DARK VOYAGE

I have an embarrassing confession to make: when finished copies of my books make their way to my apartment (usually a month before publication), I pet the covers. It’s possible that I have done this while murmuring, “The precioussssss…” Sadly, I don’t (yet) have any physical copies of FALL INS VERDERBEN, the German edition of the second book in the Lily Moore series, THE NEXT ONE TO FALL. But the book is out now, and Egmont Lyx has done a spectacular job with it! I love this rendering of Machu Picchu. If you want to see images from my trip to Peru, featuring all the real-life locations I wrote about in the book, check this out.

Hot off the press: PROTECTORS 2: HEROES. Edited by Thomas Pluck, this collection features 55 short stories from the likes of Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, Joe Lansdale, David Morrell (yes, the guy who wrote RAMBO), Andrew Vachss, Reed Farrel Coleman, Linda Rodriguez, Martyn Waites, Alex Segura, and a host of talented writers. My contribution, “Sister Cecilia,” is one of the more provocative stories I’ve written. Sales of the collection benefit PROTECT, which fights child abuse. What are you waiting for? Pick up a copy today!

(Left to right: Thomas Pluck, Jen Conley, me, Rob Hart, Todd Robinson, and Alex Segura.)

This past Sunday’s Noir at the Bar was one of the best ever. Only six writers were brave enough to show up at this battle royal, in which writers had to read each others’ work. Did we have fun with it? Hell, yeah. But it all devolved into mayhem by the end of the night…

(Choking the life out of poor Todd… #thuglife)

Thanks to Todd Robinson, Alex Segura, Thomas Pluck, Rob Hart, and Jen Conley for an amazing night, and to everyone who turned out!

When you hit Noir at the Bar, you know what you’re getting into: one hell of a fun night with some gritty crime fiction mixed in. But this Sunday’s Noir at the Bar NYC is going to be a little different. The authors — Todd Robinson, Alex Segura, Rob Hart, Thomas Pluck, Jen Conley, Richie Narvaez, and me — will be reading each other’s work. (Sadly, Terrence McCauley has dropped out of the lineup.) I’ve heard rumors that certain authors (ahem, Mr. Hart) are taking advantage of this fact to put together some especially hair-raising stories. Like the poster says, it’s gonna be a bloodbath. Come join the fun: Sunday, September 6th, from 6pm to 9pm, at Shade (241 Sullivan Street, NYC). All are welcome!