Archive for: February 2005

So I’m listening to the radio on my way home from work the other day, and the announcer is pitching a story from the nightly news in that “shocked, shocked!” voice they always use: “Suburban soccer moms, hooked on …

So, what do you do with good reviews? Last week I posted a little ditty called “Ken Bruen Is Dead, Alas” full of in-jokes and character assassination, with a title stolen directly from Michael Bishop. Within a …

by Graham Powell

There was no one in the shabby hotel’s fourth-floor hallway when Detective Sergeant Charlie Knacker carefully opened the stairway door. He beckoned to his partner, Detective James Gallovan, and together they eased their way down the corridor.

Halfway to …

As Somerset Maugham once said, “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” Wiser minds than mine have, however, come up with a few immutable laws for writers. Some of …

Bryon Quertermous (that sick bastard) has posted all the magnificent stories that are The Junk In The Trunk in one easy-to-read package - with a quote by uber-author Ken Bruen as a bonus! The Natural Bruenette describes Junk …