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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

"AN ART THAT TAKES TWO PEOPLE TO MAKE IT WORK": AN INTERVIEW WITH DEL HOWISON

Del Howison, an author known for short horror fiction, wrote his first novel, a western titled The Survival Of Margaret Thomas in 2018....

LONE STAR LETHAL: TAYLOR MOORE'S RICOCHET

Taylor Moore has built a solid action series with his CIA operative and Texas cowboy Garrett Kohle. The capable secret soldier whose...

"...JUST ROLLING WITH A ROLLICKING STORY": AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOTHMAN MENACE'S CRAIG MCDONALD

Craig McDonald shares his love for Doc Savage, The Shadow, and other pulp heroes with his Zana O'Savin series that focuses on the cousin...

GO WEST YOUNG WOMAN: DEL HOWISON'S THE SURVIVAL OF MARGARET THOMAS

If Joe Lansdale wrote True Grit, you might get something like The Survival Of Margaret Thomas, It's a first person point of view western...

SMALL TOWN DEATH:TERRY SHAMES' GUILT STRIKES GRANGER'S STORE

The Samuel Craddock series is a smart take on the small town mystery series. Terry Shames' books featuring the widower chief of police...

LAWRENCE BLOCK'S THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MATTHEW SCUDDER

Matt Scudder stands as one of the most influential private eyes in the genre. Lawrence Block dropped his haunted, lapsed Catholic,...

"...A STORY OF REVENGE, COWBOY STYLE":AN INTERVIEW WITH WYATT & THE DUKE'S PATRICK CIRILLO

Patrick Cirillo's Wyatt & The Duke is fun buddy tale set in 1927 Hollywood with an old Wyatt Earp teaching a young Marion Morrison,...

NOIR LIKE IT'S 1999: SWEET THING BY DAVID SWINSON

As George Pelecanos and Dennis Lehane dedicate more of their time to television, the heir apparent for crime stories of both grit and...

"...WE ARE SHAPED BY THE PLACES WE'RE FROM": AN INTERVIEW WITH CALL THE DARK'S J. TODD SCOTT

J. Todd Scott is best known for gritty rural crime novels like his Big Bend County series. Lately he has injected thriller and horror...

"THIS ONE IS FULL OF LUNATICS"- DRIVE IN: THE MULTIPLEX'S CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN AND BRIAN KEENE

Joe Lansdale's The Drive In series has an effect on many writers who crossed its path. Christopher Golden and Brian Keene gathered many...

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