Tom Pitts has a good story, DEALER SETS PRICE, on display over at the Flash Fiction Offensive. It 's a quick read and some mighty fine dialogue on display. I felt like I was right there with the two MC's the whole story.
You can read DEALER SETS PRICE Here and you can check out Tom's blog Here
Court Merrigan is doing the "Dancing With Myself" gig, as well as sharing some exciting news regarding a story collection of his that is getting published. Court seems like a good shit...So, bop on over to Nigel Bird's blog to find out what makes Court tick Here
Showing posts with label 2010 Crime Story lists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 Crime Story lists. Show all posts
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Liam Sweeney's @ TK-n-C
Thrillers, Killers -n- Chillers is on of my favorite sites. Editors COL BURY, LILY CHILDS, and MATT HILTON do a tremendous job selecting the stories, which on any given day, could be in the crime, action, or horror genres. TK-n-C was the very first site where I had a short crime story published online. I will be forever thanksful for that!!!!!!!!!
Liam Sweeney's story "Dead Man's Switch" is center stage at TK-n-C HERE
You can find out more about Liam, and his writing endeavors HERE
Liam Sweeney's story "Dead Man's Switch" is center stage at TK-n-C HERE
You can find out more about Liam, and his writing endeavors HERE
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
He's not only a blogger...The dude can write too!
Seems like the Do Some Damage "Noir at the Beach House Challenge" has garnered the interest of a good number of writers. So far, the following have thrown their machete into the ring and I hope some more do as well.
Stephen D. Rogers
Eric Beetner
Keith
Seb Duper
Patti Abbott
David Cranmer
Chris LaTray
Peter Rozovsky
Benoit Lelievre
Peter Rozovsky, he of the excellent Detectives Beyond Borders blog, has already posted his story HERE. Most impressive is the fact is this is Peter's first foray into crime short writing. Very impressive debut!
Stephen D. Rogers
Eric Beetner
Keith
Seb Duper
Patti Abbott
David Cranmer
Chris LaTray
Peter Rozovsky
Benoit Lelievre
Peter Rozovsky, he of the excellent Detectives Beyond Borders blog, has already posted his story HERE. Most impressive is the fact is this is Peter's first foray into crime short writing. Very impressive debut!
Monday, April 4, 2011
REVIEW: GONE BAD by Julie Morrigan
A large, seemingly never ending work project and running a youth lacrosse program have kept me really busy lately. Been able to keep track of my fav blogs, but commenting, and posting on mine has been tough. So, I figured I would get things back on track with a review of Julie Morrigan's "Gone Bad" story collection.
Back in Sept 2010, thanks to Paul Brazill's blog, I found out about one of my favorite crime writers, Julie Lewthwaite ( Morgan, Morrigan) and had the following to say HERE Since that post I have read many more of Julie's stories and others that have not yet been published, or are excepts from larger to be completed works. Man, can she write hard edged, kick-ass crime stories. It's one thing to write about bad guys and killing people, but to do it with such a well written style takes a real talent. Her latest collection of stories is called "Gone Bad" and it is a winner in so many ways. You can buy it in ebook form for just .99 cents at SMASHWORDS, AMAZON, and AMAZON UK
Here is the on-line review I posted, and for .99 cents, you can't find better entertaiment.
5 Stars
"This was a terrific read. A great mix of flash and short stories make up this hard nosed, no-nonsense collection of crime stories showcasing both the bottom and top rungs of the UK crime world. Believable, authentic dialogue and excellent characters are what really made this work for me. The flash stories all catch you with a great twist and pack a big punch, but it is with the longer short stories that the author does her best work. Flawless writing / editing and excellent formatting made this a very enjoyable read on my nook. Highly recommend to any crime, drama, or thriller fans."
