Crime Zine Report

Review of pilot episode of Justified from FX

2010-03-17T08:59:00.000-07:00

The nerd of Noir reviewed the first episode of the new FX series Justified over at Spinetingler

Images from Ken Bruen’s The Guards pilot TV movie

2010-02-24T06:30:00.000-08:00

Check out the images over at Spinetingler here.

Dennis Tafoya video interview at BSC

2010-02-23T08:59:00.001-08:00

Keith Rawson recently conducted a video interview with Dennis Tafoya. You can see the video here.

Shutter Island review at Spinetingler

2010-02-22T09:11:00.000-08:00

Keith Rawson reviews Shutter Island at Spinetingler.

The Chill by Jason Starr reviewed at Spinetingler

2010-02-21T03:35:00.000-08:00

The Nerd of Noir reviews The Chill by Jason Starr & Mick Bertilorenzi, Vertigo Crimes third graphic novel offering.

New reviews at Spinetingler

2010-02-20T04:05:00.000-08:00

Spinetingler is going through some changes at the moment. There is plenty more to come so stay tuned for more information about the new and improved Spinetingler.

We are in beta at the moment but as changes are happening we are posting reviews.

Doubleback By Libby Fischer Hellmann

Winter of Secrets By Vicki Delany

The Bone Chamber By Robin Burcell

All the Colors of Darkness By Peter Robinson

New crime zine Crimefactory debuts

2010-01-25T05:42:00.000-08:00

Keith Rawson, Cameron James Ashley and Liam Jose have taken the original Crimefactory zine that was created by David Honeybone and resurrected like a Romero zombie. And make no mistake Barbara, Crimefactory is coming to get you.

Their hard work has paid off and the first issue went live sometime over night and it's packed high and tight with all sorts goodness.

The Table of Contents for the first issue includes:

Gordon Harries on Red Harvest
Scott Phillips on Charles Willeford

An excerpt from the unpublished Ken Bruen novel Killer

The Nerd of Noir writes a double feature movie review of The Silent Partner and Straight Time

Adrian McKinty does a chapter by chapter "commentary track" on Fifty Grand

New short stories include:

"Trespassing Between Heaven & Hell" by Frank Bill
"Nothing Personal" by Steve Weddle
"The Suitcase" by Dave White
"Good Bones" by Hilary Davidson

Book reviews include:

Crime by Alix Lambert reviewed by Cameron Ashley
The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
The Good Son by Russel D. McLean reviewed by The Nerd of Noir
The Grove by John Rector reviewed by Keith Rawson
In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell reviewed by Patti Abbott
This Wicked World by Richard Lange reviewed by Keith Rawson

Comic reviews include:

Trashman Lives! by Spain Rodriguez reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
Daytripper #1 - 2 by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon reviewed by Kieran Shea

Movie reviews include:

Harry Brown reviewed by Liam Jose
Pontypool reviewed by Patti Abbott
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans reviewed by Liam Jose

Albert Camus said that "We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages" and he was right on but when he said that "our task is not to unleash them on the world" he obviously wasn't talking about the Crimefactory.

Even though there isn't anything by me in it you should check out the first issue here.

Charlie Huston video interview

2010-01-19T12:14:00.000-08:00

Over at BSC Review Keith Rawson has posted the first part of his video interview with Charlie Huston.

Check it out!

Reading period for the Spinetingler Award is now open

2010-01-02T11:34:00.000-08:00

At this time I would like to announce that the reading period for the novel categories of the Spinetingler Awards is now open.

Unofficially the reading period for the Spinetingler Awards is always open, because over the course of the year we make note of the books that we read and enjoyed.

It can’t be stated any simpler than this: in order to make sure that a book is considered, it has to be put in front of us. If you are an editor, a publicist, a press owner, or an author and you want a title considered for the Spinetingler Awards, please contact me. After all, if we have read your book already, you don’t need to send us a copy.

My contact information is: blindenmuth AT gmail DOT COM

The Spinetingler Awards are given out annually in the mystery and crime fiction community (including those that flirt with it). Nominees pass through a private selection process before the shortlist is announced. The shortlist is put to a public vote, and a winner is selected.

Spinetingler Closing To Submissions

2009-12-31T08:20:00.000-08:00

As of January 1, 2010, Spinetingler will be closed to new submissions until further notice.

Unforeseen, and inescapable delays with issues have created a backlog, and it would be unfair to writers to submit works now that may not be considered for publication until 2011. Site administrators are on holidays, but the site will be updated with this information as soon as possible.

Happy New Year.

The Best Mystery/Crime Fiction of 2009

2009-12-30T11:46:00.000-08:00

Over at BSC Review The Nerd of Noir, Keith Rawson and Brian Lindenmuth have compiled their top 10 lists for the year.

It's a diverse list that includes some familiar names as well as some new ones.

The full piece can be found here.

Crooked replaced by Eastern Standard Crime

2009-07-24T22:32:00.000-07:00

Change is always for the better or else nothing would be changed.

