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Blurbs are leaking for the Noir at the Bar anthology
Posted on July 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
“Come on in and please grab yourself a drink or two before we start, you’ll want to brace yourself for these stories of crime and transgression from the scourge of St. Louis’s literate.” —Noir at the Bar WARM REACTIONS TO N@B FROM PILLARS OF THE CRIME FICTION COMMUNITY: “I’ve told you repeatedly that I do […]
Warmed and Bound: A Velvet Anthology releases TODAY—go get it!
Posted on July 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Warmed and Bound is out. And for a LIMITED TIME, until 7/30 it is 38% off at Barnes and Noble ONLY. Amazon and eBooks will be out later. So it’s only $9.74 right now! Buy two or three! Table of Contents Intro: Steve Erickson Death Juggler by Axel Taiari Click-Clack by Caleb J Ross The […]
They’re saying good things about Speedloader (Snubnose Press)
Posted on July 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
So I’m always curious to see what total strangers have to say about my writing. Speedloader (Snubnose Press) is getting some love over at Amazon and Goodreads, so I thought I’d share the kind words that these readers had to say about my story “Herniated Roots.” So far mostly five stars, nothing worse than four, […]
Noir at the Bar (St. Louis) anthology out soon, to benefit Subterranean Books
Posted on July 20, 2011 2 Comments
I am really excited about this anthology that Jed and Scott have put together. It’s to benefit Subterranean Books in St. Louis, as they are struggling these days. Would you look at all of the talent in this collection? I’m honored to be a part of it. Peep the TOC: * Foreword, Jed & Scott […]
“Daybreak” is up live at Stepaway Magazine, Issue Two
Posted on June 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
My story “Daybreak” is up live at Stepaway Magazine. Some very kind words from editor Darren Richard Carlaw: “Thomas skilfully disturbs our perceptions of the walk, transforming it into a devastating act of catharsis, a manner of slipping from the emotional trappings of the urban carapace.”
Speedloader: The debut eBook from Snubnose Press (a Spinetingler imprint)
Posted on June 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
COMING SOON! Richard Thomas Nik Korpon Nigel Bird W.C. County Matthew Funk Jonathan Woods Cover Art: David Bodensteiner
I’ve been awarded a residency at Writers in the Heartland for this October!
Posted on June 7, 2011 4 Comments
Exciting news. I just confirmed today that I’ll be one of a handful of authors that will be attending a residency at Writers in the Heartland this October. They only take ten authors a year. I’ll have a week in a house out in the middle of Illinois, three square meals a day and nothing […]
My time at FOCUS On the Arts at Highland Park High School.
Posted on April 28, 2011 2 Comments
So a couple of weeks ago I went to Highland Park High School to be a part of their FOCUS On the Arts program. I was thrilled to speak to a full room of high school students about writing, publishing, and what the future holds for all of us. In other words, I faked it. […]
Stranger Will by Caleb J. Ross – Darkness on the wings of fate.
Posted on April 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Caleb Ross writes lyrical prose that pulls you into the politics and morality of this story, Stranger Will (Otherworld Publications). For most of us, children are the future, they represent hope and dreams. But in this novel they represent the fated, the already lost. Conspiracies only seem paranoid and insane if they have no base […]
Stephen Graham Jones and Dzanc Books announce three book rEprint deal.
Posted on April 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Dzanc Books has great taste, it seems. Not only did they sign Stephen Graham Jones to a two book deal for the distant future, with Flushboy in 2013 and Not For Nothing in 2014, but NOW they’ve announced a three book deal for their rEprint program, putting All the Beautiful Sinners (one of my all-time […]
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