Upcoming Event: Barrelhouse Launch Party
To celebrate their just-released Crime Issue, the good folks at Barrelhouse are hosting a launch party on Wednesday, March 7, […]
D.C. Events, Mysteries/Thrillers
Mysteries/Thrillers
Essay: “The Celebrate Poirot” in Mystery Scene
Mystery Scene has just updated an older essay I did on Agatha Christie’s famed detective Hercule Poirot; the original appeared
Mysteries/Thrillers, Reviews/Recommendations
Review: Elizabeth Hand’s Available Dark in the Washington Post
Elizabeth Hand’s Available Dark, a follow-up to her highly acclaimed Generation Loss, takes could’ve-been-somebody photographer Cassandra Neary from New York
Mysteries/Thrillers, Writing
New Fiction: “Blue Plate Special” in Barrelhouse
The D.C.-based literary journal Barrelhouse has recently published its special “Crime Issue,” including my story “Blue Plate Special” and a
Mysteries/Thrillers, North Carolina Literature, Reviews/Recommendations
Review: John Hart’s Iron House in North Carolina Literary Review
In addition to its annual print publication, the North Carolina Literary Review has just debuted a mid-Winter electronic supplement—and I’m
Mysteries/Thrillers, Reviews/Recommendations, Southern Literature
Review: Bret Lott’s Dead Low Tide in the Washington Post
I’ll admit that I had high hopes for Bret Lott’s new “literary thriller” (as it’s being heavily marketed) but ultimately
Mysteries/Thrillers, Reviews/Recommendations
Review and New Fiction: Michael Connelly’s The Drop in the Washington Post and My Own “Locked Out” in Plots With Guns
My review of Michael Connelly‘s new Harry Bosch novel, The Drop, appears in today’s Washington Post—a short review in this
George Mason University, Interviews, Literary News
Interview: Laura Ellen Scott, author of Death Wishing
Very pleased to be hosting another interview between two fine writers. Tara Laskowski, who interviewed Steve Almond here recently, chats
Mysteries/Thrillers, Writing
New Fiction: “The White Rose of Memphis” in Needle: A Magazine of Noir
The Fall 2011 issue of Needle: A Magazine of Noir has just been released, and I’m fortunate to have a
D.C. Events, Interviews, Literary News, N.C. Events
Interview: Steve Almond, author of God Bless America
I’m pleased to welcome two great short story writers this week: the inimitable Steve Almond in conversation with Tara Laskowski.
Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers, North Carolina Literature, Reviews/Recommendations, Southern Literature
Interview: NC Author Sarah Shaber in Mystery Scene
The Fall 2011 Mystery Scene has just arrived, and I’m pleased that the new issue includes my interview with North
Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers
Interview: Manuel Muñoz, author of What You See in the Dark
Manuel Muñoz’s What You See in the Dark, released earlier this year by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, boasts what