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A BARBARIAN KING IN MIDDLE AGE CRISIS: TIM LEBBON'S CONAN: SONGS OF THE SLAIN
In Conan: Songs of the Slain, Tim Lebbon looks at the Hyborian Age hero closing in on the twilight of his life. Now the king of...
"THE WEST IS A STRANGE AND WONDERFUL PLACE"; AN INTERVIEW WITH SILVERADO PRESS PRESENTS VOLUME 1'S JEFFREY J. MARIOTTE
Jeffrey J. Mariotte recently co-founded a new press focusing on westerns, Silverado. One of the first books is an anthology, Silverado...
POETRY AND CONTRADICTIONS OF THE OLD WEST : CHARLES NEIDER'S THE AUTHENTIC DEATH OF HENDRY JONES
For years I've been wanting to to read The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by Charles Neider. Published in 1956, Neider dove deep into...
"YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS TO WRITE...": NARROW THE ROAD'S JAMES WADE
James Wade's latest, Narrow The Road, follows William Carter and his buddy Ollie searching for his father in Depression era East Texas...
"YOU CAN DO CRAZY IF THE CENTER HOLDS...": HATCHET GIRLS' JOE LANSDALE
Joe Lansdale brought back his boys Hap & Leonard this summer. The two.find themselves up against a vigilante cult known as The Hatchet...
TOWN TRAUMA : ERIC LAROCCA'S BURNT SPARROW VOLUME 1: WE ARE ALWAYS TENDER WITH OUR DEAD
We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, the first book in what will be The Burnt Sparrow trilogy, became my first encounter with horror...
ALL IN THE FAMILY: LOU BERNEY'S CROOKS
Crime fiction is often used to explore family dynamics. David Goodis' anti-heroes were often haunted by their families, Ross Mcdonald's...
"I TRIED TO USE THE GAME AS A WAY TO HOLD A MIRROR TO THE CULTURE.": ALANA MEIKE INTERVIEWS MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42'S ELI CRANOR
Eli Cranor uses the murder mystery to delve into college football and the relationship with the south. When a young player dies from a...
"I THOUGHT SOMEONE SHOULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THEM AND THEN THOUGHT- WHY NOT ME?": BLESS YOUR HEART'S LEIGH DUNLAP
Leigh Dunlap took time off as a working screenwriter for her debut novel Bless You Heart. It puts a homicide Detective Shay Claypool and...
NEW TAKES ON THE OLD WEST: SILVERADO PRESS PRESENTS VOLUME 1 edited by JEFFREY J. MARIOTTE
Recently a new western imprint, Silverado, began. Silverado Press Presents Volume 1 an anthology appears to be a declaration of what to...
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