Mannon

As a kid, I watched Gunsmoke faithfully every chance I got, and out of all the episodes, there was one in particular starring Steve Forrest that stood out. Forrest played Will Mannon, a ruthless gunfighter who shows up in Dodge during Marshal Matt Dillon's absence and paralyzes the townspeople. For most of the hour, the suspense built around Mannon's fast draw, just about the fastest anybody had ever seen, and it seemed that as quick as Matt was there was no way he'd be able to take down Mannon. When Dillon finally shows up in the closing minutes, well, ...

Anyway, I see TV Land is showing the "Mannon" episode until August 9th. I hope it's as good as I remember. Wish my dad was here to watch it with me.

Pulp Extract: BOUNTY ON A BARON

Decker looked at the figure on the poster the sheriff handed him. Ten thousand dollars. He unfolded the poster and stared at the picture. The Baron had been plying his trade as a hired killer for more than seven years without ever having made a mistake that Decker knew of. He guessed that the old saying was never more true.

There's always a first time.

Amazon order | An overview of The Bounty Hunter series from Western Fiction Review

Needle Magazine Summer Issue

John Hornor has done an excellent job with Needle Magazine's Summer Issue. My story "The Sins of Maynard Shipley" is featured and look at that, I'm on the cover!

I'm Versatile

Thanks to David Barber for passing this award to me. Dave is an up-and-coming writer who we'll be seeing more of in the future. If you haven't, I recommend stopping by his site and saying hello.

68 Friends And Growing!

Well, isn't this here a fabulous kick in the head. Super thanks to Hilary and Patti and I'll do another post related to it soon.

Thuglit

Make no mistake about it that Thuglit is as important to the world of webzines as Black Mask was to print. I'm very surprised and saddened to see them go and will keep my fingers crossed that it is not permanent.

It's before ten in the morning here but I raise a Sam Adams toast to you Mr. Robinson and crew, and say thank you.

The BEAT to a PULP: Round One Cover!

There is still one small design element to finish, but this is it -- the cover to BEAT to a PULP: Round One. We couldn't be more excited about the outstanding artwork by James O'Barr and sensational cover design by John Bergin. Click on it to enlarge.