Thursday, August 25, 2011

On the Crime Anthology/Collection Front

There's a new print anthology out called "D*cked" with a collection of short stories with a most unusual theme - dark fiction inspired by Dick Cheney. The lineup a who's who listing of noir writers from Ken Bruen to Patti Abbott. You can find a list of the authors and a peek into the book here http://bloodyknucklescallusedfingertips.blogspot.com/2011/08/pimpin-guantanamo-style.html "D*icked" is edited by Greg Bardsely, Kieran Shea, and Jedidiah Ayres. You can read Kieran's thoughts about this collection of stories here http://kieranjamesshea.blogspot.com/2011/08/mr-grinch-goes-gonzo.html

Nigel Bird is one of the editors of "Pulp Ink" but he also has a second collection of his own short stories out called "Beat on the Brat". There's a great interview with Nigel here http://blog.iainrowan.com/2011/08/writers-talk-about-writing-nigel-bird.html There's also another review of "Pulp Ink" here http://www.crimefictionlover.com/2011/08/pulp-ink

Paul Brazill has a collection out called "Brit Grit" which has been reviewed by Chris Rhatigan here http://death-by-killing.blogspot.com/2011/08/brit-grit-by-paul-d-brazill.html

There's an interview over at Criminal-e with Kieth Rawson about his recently released collection, "The Chaos We Know". http://criminal-e.blogspot.com/2011/08/keith-rawson-interview-chaos-we-know.html

And there's a very nice review of "The Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles" over at Sabrina Ogden's blog. http://myfriendscallmekate.blogspot.com/2011/08/adventures-of-cash-laramie-and-gideon.html

3 comments:

Paul D Brazill said...

Thanks for the mention, Sandra. Though I only really only see Brit Grit as a mini- collection, if there is such a thing!

Chris Rhatigan said...

Good to see the anthology/collection alive and well!

sandra seamans said...

I think the mini-collection is becoming quite common, Paul. It's easy to put 5 to 10 short together and get them out there for $.99 so people can become familiar with your work through another medium.

I agree, Chris!