New crime zine Crimefactory debuts

Keith Rawson, Cameron James Ashley and Liam Jose have taken the original Crimefactory zine that was created by David Honeybone and resurrected like a Romero zombie. And make no mistake Barbara, Crimefactory is coming to get you.

Their hard work has paid off and the first issue went live sometime over night and it's packed high and tight with all sorts goodness.


The Table of Contents for the first issue includes:

Gordon Harries on Red Harvest
Scott Phillips on Charles Willeford

An excerpt from the unpublished Ken Bruen novel Killer

The Nerd of Noir writes a double feature movie review of The Silent Partner and Straight Time

Adrian McKinty does a chapter by chapter "commentary track" on Fifty Grand

New short stories include:

"Trespassing Between Heaven & Hell" by Frank Bill
"Nothing Personal" by Steve Weddle
"The Suitcase" by Dave White
"Good Bones" by Hilary Davidson

Book reviews include:

Crime by Alix Lambert reviewed by Cameron Ashley
The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
The Good Son by Russel D. McLean reviewed by The Nerd of Noir
The Grove by John Rector reviewed by Keith Rawson
In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell reviewed by Patti Abbott
This Wicked World by Richard Lange reviewed by Keith Rawson

Comic reviews include:

Trashman Lives! by Spain Rodriguez reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
Daytripper #1 - 2 by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon reviewed by Kieran Shea

Movie reviews include:

Harry Brown reviewed by Liam Jose
Pontypool reviewed by Patti Abbott
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans reviewed by Liam Jose


Albert Camus said that "We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages" and he was right on but when he said that "our task is not to unleash them on the world" he obviously wasn't talking about the Crimefactory.

Even though there isn't anything by me in it you should check out the first issue here.

Charlie Huston video interview

Over at BSC Review Keith Rawson has posted the first part of his video interview with Charlie Huston.

Check it out!

Reading period for the Spinetingler Award is now open

At this time I would like to announce that the reading period for the novel categories of the Spinetingler Awards is now open.

Unofficially the reading period for the Spinetingler Awards is always open, because over the course of the year we make note of the books that we read and enjoyed.

It can’t be stated any simpler than this: in order to make sure that a book is considered, it has to be put in front of us. If you are an editor, a publicist, a press owner, or an author and you want a title considered for the Spinetingler Awards, please contact me. After all, if we have read your book already, you don’t need to send us a copy.

My contact information is: blindenmuth AT gmail DOT COM

The Spinetingler Awards are given out annually in the mystery and crime fiction community (including those that flirt with it). Nominees pass through a private selection process before the shortlist is announced. The shortlist is put to a public vote, and a winner is selected.