The Criminal Element #4
Crowdfunding campaigns
Short stories
The Sack of Burley Cottage by Rich Larson.
Short Story Wednesday: "The Pilgrimage" William Maxwell.
Book reviews
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Fondness for Truth by Kim Hays.
Review: River of Lies: A Novel by James L’Etoile.
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Sex and Death on the Beach by Elaine Viets.
Book awards
2025 Silver Falchion Award Finalists.
Finalists in the High Plains International Book Awards.
Miscellany
Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?
16. The Noir books of Jim Thompson, with Jim Noy.
Author Lorie Lewis Ham and the Importance of Sherlock Holmes.
Rewriting the Rules: Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”.
Mixed Feelings, Copyright Edition.
PS: Fell down an internet rabbithole and found these Curious Creatures.
RIP Lalo Schifrin (June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025).