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The first issue of a new magazine dropped recently, and includes my crime story, "Like a Good Neighbor," as the lead piece! The publishers have made the entire first issue free to read as a downloadable PDF. Check it out here! 
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Read my newest short story for free over at Shotgun Honey! Click here or the image below!  My new novel THE LAST REQUEST is out NOW from Bloodhound Books!  Sixty million dollars. Five potential heirs. One house in remote rural Alaska. It’s a recipe for murder . . .
Summoned by letter, Holly Shaw and five of her cousins—virtual strangers to each other—have gathered at a grand house in the rugged wilds of Alaska. Equally unfamiliar to Holly is her great aunt Lydia, the woman who has called the family together and is dangling a massive inheritance before them. Her condition: they must remain in the house, with Lydia and her butler and caregiver, until she passes. Anyone not in residence at that time is out of the will, their share of the money split among the others. That night, everyone settles in. And the next morning, the murders begin . . . The new issue of Guilty Crime Story Magazine is out and includes my horse-track-themed story "Scratch Pace"!  The new issue also includes:
"Her Big Win" by Luke Foster - Dart sees their chance to score, but Alli sees an opportunity of her own. "A Ring for Rosie" by Martine Elise Proctor - Poor but honest doesn't cut it for Rosie anymore. "Bassoon Trouble" by Susan Kuchinskas - Daddy always called Lucy "his little f*cker" for a reason. "One Lucky Punch" by Robb T. White - An instant of luck, a whole lot of trouble. "The Number of the Beast" by Michael Zimecki - A holy man can raise holy Hell if he chooses. 100% new content! So what are you waiting for? Get yours on Kindle or in print! I don't write much straight horror anymore, so this is exciting: my folk horror story "Dead Horse" will be in the next issue of The Deeps magazine from Spindle House Press. Check out the cover!  And the TOC!  More news when available!
I've alluded to this in the past, but the publisher revealed the cover and put up pre-order links today, so here you go:  Sixty million dollars. Five potential heirs. Now all they need to do is survive... Summoned by letter, Holly Shaw and five of her cousins—virtual strangers to each other—have gathered at a grand house in the rugged wilds of Alaska. Equally unfamiliar to Holly is her great-aunt Lydia, who has called the family together and is dangling a massive inheritance before them. Her condition: they must remain in the house, with Lydia and her butler and caregiver, until she passes. Anyone not in residence at that time is out of the will, and their share of the money is split among the others. That night, everyone settles in. And the following day, the murders begin . . . This book is a fair bit outside of my usual oeuvre, but it's something I'm very proud of, and I hope you'll all give a chance. You can preorder the Kindle edition on Amazon or Amazon.uk now and the paperback pre-order is coming shortly. Book to be released in September! Got my contributor copy of the new issue of Saddlebag Dispatches, which includes my Mustang Award nominated story "Use Your Head"!   A new volume of Crimeucopia has just been released: Boomshakalaking! - Modern Crimes for Modern Times, and it includes my crime story "Play it Safe"!  Boomshakalaking is a variant of the expression Boomshakalaka and is currently recognised as a boastful, teasingly hostile exclamation that follows a noteworthy achievement or pulling off an impressive stunt. Basically its meaning is similar to in your face!
Which is why this anthology is subtitled Modern Crimes for Modern Times, because most, if not all, are not your regular crime fiction pieces — in fact some quite happily dance along the edges of multiple genres and styles, while others skew it like it is. Of the 14 who appear in this anthology, eight are new Crimeucopians - Scott Talbot Evans, Edward Sheehy, Robb T. White, Robert Petyo, Brian R. Quinn, Orca Green, Robert Parker, Brandon Barrows, S. E. Bailey, Edward St. Boniface, Dan A. Cardoza, Sean Marciniak, Lynn Hesse, and Hernán Salvarezza - and even we have to admit that this is one of the most diverse sub-genre spanning anthologies we have produced so far, while still sitting under the umbrella of Crime Fiction. As with all of these anthologies, we hope you’ll find something that you immediately like, as well as something that takes you out of your comfort zone – and puts you into a completely new one. As you may recall, a month or so ago, finalists for this year's Mustang Awards for excellence in western fiction were announced, and my story "Use Your Head" was among them. This is the third year in a row a story of mine has been nominated for a Mustang and then made it to the final round of judging. Sadly, this is also the third year I've come in first runner up, but I'm pretty pleased with the story nonetheless and you can read it for free right here or by clicking the image below.  New post is a couple days late this week to more closely coincide with Independence Day, the Fourth of July! To celebrate, here's some all-American fiction by yours truly! All westerns, the period that perhaps best defines our country! I hope you'll check out these works that celebrate a piece of Americana and enjoy them! Please let me know your thoughts and as always, stay safe and have a happy holiday weekend! A Hanging Matter - the first Marshal Ernie Farrar story! Free to read at Crimson Streets eZine!  Noose-Hungry - the second Marshal Ernie Farrar story! Also free to read at Crimson Streets!  Trail of Lead and Gold - a standalone western! Free to read at Crimson Streets!  The Home Place - available on Kindle as a Full Speed Singles ebook! Only 99 cents!  And last, but certainly not least, my novella Wild Yellow - published in StoryHack Magazine #4, available in ebook or in print!  |
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