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Sea Minor- One Man's Opinion: A FEAST OF SNAKES by HARRY CREWSFirst off, a big thanks to Rory Costello for yesterday's piece. If you didn't see it, I recommend that you scroll down and check it out. I'd also thank Rory for suggesting this book to me as something I might enjoy; as always, he was bang on the money. A Feast Of Snakes is a stunning novel. It’s set in Mystic, Georgia during the build up to a […]
- Grandfathers Of ''Brit Grit'' by Rory Costello“What the hell is Brit Grit?” Paul D. Brazill posed this question last fall in order to present a long roster of high-quality British crime fiction writers who are active today. He’d published the piece a couple of times before, including this version in 2011 with “an addendum of worthy Brit Grit authors” – among them our host, Nigel Bird. Paul wrote, “T […]
- One Man's Opinion: THE KIND OF FRIENDS WHO MURDER EACH OTHER by CHRIS RHATIGANThere are a number of writers out there who are playing with noir fiction and bending and shaping it in new ways. Think John Rector, Eric Beetner or Heath Lowrance. If they’re writers you dig, you should add Chris Rhatigan to the list. He has his own style and that comes to the fore in ‘The Kind Of Friends Who Murder Each Other’. Truth be told, I was bowled […]
- One Man's Opinion: THE WATCHMAN by ROBERT CRAISI’ve been struggling to read of late. In fact, I always struggle to read to some extent. To make it worth the effort of revisiting lines and sentences that haven’t made sense, I have to be really engaged.An audio-book seemed like a good thing to try as an alternative. I get to drive to work 2 or 3 times a week and have a CD player, so why not?This isn’t t […]
- One Man's Opinion: RUMBLE FISH by SE HINTONThings in life don’t come with equal weight. The biggest and heaviest impacts are when an event or a moment grab a life that is completely and utterly ripe for something it didn’t know existed.The film Rumble Fish was one of the big blows of my early adulthood. To me it was (and still is) mind-blowingly good. The cast, the themes, the black-and-white and The […]
- Dancing With Myself: KARIN COX interviews KARIN COX"Are YOU talking to me?"Q.1 So, what's up with the talking to yourself? I mean, we all do it a little bit, but to interview yourself ... got a few "personality" issues have you? Me? Never! I'm a writer. I have way more than a few issues. To start with, there's this vampire-hunting Cruxim who keeps rattling around inside my […]
- Frack OffThe Rocks Below is free today and until 21st April.The strongest words you'll find inside are 'Frack Off' and that's because I'm hoping it will prove to be accessible to older children and get them thinking about one or two things.It's had some cracking reviews so far, so check them out.You can get it from:Amazon ukAmazon usAmaz […]
- One Man's Opinion: THE SOUND OF LONELINESS by CRAIG WALLWORKThe words of William Blake are quoted at the beginning of this novel: ‘Dear mother, Dear mother, the Church is cold, but the Alehouse is healthy, and pleasant, and warm.’ It doesn’t take long to work out that this opening is very apt. Daniel Crabtree is a barfly of sorts – more of a pubfly really. The pubs he frequents don’t have any of the dramatic or rom […]
- Dancing With Myself: J. A. KAZIMER interviews J. A. KAZIMERA couple of free books from me today: In Loco Parentis UK and US and Mr Suit UK and US They're both pretty cool. And Happy Easter everyone. Writing? Really? I know, right? Spending your day making shit up. How can that possibly be a job? If only writing was that easy. It takes a lot of time and energy, not to mention a lot of lies. But I wouldn […]
- One Man's Opinion: ALL THE WILD CHILDREN by JOSH STALLINGSBefore I move on, I want to let you know that I have a giveway going on. You can get a copy of my novel In Loco Parentis (if you haven't already picked one up) today and over the Easter Weekend for free. It's at Amazon UK and US. I'd be much obliged if you'd take a punt. I'd be even more obliged if you passed the message on to yo […]
- One Man's Opinion: A FEAST OF SNAKES by HARRY CREWS