I have a new plan for Eastern Standard Crime, which will now incorporate my sister site Crooked Web Zine. Starting on August 5 (or maybe later that month since this is kind of short notice), Eastern Standard Crime will become a bi-weekly .PDF publication.

And guess what? I'm looking for...

CRIME FICTION SUBMISSIONS

I'm looking for award-winning, unique, pulse-pounding, face-grabbing, ubercool crime fiction. Similar to Crooked, I want something with a hardboiled kick or a crunch. I'm not looking for anything dark, poetic or disgusting. The guidelines are as follows...

• Must be 500 words or more.
• Must include a crime or something criminal.
• Must be new and unpublished.
• Format preference: block paragraphs on a Notepad or Word file. Submit them this way because that is how they will be published.

And since this is a non-profit site, this is a non-paying publication. I'm sorry. I still love you, though.

CRIME FICTION REVIEWS

Whether it be a novel or short story, I am looking for a few new reviewers to add more voices to this publication. A few people have asked me since I started this site if I would be interested in having other people do reviews. That time has finally come! Contact me if you are interested and we will discuss things. If you review for other sites, that's fine but I am not going to put something in the publication that has been posted elsewhere so this has to be original.

OTHER

• THE BULLET AWARDS will still be a monthly happening for flash fiction authors. It looks like the lack of Micro Fiction in the crime fiction genre may force me to only give out a Mini Fiction (Under 500 words) and Flash Fiction (Under 1000 words) award. Check out the guidelines in the right column over there for more info.

• Authors can feel free to plug upcoming novels in the ESC publication. Contact me if you have something coming out that you wanna put out there.

• I'd also like to put some cheesy artwork (similar to the old school Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen issues) with stories. Black and white only.

New stories up at Powder Burn Flash and Darkest Before the Dawn

2009-07-01T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

It has been a busy past few weeks. I have a few new stories up at Powder Burn Flash and at Darkest Before the Dawn. I have posted the links for you.....

At Powder Burn Flash......

Chocolate Karma by James C. Clar
http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/330

Brian's Brown Paper Bag by Scott Wilson
http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/331

Candy Sangrai by Walt Conley
http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/332

and over on Darkest Before the Dawn.....

The Gravitron Twister by Michael C. Keith
http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net/?q=node/31

and a great twofer....

The Accident by Frank Bill
http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net/?q=node/32

Playing The Part by Frank Bill
http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net/?q=node/33

There are more great stories to follow during the month of July. Take a gander, sign into the sites and leave some feedback for these authors. I know that they will appreciate it.

New Spinetingler

2009-06-30T12:34:00.000-07:00

The new issue of Spinetingler is live and, as Patrick Shawn Bagley so eloquently put it, "locked and loaded". There's a double dose of short stories, plenty of reviews and interviews.

My thanks to Jack Getze, who has remained with us as the editor, and Damon Caporaso and Jay Tomio of BSC Review, who finance the operation and make it possible. I would also like to thank Mark, who looks after all the design work and site maintenance. We have faced a lot of obstacles with this issue, but are thrilled to finally have it available for your reading pleasure.

Submissions Open for The Lineup: Poems on Crime 3

2009-06-18T04:44:00.000-07:00

The third issue of The Lineup: Poems on Crime, due out in April 2010, is open to submissions from June 15 through July 31. Please follow the submission guidelines.

Darkest Before Dawn Has a new URL

2009-06-08T19:27:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

Just a quick note to let you all know that I moved my short story site over to

www.darkestbeforedawn.net

Up this week is TWO LEFT by Eric Beetner

Last week I had Barry Baldwin's THE GOOD WOMAN

When you have a moment, swing by and share some comments.

The Lineup 2 Available Now

2009-05-12T04:42:00.000-07:00

Click on the image to enlarge.

The Lineup: Poems on Crime 2 is now available for $6.00 USD from Lulu.com, and will be in stock soon at Once Upon a Crime in Minneapolis and Murder By the Book in Houston.

You can hear poems from Issues 1 and 2 this week on Seth Harwood's CrimeWAV.

For more information, visit The Lineup's official blog.

Bookspot Central Update

2009-05-01T06:25:00.000-07:00

We are currently holding a contest for Nate Flexer's The Disassembled Man

Brian Lindenmuth reviews:

Very Mercenary by Rayo Casablanca; The Shallow End of the Pool by Adam-Troy Castro & Lowboy by John Wray

Wolverine Noir & Daredevil Noir

The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli & The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay

Saturday’s Child by Ray Banks; Gun by Ray Banks & American Rust by Philipp Meyer

Pyres by Derek Nikitas; The City in These Pages by John Grant & Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

Plots With Gyns Issue 5

Safer by Sean Doolittle

Dooley Takes the Fall by Norah McClintock; The Foreigner by Francie Lin; Borderlands by Brian McGilloway & Go With Me by Castle Freeman Jr.

