Tuesday, October 30, 2018

SMFS Members Published In Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine: November/December 2018.


Four SMFS list members have stories in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine: November/December 2018 issue. They are:


Michael Bracken with “Going-Away Money.”


R. T. Lawton with “Vet’s Day.”


Robert Lopresti with “A Bad Day For Algebra Tests.”


Julie Tollefson with “Leah.”

SMFS Members Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: November/December 2018


Several SMFS members are published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: November/December 2018 issue. The issue is available from Dell Magazines as well as at Amazon and newsstands and bookstores. The SMFS members published in this issue are:

Craig Faustus Buck with “Race to Judgement.”

David Dean with “Human Resources.”

Barb Goffman with “Bug Appétit.”

Josh Pachter with “50.”

Stacy Woodson with “Duty, Honor, Hammett.”

Dave Zeltserman with “Archie for Hire.”


A couple of important notes…..

Fifty years ago in the December 1968 issue of EQMM, Josh Pachter’s first published story, “E. Q. Griffen Earns His Name.” Now, E. Q. Griffen is back in “50.”

In addition to “Duty, Honor, Hammett” located in the “Department of First Stories” section of this issue, Stacy Woodson also has a guest post titled “Military Veterans in Crime Fiction” at the EQMM blog, Something Is Going To Happen.

SMFS Member Publication News: O'Neil De Noux


SMFS list member O'Neil De Noux’s latest book, Howls In the Night is now out. The book is the second in his Jacques Dugas Mysteries series. The “steampunk thriller” is available in print and hardback formats at Amazon.

Amazon Synopsis:

A New Orleans historical mystery steampunk thriller set in 1900.

Howls reverberate off lacework balconies along fog-shrouded streets of the old quarter as New Orleans Police detectives search for missing men. The howling continues as the mutilated bodies of the missing are discovered. At night, terrorized people huddle behind barred doors in the French Quarter. The superstitious think the killer is a werewolf.

Is the work of this maniac connected to the sudden, nearly uncontrollable lust overwhelming several pretty women involved in the case, including Detective Jacques Dugas’s darling Evelyn? A deadly game of sex and violence plays out as police search for a gruesome murderer.

NOPD must work in the unfriendly Old French Quarter, now an Italian enclave. Sicilians and Napolitanos and other Italians distrust the police even when the police work in their interest. It does not help that NOPD is predominately Irish. French-American Detective Jacques Dugas, an exception and an exceptional detective leads the investigation as the bodies are discovered.

Two women are quickly involved in the drama, both Corsican-American. Donatella Saliceti is found lying unconscious on the banquette (sidewalk in New Orleans) on the evening of one of the murders. She is somehow connected to this but her connection is illusive. The other woman is Evelyn Dominici, Dugas’s lover, a beautiful, intelligent woman, living in an uptown mansion on Audubon Park. Her bright mind immediately questions if the mutilation are cannibalistic.

When the howling comes to Audubon Park, Dugas chases what many believe to be a werewolf preying on New Orleanians. How can ordinary police battle the supernatural? Could these killings be a sacrifice to the psychopompos – the ‘spirit who escorts newly deceased to the afterlife?

This book follows THE FRENCH DETECTIVE in the series.


In 1900, the crumbling French Quarter is an enclave of immigrants, primarily Sicilian. Early one July evening, four year old Luigi Bova is lured from in front of his house by the promise of ice-cream by a man who tosses Luigi into the back of a passing wagon. A frantic search ensues but Sicilians are reluctant to call the New Orleans Police Department populated by mostly Irishmen. Detective Jacques Dugas, taking a short cut through the Quarter, comes upon a street full of people looking for the missing boy and takes command of the situation.

An immediate search for the boy fails to locate Luigi or any leads and Det. Dugas begins a long, painstaking investigation among people who had no use for the police, people who speak a different language, people with their own way of dealing with crime. Assaulted from all sides, Dugas assembles a team of detectives, street cops, reluctant-but-sympathetic Italians and a strikingly-pretty woman, part Corsican, part English, who happens to be an expert linguist with a gift of getting Sicilians to talk. They are soon pitted against formidable villains including a crime boss known as il Maiale (the hog) and a terrifying henchman whose skeletal visage and cold black eyes have earned him the nickname il Cadavere (the cadaver).

