Severson made a name for himself once, as a crack reporter. But now, years later, he hides behind his typewriter. Until the day Molly walks through the door looking for a job. Molly, with her ideals and her determination and her courage. Molly might change his life—but not necessarily in the way he hopes. “Northern […]
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Well, after a big Recommended Reading List in July, I have a small one in August. I read a lot, but very little impressed me. I read three novellas by a favorite author, only available on Kindle (blech), and quit before getting to the others he’d published. He’s traditionally published and did these exclusive with […]
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For the past three days, I’ve discussed the books in the Seavy County Kickstarter. I’ve only shown you dark fantasy novels, and I teased you with the possibility of other genres. Well, here are two of them. Visitations features the science fiction of Seavy County. It leans heavily into aliens, some of them quite amusing. […]
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I wrote Consecrated Ground in the 1990s. The book went through publishing hell. The acquiring editor was fired…after he had slapped a new name on the book and forgot to put it into production. A year later, the book came out under the new name, but the sales force at the NY publisher thought they had […]
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Maxwell Sobel writes about heroes for a living. He studies them, imagines them, imagines being them. But when a routine drive turns into a fight for his life, he must become a real hero. Or lose everything. Voted one of the top ten stories of the year by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine readers. “Heroics” is […]
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This rather short list makes it look like I didn’t read much in June, but I did. I had some misfires (as you can see), and I read quite a few things that I didn’t think were worth recommending. And then there’s Kelley Armstrong… I binged the Kelley Armstrong Rockton/Haven’s Rock series until I caught […]
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With school over (as of the first week of May), I have more time to read. I occasionally binged a novel. I’ve had some down days as the chronic health issues flared and on one lovely day, I read two entire novels, something I hadn’t done since the damn dental surgeries of 2023. It was […]
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Don’t you wish we could escape from 2026? Sometimes I do, especially when I look at the state of our world right now. I really want this period in history to end so that I can read the history books from the comfort of my own chair, smiling softly at the fact that we survived […]
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Here’s the book trailer, specifically designed to feature the Kickstarter, for my noir novel, Consecrated Ground. This is the novel that I mentioned on Tuesday, the one that the original editor slapped an offensive title on (which stuck for nearly two decades). I’m using the original title. This novel is historical through and through, although, like […]
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We’re running a Kickstarter as of about five minutes ago. It features a brand-new crime novel that I hesitate to call historical, because part of the book is set now. I’m proud of that book, Candid Shots of the 1970s, but it also surprised me. I thought it was going to be a short story, but […]
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