“Coordinated Attacks,” a new Retrieval Artist novella, has just appeared in the July/August edition of Analog Magazine. The novella provides a preview of some of the action in the next Retrieval Artist novel, Anniversary Day. I’ll have news about that novel next week. But for now, go to Analog‘s website for an excerpt, and then […]
Continue ReadingAudible published the unabridged version of City of Ruins in audio this week. Head on over and download a copy! Here’s the link.
Continue ReadingTravel and deadlines have put me behind in announcing my news to all of you. In the next few weeks, you’ll see reports of reissued books, new short stories, and a bunch of free nonfiction & interviews on the web. First, let me encourage you to go out and purchase the July Asimov’s. It has […]
Continue ReadingThe third book in my Retrieval Artist series is now available in e-format. All of the Retrieval Artist novels do stand alone, so you can read them out of order, if you would like. (I would recommend that you read them in order, but that’s just me.) The cover is again by the wonderful Jonathon […]
Continue ReadingOkay, the interview is not a mystery as in whodunnit. It’s an interview about mysteries, specifically mine. The interview mostly focuses on the use of setting in mystery fiction, which is one of my favorite topics. You can find the interview on the Scene of the Crime blog. The podcast is a discussion between me […]
Continue ReadingOnce per month, I’ll publish an excerpt of one of my novels, and I hope you’ll be intrigued enough to buy the rest of the book. I began this practice last month with Diving into the Wreck. Unlike the free fiction I put up every Monday, the novel excerpts will remain on the […]
Continue ReadingWow, am I late putting this up. I planned to do so during breaks last weekend, but there were no breaks. I barely had time to sleep. So here it is, the January Recommended Reading List. Despite travel and a convention—or maybe because of it—I got a lot of reading done during January. Much of […]
Continue ReadingJonathan Strahan has included my short story, “Watching The Music Dance,” in his marvelous Engineering Infinity anthology, along with stories by Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Charles Stross, and a lot of other good folk. You can find the book in trade paper, mass market paper, or electronic. Your favorite bookstore should have […]
Continue ReadingWMG Publishing has released an ebook edition of my Arthur C. Clarke nominated novel, Alien Influences. While the novel got great treatment in the U.K., it got published “dead” in the United States. I had already lost two editors at the company and no one supervised the release. While the novel received almost no attention […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: A Lawsuit Waiting To Happen Kristine Kathryn Rusch I knew I’d get ideas for this blog while I was here in Germany. I just didn’t realize I wouldn’t have time to write them. Tonight, after I finish this, I must make notes about Nuremberg and maybe try to get some sleep. I […]
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