From the monthly archives:

September 2007

Download more free novels

September 30, 2007

I get a lot of traffic from people looking to download free novels… so much so that I’ve added a new page to the site. In addition to the freebies from JA Konrath, I also added a couple of novels from Cory Doctorow, who’s a critically acclaimed sci-fi novelist, fervent DRM opponent, and founder of [...]

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Just how lucky is my wife? Married to Christian Slater!

September 29, 2007

About a year ago, I posted a nifty widget thing that showed the celebrities I most resemble. Stephanie Seymour was the number one. My how times have changed. Now, I look like Joseph Deiss. You know, the famous Swiss economist and politician? Yep. That Joseph Deiss. I also look like Christian Slater now. Well, sixty [...]

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Hey… it’s the gang from Jamie Ford’s blog

September 25, 2007

Hidey-ho, people! Thanks for stopping by. Jamie was kind enough to link back to me, so I figured I should be kind enough to welcome his faithful. I hope to have you back. But to make it less awkward for us all, just use my subscribe page to keep our new relationship alive. Sphere: Related [...]

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THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE, by Ed McBain

September 25, 2007

37 What do you get when you mix a drunk, down-and-out former-PI with a trio of beautiful girls and a murder? The perfect Ed McBain novel, that’s what. Well, perfect might be a stretch. Let’s just say it’s a perfect Ed McBain novel from his salad days. By the time THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE [...]

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CON ED, by Matthew Klein

September 24, 2007

36 ”The road the Hell is paved with good intentions.” Whoever uttered this famous quote—it wasn’t Samuel Johnson—knew what he was talking about. Such is the tale of CON ED’s Kip Largo, a wannabe reformed con man who gets pulled back into the game to save his son from the States-side edition of the Russian Mob. [...]

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The six best novels of 2007

September 21, 2007

Mmmkay. That’s headline’s not entirely true. It should read, “The six best novels I read between January and June in 2007.” But let’s face facts here: that one was too damn long, and it’s really not very good. I’m hoping the list is. And, by the way, these are in a particular order. THE LAST [...]

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