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HARD BOILED NO MATTER THE SITUATON: DANA CHAMBERS' SOME DAY I'LL KILL YOU & TOO LIKE THE LIGHTENING

THE RED AND THE DEAD: CON LEHANE'S THE RED SCARE MURDERS

"EVERY CATTLE DRIVE STORY IS ABOUT A JOURNEY": AN INTERVIEW WITH LONGHORNS EAST'S JOHNNY D. BOGGS

Johnny D. Boggs is no stranger to cattle drive novels. With books like A Thousand Texas Longhorns and The Lonesome Chisolm Trail, his pen...

DIAMONDS & DANGEROUS WOMEN, FATHERS & SONS: THE STOLEN COAST BY DWYER MURPHY

In his debut, An Honest Living, Dwyer Murphy, used the crime novel to deliver a quirky look at New York and the literary scene. It was as...

PAINTING IT BLACK: REMEMBERING LES EDGERTON

"The thing I love the most is writing. Second, talking about writing."- Les Edgerton When I heard Les Edgerton passed last week, it hit...

ANATOMY OF FEMALE HORROR: A DARKER SHADE OF NOIR EDITED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES

Body horror is one of the scariest subgenres of horror. Not only does it often have the gross imagery, it taps into the idea no scarier...

CRIMES OF THE PAST AND CHOICES FOR THE FUTURE: THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE BY CRAIG JOHNSON

It's no surprise that Craig Johnson often deals with time in his Walt Longmire series. Melding the mystery and western, where the hero...

"I WANT NEW ADVENTURES": AN INTERVIEW WITH A COW HUNTER'S LAMENT'S LARRY D. SWEAZY

Larry Sweazy is one of those authors linked to the journeyman writers from the genre world. He has written in many genres, not only...

WELCOME TO THE BOOMTOWN: AXLE BUST CREEK BY JOHN SHIRLEY

Axle Bust Creek kicks off a new series featuring tough as nails miner and sheriff Cleve Trewe, However the titular town serves as a major...

NOT YOUR NORMAL TRAIL DRIVE: LONGHORNS EAST BY JOHNNY BOGGS

For most of us western fans, there is something undeniable about a cattle drive. It's a call to adventure with a collective attempting a...

GOING DUTCH PART 1- ELMORE LEONARD'S FIRST SHORT STORIES

This will be the first is a series looking at the career of one of the finest genre authors, Elmore Leonard, through his novels, some of...

"BUT FRANKLY, I FELT I WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT.": AN INTERVIEW WITH THINGS GET UGLY'S JOE R LANSDALE

Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Stories Of Joe R. Lansdale is a collection that covers the author's over four decade career by looking at...

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