The Nerd of Noir Reviews:

Very Mercenary by Rayo Casablanca

Safer by Sean Doolittle

Beast of Burden by Ray Banks

The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli

Sucker Punch by Ray Banks

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston

Sandra Ruttan reviews:

The Long-Legged Fly by James Sallis

The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay

Whisper in the Dark by Robert Gregory Browne

Please stop by and comment on any of these if you like. If you disagree with any of the reviews then let us know because honest discussion of books will only make the genre better.

--Thanks from BSC

Pulp Pusher Updates

2009-04-30T08:23:00.000-07:00

Pulp Pusher updates with a new short story from peerless London crime supremo Nick Barlay. It's worth the visit for this knockout tale alone, but if you need any more convincing, try some new fiction from:

Brian Murphy

Jonathan Woods

Jake Nantz

and Kieran Shea.

Also, try a shot of surrealist fiction from Ulrich Haarburste who provides a Pushed for Answers slot ... here

Thuglit – Issue 30!!!!!!

2009-04-01T15:56:00.000-07:00

Ever get that “not-so-fresh-feeling”?

That can mean only one thing – Thuglit #30 is live and stomping through the internet like a Connecticut chimpanzee!

Big Daddy Thug here, bringing you eight new stories that’ll bite your literary faces off like a Connecticut chimpanzee! (Betcha can’t guess what our favorite news story was recently. Don’t worry. We’ve got more.)

As always, we have to give our warmest thanks to one and all who submitted for the ish. Lady Detroit said that picking through the submissions was harder than taking bananas foster from a Connecticut chimp!

And now, without further monkey business, (please note: there will, in fact, be more monkey business), the eight stories you’ll go ape over in Thuglit – Issue 30 ARE:

Running to Zero – by Jason Duke
1998 Was A Bad Year – by Jedidiah Ayres
Decision Day – by Sophie Littlefield
Ditch – by Eric Beetner
Tough Love on Moyamensing Street – by Patrick Cobbs
Stepmonster – by Hilary Davidson
Inmate – by Myra Sherman
Out of the Past – by Robert S.P. Lee

THUGLIT – ISSUE 30

See you in 60, punks!

Spinetingler Awards: Best Short Story on the Web

2009-03-23T10:31:00.000-07:00

In anticipation of the forthcoming announcement of the nominees for the 2nd annual Spinetingler Awards, we're giving readers a sneak peek at the nominees in the short story category, with links to the stories so that you can check them out for yourself.

The list of nominees in the short story category is available here.

The nominees in all categories should be announced within the next week. At that time, the online voting system will be available, allowing readers to pick their choice in each of the ten categories. Winners will be announced in early May.

Pulp Pusher Updates

2009-03-11T10:07:00.000-07:00

Author of ALREADY DEAD, the hard-working Charlie Huston stops by Pusher Towers for a chat with Sophie Littlefield.

Hear about how his time as a New York barman inspired his search for a more creative outlet.

Also, new fiction from

Eric Beetner

and

Nolan Night

Visit Pulp Pusher ... here

Pulp Pusher Updates

2009-02-18T08:02:00.000-08:00

Pulp Pusher Updates

Craig McDonald has been on quite a ride since the launch of his debut novel, HEAD GAMES. It's hard to believe but in the course of a year, the author has racked up nominations for the Edgar, Gumshoe, Anthony and Crimespree awards. Not to mention scooped a new book deal with a leading publisher. PULP PUSHER tracked him down, with the help of his former editor Alison Janssen, to ask the big questions about writing, Hemingway and just what the hell makes 'one true sentence' ... here

Plus new short fiction from ...

Sophie Littlefield

Frank Bill

Keith Rawson.

The New Lineup

2009-02-11T13:50:00.000-08:00

Issue 2 of The Lineup: Poems on Crime will feature the works of:

Patrick Carrington
Reed Farrel Coleman
Sophie Hannah
John Harvey
Janis Butler Holm
Jennifer L. Knox
Amy MacLennan
Carol Novack
Deshant Paul
Karen Petersen
Manuel Ramos
Stephen D. Rogers
Christopher Watkins

We are currently seeking advertisers for Issue 2. E-mail me at g_so AT yahoo DOT com if interested.

Blazing Adventures magazine Appears at......

2009-02-09T23:37:00.000-08:00

Though the Zine is closed, the award-winning 9th issue is still on sale.

Blazing! and its publisher Dash Couragous and his fateful companion The Granite Man, Dr.Shadows, will be appearing with copies of issue 9 at:

VINTAGE MANIA:
THE SHOW FOR LOVERS OF VINTAGE POP CULTURE
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL
332 W 43RD ST
NEW YORK, NY 10036

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH 10 AM TO 3:30 PM

ADMISSION IS $3.00

TOYS, GAMES MOVIES VIDEOS, TV ON VIDEO, EVERYTHING A VINTAGE COLLECTOR WOULD WANT!

Come out and visit B!AM''s table and hang awhile.

ADVENTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Dash C.