I love Paul D. Brazill’s weekly stories. This week we can read “The Bucket List” which is from his short story collection, “The Last Laugh” (All Due Respect, 2018)
All Due Respect is accepting short story submissions. We’d love to publish more stories from women, writers of color, and other marginalized voices. We pay $25 upon publication. Submission guidelines here.
All Due Respect is accepting short story submissions. We’d love to publish more stories from women, writers of color, and other marginalized voices. We pay $25 upon publication. Submission guidelines here.
All Due Respect is accepting short story submissions. We’d love to publish more stories from women, writers of color, and other marginalized voices. We pay $25 upon publication. Submission guidelines here.
All Due Respect is accepting short story submissions. We’d love to publish more stories from women, writers of color, and other marginalized voices. We pay $25 upon publication. Submission guidelines here.
One of my side gigs is working as an editor for the monthly All Due Respect ‘zine. We released some new fiction by BV Lawson. Y’all should go read it now.
All Due Respect is accepting short story submissions. We’d love to publish more stories from women, writers of color, and other marginalized voices. We pay $25 upon publication. Submission guidelines here.
He [Otto Penzler] has been in publishing for decades, which means his inability to see the need for diversity and his denial of the obvious biases that have shaped the publishing world for decades are things that stem from one of two things: pure stupidity or racism. I have time for neither.
The Exquisite Corpse wrapped up its second volume. The editors are looking for participants for the third.
Close to the Bone has released its first online magazine and it’s a good one featuring Holly Rae Garcia, Oliver Brennan, Paul Heatley, and the beginning of a serialized novel by Paul D. Brazill called “The Seatown Blues”. If you’ve never read Brazill before, here’s your chance to read wonderful lines like “Bryn immediately recognised Detective Inspector Slipper, a copper so bent you could use him as a pipe cleaner.”
Articles
Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick, a celebrity book curator critiques celebrity bookshelves (Town & Country)
Michael J. Seidlinger interviewed by Tobias Carroll (Vol. 1 Brooklyn)
“A Day in the Life ~ Cassandra Raines” by Tracy Clark (dru’s book musings)
Interview with Art Taylor, author of “The Boy Detective & The Summer of 74 and Other Tales of Suspense” (Madam Mayo)
“Lockdown” edited by Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle (Polis Books) (BOLO Books)
“Rock -N- Noirror: Horror and Noir from the Seedy Side of Rock -N- Roll” edited by Wolfgang Potterhouse and Todd Morr (10th Rule Books) (Eight Million Books)
“Lost Tomorrows” by Matt Coyle (Oceanview Publishing) (Sons of Spade)
“Banjos, Art Theft, and Ulysses S. Grant – Small Crimes: Weekend Edition” features Simon Maltman, Kaaron Warren, Paul D. Marks, Laird Barron, and much more.
“Otto Penzler, George Simenon, and Roxy Music – Small Crimes: Friday Reads” features Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Close to the Bone Magazine, and much more.
Article: K.A. Laity on some classic noir by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (Punk Noir)
Article: First issue of Close to the Bone Magazine featuring Holly Rae Garcia, Paul Heatley, and more (Close to the Bone)
“Late Night Decisions”, photograph by J Stimp, CC BY
How did last week go for you? The objectivity of time is losing its battle against the subjective interpretation of time during the quarantine, last week was both fast and slow for me. No prose recap this week, only links collected throughout the week. There are articles, book reviews, assorted other media links, and a few featured books. My one complaint — oh, I have many —, but my one complaint I’ll voice here was my inability to carve out some space to read more short stories. Maybe this week. Maybe not.
Articles
“Roller Derby and Mystery” by A.J. Devlin (Do Some Damage)
“Thrillers Bring The Light” by James Scott Bell (Kill Zone)
“25 Classic But Lesser-Known Crime Novels to Read in Lockdown, From King Dido to the Sam Dean Series” by Sarah Hughes (inews)
Next stop for S.A. Cosby, the cover of Rolling Stone (Booklist)
“Legendary Paris bookshop reveals reading habits of illustrious clientele” by Alison Flood (The Guardian)
Submissions are open and what the editors are looking for (Longreads)
“‘This Is A Crazy Time, And It’s Okay If You’re Scared’ Says Man Burying Gagged Prisoner Alive” (The Onion)
“How I Hustled Hundreds of Dollars of Free Tacos for the Literary World” by MM Carrigan (Lit Hub)
More on Greil Marcus’s obsession with “The Great Gatsby” (The Baffler)
The First Two Pages: “Limited Liability” by Sarah Weinman (Art Taylor, Writer)
