My Personal Invitation to a Watery Grave

I was honored to accept my personal invite to the Watery Grave Invitational Short Story Contest. What am I talking about? Well click here to find out and join in the fun.

Daphne's Shorts

I've been a fan of Daphne du Maurier since seeing Hitchcock's REBECCA as a kid. I'm thrilled to read some unpublished short stories have come to light and The Telegraph has a great article on the soon to be released The Doll: Short Stories. And if you think this is stuffy material, think again. "The Doll" centers around "...a femme fatale called Rebecca who drives her suitor mad with jealousy over her love for a mechanical sex doll."

Herman Wouk Is Still Alive

The latest from Stephen King at the Atlantic.

Thanks, Sandra.

Down, Down Review

Mr. Rhatigan on Down, Down, Down, Burns, Burns, Burns.

New Angels

The 2011 Charlie's Angels.

My favorite will always be Jaclyn Smith. What about you?

BEAT to a PULP #125: Down, Down, Down, Burns, Burns, Burns by Jedidiah Ayres

His hard-as-nails fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Plots With Guns, Surreal South, Crimefactory, Out of the Gutter, Needle and BEAT to a PULP: Round One. He posts his thoughts at Harboiled Wonderland and the Barnes & Noble Mystery Blog. And today I’m pleased to say Jedidiah Ayres is at BTAP with "Down, Down, Down, Burns, Burns, Burns."

Next: Linda Schenck’s "Nobody’s Listening."

Soon: "The Man in the Alligator Shoes" by Chris F. Holm.

Dear David Cranmer

I'm still chuckling over Jed's post.