Usually author interviews are done with the idea of civility and respect.  The same old questions can always be found in nearly every interview. Then there is this book and how Lauren Baratz-Logsted (LBL) does them. The Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors features interviews with a sarcastic tone along with plenty of references to [...]

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Alexandra Sokoloff is the Thriller Award-winning and Bram Stoker, Anthony, and Black Quill award-nominated author of the supernatural thrillers THE HARROWING, THE PRICE, THE UNSEEN, BOOK OF SHADOWS, THE SHIFTERS, and THE SPACE BETWEEN, and the Top Ten Amazon bestselling Huntress/FBI thriller series (HUNTRESS MOON, BLOOD MOON), which has also been nominated for a Thriller [...]

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The four member team sent to Rhinebeck, New York, had one target and one mission objective. The Durres Syndicate wants Walt Bergman dead and they want his records. As the commander of the NYPD Intelligence Division he knows where the bodies are buried on and off the force. He knows the identity of confidential informants, [...]

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It is fall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the tourists with their frenetic energy and electronic devices have all gone back to wherever it is they came from. The peace and quiet has been restored and Webb Sawyer is very glad. Webb Sawyer isn’t a slave to technology and is a man [...]

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R. Barri Flowers is an award winning criminologist and bestselling author of more than sixty books, including thrillers, true crime, criminology, and young adult mysteries. He’s here today to talk about his latest suspense novel, Before He Kills Again: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller. Enjoy the interview! When did you decide you wanted to become an [...]

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Sara and Gen aren’t getting along too well as the twin sisters aren’t identical in their preferences. The last thing Sara wanted to do was spend the weekend working in their yard. Gen did and thought that planting vegetables and getting the mess cleared up was the way to do things. There is tension between [...]

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It’s not unusual for the rich to have weird parties, but in New York those parties are stranger than most.  On Tuesday, artist Julian Schnabel was honored at a party at an abandoned sugar refinery: the Domino Sugar Factory. The factory has lain abandoned under the Brooklyn half of the Williamsburg Bridge for ten years, [...]

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Melodie Campbell achieved a personal best this year whenLibrary Digest compared her to Janet Evanovich. Melodie got her start writing comedy (stand-up and columns.)  In1999, she opened the Canadian Humour Conference.  She has over 200 publications including 100 comedy credits, 40 short stories and 4 novels. Her fifth novel, a mob caper entitled The Goddaughter’s Revenge(Orca Books) [...]

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The Education of a Pulp Writer is a gritty in your face read by David Cranmer that features ten short stories that predate his work in Westerns. The people in these stories are people living on the edge of, not just society as noted in the introduction, but on the edge of everything. Character desperation [...]

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Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett knew local resident Butch Roberson. At least he thought he did. Joe Pickett knew something was off with him when he encountered Butch Roberson on the Big Stream Ranch in the Bighorn Mountains. The owner of Meadowlark Construction in nearby Saddlestring had a large backpack–far larger than it should have [...]

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Previously published in Enough Rope as well as “one of the Flesh & Blood anthologies edited by Jeff Gelb and Max Allan Collins” (a note from the author) the story has been re-released as an individual short story. The subtitle is “A Nasty Little Story” and it is certainly is on several levels. This adult [...]

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Recently released by Untreed Reads this short story revolves around Lorna Lombardi called to serve as a juror in Westchester, New York one January. Kelly Meadows was the 46 year old woman on trial for the murder of her 50 year old husband, Tim. The couple were going through a divorce (though things were civil) [...]

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The Texas Capitol Murders features romance, murder, a Texas Ranger, a governor afraid of his own shadow, strident anti-abortionists, at least one pervert (depending on your personal definition of “pervert” there could be a couple more), and other unique human beings. In other words, the read easily could be nonfiction, but author Bill Crider is [...]

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I find it strange how I manage to get involved in stuff. But I am really good at it! I don’t go looking for stuff, somehow it just arrives at my door. Because of knowing author Sam Moffie (bad influence) I started talking to one of the sources he used in To Kill The Duke. [...]

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The boisterous screams of fans, and the beautiful, yet extravagant setting, welcomed those watching at home to the biggest event on the WWE’s calendar – Wrestlemania 29. This year’s spectacle was well attended by more than 80,000 fans at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It was a night full of action, but very [...]

