Happy Birthday, Ed Gorman

Ed Gorman would have turned 75 today. I think the best way I can honor him was by re-posting something I wrote about his work last year:

With Relentless, Gorman transcends the Western genre akin to what writer Jack Schaefer did with Monte Walsh and film director Robert Altman accomplished with McCabe and Mrs. Miller. No mythological posturing between these pages but real individuals on the edge with seemingly no way out. Ernest Hemingway said, “When writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”

Ed Gorman writes living people. Their hopes and dreams and the high costs of turning a blind eye to social justice. Relentless doesn’t have a lot of action per se but that makes sense in this noir Western that eschews fabled clichés and instead builds strong, riveting passages in the formation of these desperate lives.

Happy birthday, Ed. Thank you for an incredible body of work and your kindness.

Ed Gorman

It does the heart good to see the love flowing in from so many corners of the internet for Ed Gorman who recently passed away. What a decent, caring human being that we were fortunate enough to know. Ed was a friend who would drop an email letting me know what he was up to and had asked on several occasions if I wanted to join this or that project. I wish I had been able to jump on board more often, but I'm grateful to have had the opportunity and privilege to anthologize a couple of his short stories. And, more importantly, be able to call him a friend. You will be missed, Ed.

Here's a story that had been republished in 2011 at the BEAT to a PULP webzine called "Stalker."

BEAT to a PULP #153: Stalker by Ed Gorman

The legendary Ed Gorman is at BEAT to a PULP with "Stalker."

Zeltserman and Goldberg

Dave Zeltserman and Lee Goldberg have some intriguing insights over at Ed Gorman's blog.

The Thing About Nick...

Robert J. Randisi talks about his latest Nick Delvecchio novel over at Ed Gorman's blog.

Ghost Town

I'm asked frequently by crime fiction aficionados what westerns they should try. GHOST TOWN by Ed Gorman is a western noir for them.

Simply one of the best Western writers of our time. -- Rocky Mountain News

Somebody Dies reviews GHOST TOWN.

Ed Gorman's Blog.

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Ed Gorman's Stranglehold

It has been a crazy couple of weeks with the traveling, jet lag, hotel food, etc. Thankfully, one of the books that helped make the journey a little easier was Ed Gorman's latest titled Stranglehold. I haven't been able to sit down and type a proper review but luckily three of my friends have here, here and here.

Don't miss this one, folks, a real fine read.