AshEdit News About Books and Writers. The minute Brown clinched the writing assignment and the juicy five-figure advance that went along with it he contacted me. Would I like to edit his work before turning it in to the publishing house editors? ALI laughing with the press, DUNDEE to the right, partial face showing.

A young noir writer in the seedy underworld of pulp publishing. With cheap scotch, cheaper women and guns, guns, guns. Monday, January 5, 2015. So what the hell, I thought. And you know what? Posted by Christopher Black. Thursday, November 13, 2014. Number Thirteen Press Launches Inaugural Novella. More details at the website.

CAPTURE and DUST DEVILS by Roger Smith. South African journalist Robert Dell, his wife and two children are all headed off on a holiday, when a black pickup truck runs them off the road. Along the way, the reader gets a mini-education in the behind-the-scenes politics of South Africa as that country m.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013. The dire straits of our individual yet coherent situations. Saturday, February 23, 2013. The 700 word format was a challenge. Friday, December 14, 2012. EVERYONE LEAVES IN THE END.

When wealthy Russian investors contract L. psychologist Joel Fischer to develop a device to manipulate minds, the Dreemweever exceeds all expectations. Everything is on track for delivery and a big payday, until two adventurous stoners steal his Dodge Challenger that, unknown to them, contains the Dreemweever in its trunk. Fischer and his crew have two days to get it back or he dies. Saturday, September 20, 2014. Posted by Sean Patrick Reardon. Tuesday, September 10, 2013.

Bill in Richmond, London. Thanks to all the entrants, readers and a big shout to the organizers, Eric Beetner, Holly West, Steve Weddle and the other good folk at Do Some Damage. Who also published the winning stories - and, of course, a thumbs up from the late, great Bill Hayes.

I watched her cavort across the stage when the lyrics resumed. Watching her, I thought how the blue stage light tinted her skin with a sheen like polished gun-bluing. Or, even more, of an almost nude woman coming out of ice-cold water.

The thoughts and writings of a guy called Frank. Wednesday, 31 August 2016. I have a new story up on my favorite. It covers both my interest in wine and the Mongols trail of destruction, which leads to. well you have to read the story;D. Saturday, 2 July 2016. Is for sale on Amazon and other platforms in the three story issue called. The Totem of the Cursed.