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Going Down Slow by Eryk Pruitt | Gunslingers, Hosiers, and Johnny Cash | Unlawful Acts

“Gunslingers, Hosiers, and Johnny Cash” features links to Scott Adlerberg, Cornell Woolrich, Paul D. Brazill, Reed Farrel Coleman, Eryk Pruitt and more.

Essay: Scott Adlerberg on Cornell Woolrich’s “Waltz Into Darkness” (Mystery Tribune)

Interview: Tim Mara sat down to interview Paul D. Brazill (The Big Thrill)

Interview: “Off the Cuff with Reed Farrel Coleman” (Dietrich Kalteis)

Short Story: “Fragrant” by Rod D. Smith (Shotgun Honey)

Book Review: “King of the Crows” by Russell Day (Fahrenheit Press) (Grab This Book)

Journal Review: “Hoosier Noir: One” (First City Books) (Kevin’s Corner)

Book Review: “Blackwood” by Michael Farris Smith (Little, Brown) (Southern Review of Books)

Book Review: “Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel According to Johnny Cash” by Richard Beck (Fortress Press) (No Depression)

Podcast: Special guest co-hosts E.A. Aymar and Sarah Chen talked with Sheena Kamal and Matthew Quirk (Writer Types)

Movie: “Going Down Slow” written and directed by Eryk Pruitt (Vimeo)

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The Night of the Flood by E.A. Aymar and Sarah M. Chen

The Night of the Flood (Down & Out Books), edited by E.A. Aymar and Sarah M. Chen, is the second antholgoy masquerading as a novel in as many weeks, the other being Culprits: The Heist Was Just the Beginning (Polis Books), edited by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips (review). Is there a name for these things like novology or anthovel? Probably not and that might be a good thing given my examples.

Aymar and Chen have been on a publicity tear over the last few weeks and so you probably already know what’s going on. If you don’t, here is Chen explaining the novel’s premise to Dana King:

It’s a novel-in-stories told from fourteen different perspectives that centers around one night of chaos in Everton, a small fictional Pennsylvania town. It all begins when the first female in modern times is executed in Pennsylvania. This sets off a group of passionate female activists to blow up the town’s dam in protest. What follows is an opportunity for crooks and killers to wreak havoc on the town while with some folks, it’s all about survival.

Aymar and Chen have gotten a slew of crime writers to participate Rob Brunet, Angel Luis Colón, Hilary Davidson, Mark Edwards, Gwen Florio, Elizabeth Heiter, J.J. Hensley, Jennifer Hillier, Shannon Kirk, Jenny Milchman, Alan Orloff, and Wendy Tyson. There were quite a few stories that stood out for me like Hensley’s “The Copy Man”, Mark Edwards’ “The Curse”, Wendy Tyson’s “Anything Worth Saving”, and Shannon Kirk’s “Carter Hank McKater Takes a Sedative at One in the A.M.” Heck, even Angel Luis Colón’s Blacky Jaguar makes an appearance. Some of the stories were intricately interconnected and it took me a minute or two to figure out what was going on, but that could just be me. The Night of the Flood is a fun experiment with some fantastic storytelling and none of the writers phoned it in which is high praise for an anthology.

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