Sunday, January 16, 2011
TIRBD Fairytale Crime Story Challenge: Check Out The Entries
The deadline for the TIRBD Fairytale crime story contest is up. Winning entires will be announced on January 21st, but you can check out all of the 16 entries HERE
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Divided We Stand: A Fairytale Challenge Entry
Friday, January 7, 2011
Crime, Noir, and Murder: Brown Paper Publishing Anthology Review
Pablo D'Stair, editor over at Brown Paper Publishing, sent me a free copy of "You're dead, and I killed you: a conversational anthology of noir, crime, and murder" a few weeks ago. In return, I agreed to read and provide a review. It was a win/win, as I have been on a vision quest to school myself on these subjects. I'll be sending this to Pablo, who I must say, is a true gentleman, but figured I would share it here as well. You can download a free PDF of this book from the BPP site, if want, or buy the paperback for $5.00
The book is 151 pages, with the first 25 being a round table discussion of murder, human nature, and noir by Pablo D'Stair, Robert Johnson, and Sonia Tabriz. I'm the impatient type and knowing that the remainder of the book was the stories, the intellectual vibe of the discussion lost my interest fairly quickly. I decided to revisit it later and get to down to business. There are eight stories and each one is introduced by one of the authors, who did not write the story being presented. It is a nice touch, the commentary is interesting, and well done. Get to it, you say? Then, here we go.
Jason Michel starts things off with two stories that immediately got me right into things. "Kerbs" is quick hit that had me thinking one thing, then, wham, in one short sentence the twist snared me. I was hanging upside down right to the end. "Celebrity Death Camp and Other TV Hits" is a nice piece of dark satire, that if you despise reality TV as much as I do, will have you cheering in your seat and wishing it were a true story.
David Grant's "REBORN: A Suicide Note" is a perfect mix of clever humor and darkness, just the way I like it and had a really good, unique twist that although I figured was coming, caught me by surprise.
Stephen Honeycutt was up next with "A Moment". A longer story than the previous ones, but one where the book really started to rope me in. From the first salacious couple sentences, I was all in right until the end. This serial killer for higher tale is one hell of a tawdry, dark story.
Still reeling from the previous story, I continued on with Gregory Frye's "The Seven Demons of Randal Murray", which I would have to choose as the best of the lot. This one is very dark and has a supernatural element to it, which when combined with the excellent dialogue and tremendous imagery freaked me out and I'm still thinking about it.
Darcia Helle's Wilted Brown Eyes" is a nice piece of flash that delivers with a moving scene about a murder, or was it?
For fans of straight up, hardboiled noir, Corey Mesler's "The Book Game" will leave you more than satisfied. Very impressive to me was the lead character is not a detective, but an antique book seller. All the expected ingredients are there, plus lots of clever lines and a nice twist.
Nik Korpon's "Amber Flowers" delivers a nice creepy tale that had me thinking it would make a great episode of Tales from the Darkside. Excellent character development, steady build up of suspense, and a rewarding, shocking ending left me more than satisfied.
Last in the batting order was Chris Deal's "A Murder Ballad" and it took me to Mexico with a poignant yet powerful murder mystery. This was more of a slow burn than a quick punch in the face, and written with a style smooth as silk. It made me care about the characters, conjured up some emotions, but still delivered a powerful, almost heart wrenching finale.
I have read a lot of crime shorts and flash this year and I highly recommend this complilation for the stories, the way they are presented, and the diversity of them.
The book is 151 pages, with the first 25 being a round table discussion of murder, human nature, and noir by Pablo D'Stair, Robert Johnson, and Sonia Tabriz. I'm the impatient type and knowing that the remainder of the book was the stories, the intellectual vibe of the discussion lost my interest fairly quickly. I decided to revisit it later and get to down to business. There are eight stories and each one is introduced by one of the authors, who did not write the story being presented. It is a nice touch, the commentary is interesting, and well done. Get to it, you say? Then, here we go.
