Kevin's Corner

The Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale begins today, July 1st, and runs through July 31st. The esteemed and always humble duo of Kevin Tipple an...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: When Stars Rain Down, Anatomy of an Ill... :   Reported by Garry   We had a smaller group ...

Little Big Crimes: The Waiting Game, by Dana Haynes :   "The Waiting Game," by Dana Haynes, in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Maga...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE MAN WHO VANISHED :  "The Man who Vanished" by J. A. Mitchell (from Th...

 Lesa's Book Critiques: AUGUST TREASURES IN MY CLOSET

Criminal Minds: The Straw That Stirs the Drink : Have you written about any controversial issues or created controversial characters in your...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Bel Canto: Ann Patchett : I purchased this book at least 10 years ago, and I don't know why I waited so long to ...

SleuthSayers: Bad Contracts : During the forty-plus years I’ve been writing professionally, I’ve heard no end of complaints about the bad co...

Please welcome Jeanne DuBois to the blog today as she explains the background to her short story, “Moonset” in the recently released antholo...

 Houston Chronicle: Novelist Joe Lansdale is the Stephen King of East Texas

 Lesa's Book Critiques: THE KEEPERS BY JEFFREY B. BURTON

SleuthSayers: Why I Still Don't Outline : I am not and never have been an outliner. Short story writers don't use the contemptuous w...

 In Reference To Murder: Media Murder for Monday 6/28/2021

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 62 Calls for Submissions in July 2021 - Paying mar... : This July there are more than five dozen...

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 40 Writing Contests in July 2021 - No entry fees : This July there are more than three dozen wri...

 The Practicing Writer: Markets and Jobs for Writers for 6/28/2021

 Lesa's Book Critiques: BAD MOON RISING BY JOHN GALLIGAN

Beneath the Stains of Time: Deadly Thunder (1998) by Seimaru Amagi : Earlier this year, I tracked down and reviewed an obscure, hard-to-get ...

SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: Gun Honey Comic Series : TITAN COMICS AND HARD CASE CRIME  ANNOUNCE GUN HONEY COMIC SERIES SHE’LL GET YOU THE WEAPON ...

  Up in KRL this morning reviews and giveaways of 3 more fun mysteries for your summer reading-" Beyond   a Reasonable Donut": A D...