From the crowded French Quarter, across sprawling turn-of-the-century New Orleans, to the wilds of Algiers across the river, detectives follow false lead after false lead, as bogus ransom notes arrive almost daily, until Dugas finds a street urchin, another little boy who saw who took Luigi. With the blood-feud between Irish and Italians ready to rekindle – ten years earlier the first NOPD chief of police was murdered by the Mafia – with growing unrest in the black community as the south begins to implement the hated Jim Crow Laws – with few allies – it takes an American with a French surname to remained focused on one mission. Find Luigi Bova.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Little Big Crimes Review: Jenny's Necklace by O.A. Tynan

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Guest Post: "If you’re going to give advice . . ." by Susan Oleksiw

Please welcome SMFS list member Susan Oleksiw to our blog. Her guest post today originally ran on her blog back in August 2013 and she shares it again here today.


If you’re going to give advice . . . 

Everyone who writes at some point has the same experience. I finish a short story or a novel, go over it for the tenth or twentieth time, and print out a clean copy to give a friend to read. Perhaps I’ve been reading chapters to the members of my writing group as I go along, or perhaps I am a solitary writer with no group and a strong reluctance to share my work till I think it’s finished. But at some point it will be finished enough to share, and I will have to show it to someone. What I get in return can be significant. 


A recent discussion on a chat list for writers touched on the problem of getting nothing but negative feedback from a first reader. The reader even went so far as to tell the writer to stop writing. The reaction of the other writers, including me, was that this negativity is not useful. It’s destructive and there’s no point in destroying a new writer’s dreams and determination. The discussion and comments reminded me of two things—my early efforts and how kind some of my first readers had been and a story I was asked to read by someone who thought he was destined to write the great American novel. In my opinion I didn’t think he could write a grocery list. I learned from both experiences how to make useful comments without judgment. (And I have always been grateful to the editors who were kind. When I look back at my early work . . .) 

First, I ask the writer to describe the “aboutness” of the story. What is the story about? Tell me in one or two sentences. Don’t give me a plot summary—that’s different. Tell me what this story is for me as a reader. Some writers will never have thought about this, and it helps any writer focus on the story and what is or is not relevant in the telling of it. 

Second, I ask about the opening line (and sometimes about the closing line). Where did it come from? What is it supposed to achieve? Is the writer satisfied with it? I’m almost never satisfied with my opening lines, but I sometimes am very happy with the closing lines. Are there alternatives that were discarded? Why? 


Third, I try to find a sentence with an interesting or unusual word usage and ask about that. Why did he or she choose this word? What is the writer trying to achieve? 

Fourth, if the story is a mystery or paranormal or science fiction, I try to ask relevant questions on structure and formula (I’m limited to mystery fiction mostly), and how the writer understands the formula. 

Fifth, I might ask about characters’ names if there is anything unusual about them, or if too many characters are named Joe or Mary. I might also point out that the ethnic identities of the characters do or do not match the setting or story line. 

I could go on, but you get the idea. There is nothing in any of my comments that is a judgment or an evaluation. Each comment is meant to take the reader and the writer deeper into understanding the story and the writer’s goals. This can be edifying for both writer and reader because getting another writer to articulate a way of viewing the world and trying to present it means that I have to stretch my thinking. 

In addition, if I read something I think is awful and have to discuss it, I am forced to dig deeper, to reach beyond my prejudices and blinders. I have to listen to another writer’s reasons for doing something I probably wouldn’t have done. And I have to read with possibility in mind, with the idea that the writer is reaching for something. All of this makes me think harder. 


Being asked to read someone else’s work is a compliment as well as a responsibility. Anyone who agrees to do so, therefore, is, in my view, obligated to provide something useful and productive to the writer. Offering up a visceral reaction isn’t enough, and that doesn’t count as any kind of thoughtful reading. There is nothing to be gained by telling a struggling writer that he can’t write. I am well aware that the one person whom I think can’t write a phone message may turn out to be the next Scott Turow.



