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The One Per Cent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and DepravedFor some years now, Rock and a Hard Place , based in New Jersey, has been publishing superb crime fiction. It has what you might call a...
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So That's What It's Like to Live With Your Imaginary Charactersby Scott D. Parker Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a writer wrestling with a story? Well, have I got a movie for you. When I...
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Want a New Short Story Everyday for the Christmas Season?by Scott D. Parker We are in December now and the 2023 holiday season has begun. I’ve already been listening to my Christmas albums—always...
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Artistic Value, for Better or WorseI've almost finished reading Perceval Everett's novel Erasure . I like it a lot and maybe I'll write more about it later, but I thought I'd just...
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Give the Gift of Reading to Kids Battling Cancer via Evie's Holiday Book Driveby Scott D. Parker As we conclude Thanksgiving 2023 with thoughts of all the things are are thankful for, I would like to remind you of...
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Cocaine HipposIdea for a story: A drug kingpin, let's say in South America, gets the yearning to import exotic animals onto his vast estate. He does this...
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Not All Turkeys Are On The Table in Turkey Trot Murder by Leslie Meierby Scott D. Parker If it seem like I just reviewed a Leslie Meier book last month , then you are absolutely correct. But the number of...
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A Tricky BusinessPastiche in fiction is a tricky business. I tend to find myself leery of a story or novel that makes it clear that it is imitating a certain...
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Two Keys to a Successful NaNoWriMoby Scott D. Parker I’ll admit something: I’m a little bummed I’m not doing Nation Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, in the official way. I...
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Now Available: Treason at Hanford: A Harry Truman Mysteryby Scott D. Parker Well, this is fun. After a long gestation period, one of my favorite books has now been published. What’s It About?...
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Weekend Recipe: Braised UnicornBy Sam Belacqua I'm a big unicorn fan, but can never find a good recipe that's also healthy and involves wine. Until today. Enjoy Braised...
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Do book tours sell books?By Sam Belacqua & ChatGPT A book tour, let me explain, Is a writer's thrilling, winding lane. With pages spun, tales to share,...
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Argento Talks About HimselfIt came out in English about four years ago, but I just recently caught up with Dario Argento's autobiography, Fear . As a long-time Argento...
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Nothing Scary About How Fun Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant Isby Scott D. Parker The hallmark of a good cozy mystery series is whether or not you’d want to live in the town with the characters that...
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FICTION: "POST-MORTEM (KILLBOX, REDUX)" by #1 Bestselling Author, Beau JohnsonThere's one name you've all heard across the internet this week. You've heard it here, and you've heard it on Twitter (I'll never call it X, you...
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Punjabi CrimeSince finishing Season 2 of Dehli Crime on Netflix, I've been looking for another crime show to watch that's set in India. I recently found one...
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Beau is back, on top, and gratefulBeau Johnson's new THE ABRUM FILES is a chart-topper. Find out why by getting your own copy. Get yours
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Remembering What We Have Forgotten with The Halloween Treeby Scott D. Parker Halloween is a day to remember what we have forgotten. What have we let slip from our collective human consciousness?...
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A Killing Rain, Book OneThis week, Beau Johnson takes a look at A KILLING RAIN from Faye Snowden Dark, Southern gothic tale of homicide...
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Let the Woods Keep Our BodiesKudos to the person who's not Stephen King and who writes a horror story set in Maine. What if you grow up in Maine and want to write horror?...
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What Are the Famous Books of the 1990s?by Scott D. Parker (I'm traveling today so I present a rerun from a couple year ago. See y'all next week.) For the past couple...
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And the Publishing Taboos Once Were...The news right now is worse than usual, but I heard something yesterday that really made me laugh. It has nothing to do with what is going on in...
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What's Scary Is If You Don't Read Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meierby Scott D. Parker As I wrote last October, if there’s a holiday and you want to read a mystery featuring that holiday, Leslie Meier has you...
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Beau's Bouchercon Wrap-UpA handful of recs from Beau , plus his Bouchercon book round-up. And don't miss him coming up LIVE on Paper Cuts:...
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Gettysburg Review to closeBy Steve Weddle Over the years, I've read many good things in literary journals, particularly those coming out of colleges and universities....
