...designed and directed by his red right hand.
If you needed any further evidence that the Crime Factory is manufacturing the most complete package for criminally inclined interests, allow me to submit
Crime Factory #12. Tell you what else, if reading
Frank Wheeler Jr.'s contribution
How I Got Back My Darlings doesn't give you criminal wood, you're reading the wrong damn blog.
But if it does...
Hey, don't hide that bone, show up and pitch a trouser tent with the rest of us campers in St. Louis at Noir at the Bar - March 23. Frank will be there with copies of
The Wowzer, as will
Clayton Lindemuth with acres of
Cold Quiet Country. And, most recently added,
Josh Woods - a writer I know chiefly as a co-contributor to
Laura & Pinckney Benedict's
Surreal South anthology series. He's also the editor of two anthologies -
The Book of Villains and
The Vs. Anthology (both of which I'll be having him scrawl upon).
March 23 will also be the first event featuring real, paper-ass copies of
Fierce Bitches, so, unless you can make the
official launch event in Melbourne, March 3, this is your best bet. Man, if you are going to be down under, pick up a copy of
Lee, the new Crime Factory anthology which reads like a fictional memoir of
Lee Marvin. N@B vets like
Cameron Ashley, Scott Phillips and
Erik Lundy, as well as a few hacks you mighta hearda like
Adrian McKinty, Johnny Shaw, Ray Banks, Heath Lowrance, Jake Hinkson, Eric Beetner, Andrew Nette, Nigel Bird and on and on.
A few more events I'm looking at... February 22-23 is the Second Annual St. Valentines Massacre Weekend (film festival) in Las Vegas presented by Pollygrind will be screening
Julian Grant's
A Fuckload of Scotch Tape. February 23,
Brian Posehn will be signing copies of
Deadpool at Starclipper in St. Louis. March 7 at Subterranean Books in St. Louis,
Clayton Lindemuth signs
Cold, Quiet Country. March 8
Frank Bill's
Donnybrook launch at Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville, KY. March 20,
Nina Corrado's short film
Midnight Rider adapted from
Jordan Harper's story (that kicks off
American Death Songs) and starring
Ryan Hurst, will be available for free online
Coincidence that I post about novellas a week ago and Fierce Bitches grabs a slot on
this list with ridiculously good company? Aw-nerd, for sure. BTW - you read
Tony Black's
R.I.P. Robbie Silva? Dude named Jed in that one... Hmmm, seem to recall one in
Megan Abbott's
The End of Everything and
Duane Swierczynski's
Hell & Gone too. I hear there might be such a character in
Kieran Shea's book... Glad to see the name outgrow
The Beverly Hillbillys.
Benoit Lelievre posted a review of
Fierce Bitches over at
Dead End Follies, and
A F*ckload of Shorts got a couple nice notices on Amazon recently. Thanks for keeping me stocked in ego-strokes, folks.