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Review: Dirty Old Town by Nigel Bird
One of the things about the e-book era is that it has re-energised the British crime and dark fiction scene. Novelists and short fiction writers who might have been overlooked by the big publishers –...
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Normal service will be resumed shortly
I’ve been shit. Sorry! A combination of intermittent work and a short story collection that won’t stop giving me grief has caused this hiatus from blogging (and from writing in general, barring the odd...
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The Greatest Show In Town will be available in a week
I’m proud to announce that on Monday 17th December (just in time for Christmas) my short story collection The Greatest Show In Town and other shorts will be released on Kindle (with a Kobo edition...
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The Greatest Show in Town is here
I’m proud to announce the release (just in time for Christmas) of my short story collection The Greatest Show In Town and other shorts on Kindle (Kobo version to follow soon). This collection serves up...
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Review: Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill
Over the last year or so I’ve heard a lot about Frank Bill. This collection of hard, violent shorts has been getting glowing reviews by critics whose word really means something – pretty much anybody...
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Short story: The Accident
John sneered up from beneath the car and said: “Christ, Rog, did you do this intentionally?” “What makes you say that?” Roger asked. John shook his head and ducked back under. “Because this is the kind...
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Review: The Liberator by Paul D. Brazill
Paul D Brazill’s latest, The Liberator, is about Father Trent – a priest who doesn’t exactly believe in turning the other cheek unless it’s somebody else’s and he’s applied one of his fists to it first...
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Review: Our Blood In Its Blind Circuit by J David Osborne
J David Osborne has become a player in crime fiction circles over the last few months. From out of nowhere, it would seem. But, as is always the case with these things, the reality is rarely how it...
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Review: The Big Rain by Paul D Brazill
Regular readers will know how much I enjoy the work of Paul D Brazill – a writer who seems to be on a one-man mission to make Brit Grit (and its various practitioners) known to the outside world. His...
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Twelve Mad Men – Ryan Bracha interviewed
When the outrageously talented self-published author Ryan Bracha (Paul Carter Is A Dead Man, Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven’t Killed Yet) contacted me about being part of a wild anthology idea...
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Potted Reviews: Rust and Bone – Craig Davidson, American Death Songs – Jordan...
A couple of heavily altered stories from Craig Davidson’s collection of shorts Rust and Bone were the basis of a recent film of the same name by French director Jacques Audiard. It was a good film, a...
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Normal service will be resumed shortly
I’ve been shit. Sorry! A combination of intermittent work and a short story collection that won’t stop giving me grief has caused this hiatus from blogging (and from writing in general, barring the odd...
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The Greatest Show In Town will be available in a week
I’m proud to announce that on Monday 17th December (just in time for Christmas) my short story collection The Greatest Show In Town and other shorts will be released on Kindle (with a Kobo edition...
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Review: Our Blood In Its Blind Circuit by J David Osborne
J David Osborne has become a player in crime fiction circles over the last few months. From out of nowhere, it would seem. But, as is always the case with these things, the reality is rarely how it...
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