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Some dark serendipity plopped a young Patrick Greene in front of a series of ever stranger films-and experiences-in his formative years, leading to a unique viewpoint. His odd interests have led to pursuits in film acting, paranormal investigation, martial arts, quantum physics, bizarre folklore and eastern philosophy. These elements flavor his screenplays and fiction works, often [...]

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They say that each person has a double floating around on the world. Somebody that looks like him or her and may even act the same way. Nearly everyone who knows Lincoln, who goes by the nickname Linc, hopes and prays for his parents’ sake that this is not true. Twelve year old Linc has [...]

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My guest today is Rudy A. Mazzocchi, author of the multi-award-winner medical thriller, EQUITY OF FEAR, the 2nd installment in his Equity series, published by Twilight Times Books. In this interview, the author tells us about his life as an author as well as a med-tech, start-up C.E.O., about his inspiration for his latest novel, [...]

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The death of a police officer is always a tragedy. The fact that it is being described as a suicide and then wouldn’t be covered in any depth by the Newark Eagle- Examiner is something that reporter Carter Ross does not know when he goes off to interview the widow. Noemi Kipps is a formidable [...]

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You want to grow some food, but you don’t want your yard to look like a farm. Or maybe your Home Owner’s Association has rules on that and will freak if they can tell you planted some produce producing plants. Or maybe you have a difficult neighbor who has a tendency to report everything you [...]

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Anne K. Edwards has authored and coauthored books in several different genres, from children’s books to mystery to speculative fiction. Currently, Anne is working on a new mystery novel, second in the “Death” series, to follow Death on Delivery. She’s here today to talk about her latest release, the suspense novel, Shadows Over Paradise. Why don’t you begin by [...]

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Having just passed the bar a few days earlier newly minted lawyer Leo Maxwell expected a routine lunch with his brother Teddy Maxwell. It was 1999 and Teddy was deep in trial and locked into the case. When in trial he always ate at Coruna. That habit meant the shooter knew exactly where Teddy would [...]

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Originally published in 2010 in Lone Star Noir, this short story is now available as a stand alone e-book. Carlos McDaniel was minding his own business as the small lake southeast of College Station, Texas when the two men in business suits showed up. Carlos liked going to the family’s small place at the one [...]

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The Drifter Detective: A Jack Laramie Beat by Garnett Elliott is the latest release from Beat To A Pulp and is a very good one. The striking and well done cover only hints at the powerful tale inside as the read takes readers to West Texas and the world of private investigator Jack Laramie. After [...]

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The Good, The Bad and The Murderous: A Sid Chance Thriller is the second book in the series that began with The Surest Poison. As such, while this novel could be read as a stand-alone, there are the occasional references to the earlier book in the series. It is recommended that you read that book [...]

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It’s Holy Week here in the Philippines, which means lots of church going and Manila is emptying out for folks to go home for the Easter Holidays. First Things magazine discusses how Americans should view the crucifixion: not as an event to be watched, but as the result of our sins. They even quote Luther [...]

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On January 25th, three days after his 85th birthday, legendary artist Shozo Shimamoto died of heart failure. A memorial event titled Shozo-ism was held at Hotel Novotel Koshien, Osaka West in Japan on March 13th. Another memorial is ongoing. Quoting Shozo’s first son, Takashi Shimamoto “please visit Shozo’s soul, he would be so excited to [...]

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Everything changed for Nora Hamilton that January morning when she woke up alone. Brendan, her police officer husband, was not in the bed with her. The normal morning sounds he would have made were not present. No sounds of the shower, no smell of morning coffee, no nothing as the strange silence stretched on and [...]

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Please welcome my special guest, international bestselling Canadian author Cheryl Kaye Tardif. Cheryl is best known for Submerged, a psychological thriller that has had over 49,000 downloads on Amazon alone in March 2013, Children of the Fog, a supernatural suspense thriller that has sold over 50,000 copies and has made Amazon’s Top 100 bestsellers list (overall list) [...]

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The road to Wrestlemania is paved with controversy. This year is no exception. For some wrestlers, the journey is treacherous. Some wonder if they will ever make it to the grand stage. Fans at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and those watching at home, will witness two controversial main event matches on April [...]

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