Jason Michel starts things off with two stories that immediately got me right into things. "Kerbs" is quick hit that had me thinking one thing, then, wham, in one short sentence the twist snared me. I was hanging upside down right to the end. "Celebrity Death Camp and Other TV Hits" is a nice piece of dark satire, that if you despise reality TV as much as I do, will have you cheering in your seat and wishing it were a true story.
David Grant's "REBORN: A Suicide Note" is a perfect mix of clever humor and darkness, just the way I like it and had a really good, unique twist that although I figured was coming, caught me by surprise.
Stephen Honeycutt was up next with "A Moment". A longer story than the previous ones, but one where the book really started to rope me in. From the first salacious couple sentences, I was all in right until the end. This serial killer for higher tale is one hell of a tawdry, dark story.
Still reeling from the previous story, I continued on with Gregory Frye's "The Seven Demons of Randal Murray", which I would have to choose as the best of the lot. This one is very dark and has a supernatural element to it, which when combined with the excellent dialogue and tremendous imagery freaked me out and I'm still thinking about it.
Darcia Helle's Wilted Brown Eyes" is a nice piece of flash that delivers with a moving scene about a murder, or was it?
For fans of straight up, hardboiled noir, Corey Mesler's "The Book Game" will leave you more than satisfied. Very impressive to me was the lead character is not a detective, but an antique book seller. All the expected ingredients are there, plus lots of clever lines and a nice twist.
Nik Korpon's "Amber Flowers" delivers a nice creepy tale that had me thinking it would make a great episode of Tales from the Darkside. Excellent character development, steady build up of suspense, and a rewarding, shocking ending left me more than satisfied.
Last in the batting order was Chris Deal's "A Murder Ballad" and it took me to Mexico with a poignant yet powerful murder mystery. This was more of a slow burn than a quick punch in the face, and written with a style smooth as silk. It made me care about the characters, conjured up some emotions, but still delivered a powerful, almost heart wrenching finale.
I have read a lot of crime shorts and flash this year and I highly recommend this complilation for the stories, the way they are presented, and the diversity of them.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
He Don't Pop His Zits, He Shaves Them Off.
Don't know why, but today's blog post title popped into my head at the gym yesterday. It was a line from an episode of one of my favorite 70's crime shows, Baretta, that has always stuck with me. Anyway.....
As the end of the year approaches there are lots of lists everywhere. You know, "the best of" type of things. Normally, I don't put much, if any, value in such things, but when the lists are offered up by like minded, respected writers, of course I'm going to pay attention and learn something. If you're serious about writing, you might want to do the same. So..
Chris Rhatigan is posting the top five stories of 2010 as told to him by a bunch of different crime writers HERE
At the the Crimefactory magazine blog, you can check out the Best of Whatever feature HERE
Don't forget this weekend's deadline for the Do Dome Damage 2010 Christmas Noir Challenge. Details HERE
Some fab new stories are up for the Twist of Noir 600-700 challenge HERE
As always, there are some new tales over at Killers, Thriller-n-Chillers HERE
And to wrap things up, hard hitting writer Julie Lewthwaite has a really cool story, "Let's Dance" at her blog HERE
As the end of the year approaches there are lots of lists everywhere. You know, "the best of" type of things. Normally, I don't put much, if any, value in such things, but when the lists are offered up by like minded, respected writers, of course I'm going to pay attention and learn something. If you're serious about writing, you might want to do the same. So..
Chris Rhatigan is posting the top five stories of 2010 as told to him by a bunch of different crime writers HERE
At the the Crimefactory magazine blog, you can check out the Best of Whatever feature HERE
Don't forget this weekend's deadline for the Do Dome Damage 2010 Christmas Noir Challenge. Details HERE
Some fab new stories are up for the Twist of Noir 600-700 challenge HERE
As always, there are some new tales over at Killers, Thriller-n-Chillers HERE
And to wrap things up, hard hitting writer Julie Lewthwaite has a really cool story, "Let's Dance" at her blog HERE
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