Gary Phillip's second "One Shot Harry" Ingram novel, Ash Dark As Night, is another perfect example of the writer proving how you can be...

"...THERE ARE MANY MORE STORIES TO TELL" : AN INTERVIEW WITH LAWLESS' RUSSELL DAVIS

LAWLESS is a highly entertaining western anthology that deals with outlaws and and those who brush up against them. Editor Russell Davis...

RAIN CITY SINS: ROBERT DUGONI'S A KILLING ON THE HILL

The regional historical crime novel proves to be an intriguing and often enlightening sub-sub-genre. When the writer uses a crime from...

SHAMELESS PLUG: HIT MEN, GANGSTERS, &. STRIPPERS FOR FREE

SHAMELESS PLUG- HIT MEN, GANGSTERS, & STRIPPERS ALL FOR FREE If you ever wondered if I can write crime fiction, and not just about it,...

" A POWERFUL READ WITH A BEAUTIFUL COVER...": AN INTERVIEW WITH HARD CASE CRIME'S CHARLES ARDAI

A little over twenty years ago, Charles Ardai launched Hard Case crime with with Max Phillips. Along with publishing their own work, hard...

MURDER, BETRAYAL, AND SEX ROOMS: DARK YONDER ISSUE 5 edited by KAY MUNGER & ERYK PRUITT

After its first year, the quarterly Dark Yonder has developed a great source of direction for noir and crime fiction. Editors Kay Munger...

"...LIKE JUMPING OFF A CLIFF...": AN INTERVIEW WITH PERILOUS WATERS' TERRY SHAMES

Terry Shames took a change of direction with her latest book, Perilous Waters. The nautical thriller is very different from her mysteries...

A MURDER BALLAD MOST POIGNANT: BRIAN PANOWICH'S NOTHING BUT THE BONES

Brian Panowich is one of the best shared world authors out there. He as mined a lot out his McCall's County and it's Bull Mountain where...

A HARD BOILED SNAPSHOT: GARY PHILLIP'S ASH DARKER THAN NIGHT

Ash Dark As Night is Gary Phillips' second book featuring "One Shot" Harry Ingram. The photojournalist and sometime process server in...

CHARLES ARDAI'S DEATH COMES TOO LATE

For the twentieth anniversary of Hard Case Crime, the publisher's co-founder and editor, Charles ArdaI released a collection of his short...

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