New stories up at Powder Burn Flash and Darkest Before the Dawn

Hi All,

It has been a busy past few weeks. I have a few new stories up at Powder Burn Flash and at Darkest Before the Dawn. I have posted the links for you.....

At Powder Burn Flash......

Chocolate Karma by James C. Clar
http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/330


Brian's Brown Paper Bag by Scott Wilson
http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/331


Candy Sangrai by Walt Conley
http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/332


and over on Darkest Before the Dawn.....


The Gravitron Twister by Michael C. Keith
http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net/?q=node/31


and a great twofer....


The Accident by Frank Bill
http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net/?q=node/32


Playing The Part by Frank Bill
http://www.darkestbeforedawn.net/?q=node/33


There are more great stories to follow during the month of July. Take a gander, sign into the sites and leave some feedback for these authors. I know that they will appreciate it.

New Spinetingler

The new issue of Spinetingler is live and, as Patrick Shawn Bagley so eloquently put it, "locked and loaded". There's a double dose of short stories, plenty of reviews and interviews.

My thanks to Jack Getze, who has remained with us as the editor, and Damon Caporaso and Jay Tomio of BSC Review, who finance the operation and make it possible. I would also like to thank Mark, who looks after all the design work and site maintenance. We have faced a lot of obstacles with this issue, but are thrilled to finally have it available for your reading pleasure.

Submissions Open for The Lineup: Poems on Crime 3

The third issue of The Lineup: Poems on Crime, due out in April 2010, is open to submissions from June 15 through July 31. Please follow the submission guidelines.

Darkest Before Dawn Has a new URL

Hi All,

Just a quick note to let you all know that I moved my short story site over to

www.darkestbeforedawn.net

Up this week is TWO LEFT by Eric Beetner

Last week I had Barry Baldwin's THE GOOD WOMAN

When you have a moment, swing by and share some comments.

The Lineup 2 Available Now

Click on the image to enlarge.

The Lineup: Poems on Crime 2 is now available for $6.00 USD from Lulu.com, and will be in stock soon at Once Upon a Crime in Minneapolis and Murder By the Book in Houston.

You can hear poems from Issues 1 and 2 this week on Seth Harwood's CrimeWAV.

For more information, visit The Lineup's official blog.

Bookspot Central Update

We are currently holding a contest for Nate Flexer's The Disassembled Man


Brian Lindenmuth reviews:

Very Mercenary by Rayo Casablanca; The Shallow End of the Pool by Adam-Troy Castro & Lowboy by John Wray

Wolverine Noir & Daredevil Noir

The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli & The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay

Saturday’s Child by Ray Banks; Gun by Ray Banks & American Rust by Philipp Meyer

Pyres by Derek Nikitas; The City in These Pages by John Grant & Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

Plots With Gyns Issue 5

Safer by Sean Doolittle

Dooley Takes the Fall by Norah McClintock; The Foreigner by Francie Lin; Borderlands by Brian McGilloway & Go With Me by Castle Freeman Jr.

The Nerd of Noir Reviews:

Very Mercenary by Rayo Casablanca

Safer by Sean Doolittle

Beast of Burden by Ray Banks

The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli

Sucker Punch by Ray Banks

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston

Sandra Ruttan reviews:

The Long-Legged Fly by James Sallis

The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay

Whisper in the Dark by Robert Gregory Browne

Please stop by and comment on any of these if you like. If you disagree with any of the reviews then let us know because honest discussion of books will only make the genre better.

--Thanks from BSC

Pulp Pusher Updates

Pulp Pusher updates with a new short story from peerless London crime supremo Nick Barlay. It's worth the visit for this knockout tale alone, but if you need any more convincing, try some new fiction from:

Brian Murphy

Jonathan Woods

Jake Nantz

and Kieran Shea.


Also, try a shot of surrealist fiction from Ulrich Haarburste who provides a Pushed for Answers slot ... here