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The Noir @ the Bar, March 23, 2014
Pics or it didn’t happen. On Sunday, March 23, I reading at the next New York Noir @ the Bar at Shade Bar, organized by the majestic Todd Robinson and gonzo Glenn G. Gray. A great time, a talented...
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Author and Cubano Supremo Alex Segura wrote the great Miami-based crime thriller Silent City. After he was tagged by Kristi Belcamino, he tagged me for this latest blog hoppiness, a series of four...
View ArticleThis Time the Accent . . . Is on Mystery!
I’ll be part of a very fun event in early June, a Latino Crime Writers Panel and Discussion, with “some of the newest and hottest crime writers who just happen to be Latino.” I’ll be joining Lyn Di...
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MWA-NY Reading VIII
On Tuesday, June 17 , as president of the Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter, I will be hosting reading series at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, N.Y., 7-9 p.m. This is the sixth one we’ve done...
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Later this month, on Saturday, I’ll be dropping in on MWA University, which is being hosted in Philadelphia this time. Organized by the Mystery Writers of America, the low-cost, full-day seminar covers...
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Noir at the Bar Migrates to the Outerboroughs
In what may be seen as literary gentrification, the Noir at the Bar reading series is coming to Odradeks Coffee House, 82-60 Austin Street, in Kew Gardens, Queens, on Thursday, August 7, 7 p.m. Amazin’...
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A Day at the Cemetery
This way to the crematorium The New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America spent Sunday in Woodlawn Cemetery (in the BRONX, baby!) with a graveyard experts, best-selling authors, and a reporter...
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Flash! I Won a Flash Contest, Flash Hybrid Noir Contest, I Mean
My flash fiction story “How To Write Flash Fiction” won Punchnel’s Flash Hybrid Noir Contest. It’s a flash story, which means it’s a very very short story, which means you could probably read it during...
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Edgar and I: Teaching in Poe Park
I grew up loving Edgar Allan Poe’s writing, and he became one of my first literary heroes. I knew he had lived in New York City, and a long time ago a friend I was visiting in the Bronx pointed out his...
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When I was first asked by the Nominating Committee if I wanted to be chapter president of the Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter, I was sure they were mistaken. Who me? Someone who had racked...
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New Story Out in PILGRIMAGE
My story, “The Unfaithful Ghost,” is in the latest issue of Pilgrimage, in their fear-themed issue (volume 39, issue 3). Thanks to editor/publisher Juan Morales for accepting the story. I wrote that...
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It Ain’t the Heat, It’s the Iniquity: SUNSHINE NOIR
Dear Fans (both of you), I’d like to reassure you that I have not been dormant for lo these many months but have actually been scribbling away and getting stories rejected and even accepted. It is just...
View ArticleROACHKILLER Goes into Overdrive
The ebook of my collection of short fiction, Roachkiller and Other Stories, is now available for loan at libraries via Overdrive. The book contains ten short stories, ranging in genre from crime to...
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The Accent Is on Spec Fic: LATIN@ RISING
As much as I hate to plug a book before it is physically in my hands (a superstitious, pessimistic git am I), Latin@ Rising is on the horizon, due out February 2017. This anthology of Latin@...
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THE OLD HAUNT
This story was originally published in Nightmare Illustrated and has been republished several times. I thought I’d add it here temporarily, for your Halloween reading pleasure. The Old Haunt by Richie...
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PURE as the Driven SLUSH
Speaking of Dark Times, Winter is indeed coming to the U.S. So perhaps we could all use a little humor before humor is made illegal. I’ve a funny story just printed in Pure Slush, Vol. 13: Freak, an...
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All about Setting: Library Panel, December 12
Next Monday, December 12, starting at 6:15 p.m., at the Seward Park Branch Library 192 East Broadway, I’ll be discussing setting and location in mystery stories with authors C.E. Lawrence, Laura Joh...
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“Merry Xmas from Orchard Beach” up at Spinetingler
My story “Merry Xmas from Orchard Beach” is now up at Spinetingler magazine. Many thanks to Jack Getze for publishing it. I’ve always wanted to write a story set in the Bronx Riviera. I went there...
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Upcoming Appearance: Hosting a Mystery Mash-Up
On Saturday, February 11, 2017, 7-9 p.m., I’ll be hosting a mystery writers night at KGB (85 East 4th Street, New York, between 2nd & 3rd Ave), as part of Ducts‘ Trumpet Fiction reading series. I...
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A Working Visit to the Motherland: Puerto Rico
Early next month you can find me doing a flyby visit to Puerto Rico, courtesy of Matthew David Goodwin, editor of Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the University of...
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