Susan Oleksiw ©2013, 2018

Sunday, October 28, 2018

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 24

As posted by Peter DiChellis to our list….
This week’s blog takes a deep breath and tiptoes through the graveyard for short mystery and crime fiction: links to a full ‘trick or treat’ bag of free stories, reviews, and releases. Plus an essay on writing shorts.
Reviews include a Halloween anthology edited by Isaac Asimov with mystery stories by authors Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen, and others (published in 1983, a few very expensive copies are available on Amazon).
A short walk down a dark street (#24).
Best wishes,
Peter


Saturday, October 27, 2018

SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Jeff Esterholm

SMFS Short Story Saturdays was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year. Each Saturday we feature a SMFS list member whose work can be read online for free. These short stories are at least a year old and were not previously linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.



Today for SMFS Short Story Saturdays, Jeff Esterholm  shares “Blomfeldt’s Paperboy” as well as “The Effects of Urban Renewal on Midcentury America” both in the archives of the “Mondays are Murder” section of Akashic Books. Over in the archives of Yellow Mama, Mr. Esterhom shares “Counterweight.”


If you would like to be included and are a member of the SMFS list at yahoo groups, email the link to your story to KevinRTipple at Verizon dot net. If you are not a member, this would be a good time to check us out at Yahoo Groups.

Friday, October 26, 2018

SleuthSayers: More about Rejections ... again

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Monday, October 22, 2018

Little Big Crimes Review: This Quintessence of Dust by Marshall Moore

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Sunday, October 21, 2018

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 23

As posted by Peter DiChellis’ to our list…. 
This week’s blog stands on the firing line and squeezes the trigger for short mystery and crime fiction: links to a dead-aim assortment of free stories, reviews, and releases.
Plus: a character in your story was just shot. Some real-world options for what could happen next.
A short walk down a dark street (#23)
Best wishes,
Peter

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Jungle Red Writers: THE DEBATE: IS A SHORT STORY TRULY HARDER TO WRITE...

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SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Craig Faustus Buck


SMFS Short Story Saturdays was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year. Each Saturday we feature a SMFS list member whose work can be read online for free. These short stories are at least a year old and were not previously linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.



Today for SMFS Short Story Saturdays, Craig Faustus Buck shares “Liar’s Poker” by way of PDF as the May 2017 publication was at Spinetingler Magazine which no longer exists.


If you would like to be included and are a member of the SMFS list at yahoo groups, email the link to your story to KevinRTipple at Verizon dot net. If you are not a member, this would be a good time to check us out at Yahoo Groups.




Friday, October 19, 2018

SMFS Member Publication News: Gigi Pandian


SMFS list member Gigi Pandian’s new book, The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories: Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Short Story Collection has just been released. Published by Henery Press in print and digital formats, the book includes her Malice Domestic Agatha award winning short story, “The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn.” The book is available at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors.


Amazon Synopsis:

A treasure trove of nine locked room mysteries from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Gigi Pandian, all set in the Jaya Jones world.
Appearing here for the first time, novelette The Cambodian Curse
When an ancient and supposedly cursed Cambodian sculpture disappears from an impenetrable museum, and the carving's owner is killed by an invisible assailant while a witness is a few feet away, historian Jaya Jones and her old nemesis Henry North team up to solve the baffling crime.
Stories included: "The Cambodian Curse," "The Hindi Houdini," "The Haunted Room," "The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn," "The Curse of Cloud Castle," "Tempest in a Teapot," "A Dark and Stormy Light," "The Shadow of the River," plus bonus novella Fool's Gold.
With an Introduction from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King addressing why we love locked rooms, and a Foreword from impossible crime mystery historian Douglas G. Greene, teasing out the tradition of John Dickson Carr that Pandian is following. This collection is filled with ingenious stories of magic, mystery, and history.

SMFS Member Publication News: Merrilee Robson


SMFS list member Merrilee Robson has a short story up on the Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast. Part of King’s River Life Magazine, this podcast features the short story, “The Mercy Killer.” The tale is read aloud by actor Thomas Nance. You can find the podcast at PodBean.

SMFS Member Publication News: Jan Christensen


SMFS list member Jan Christensen has a new mystery out. Organized To Kill is available in print and digital formats from Amazon and is the fourth book in the Tina Tales Series.


Amazon Synopsis:

It’s bad enough to find a dead body. Even worse when it’s in your lover’s bed. In Organized to Kill, the fourth in the Tina Tales series, Tina and Hank become suspects in a bizarre murder.But when another victim turns up burned beyond recognition the next night, the suspect pool widens. Are the two murders even connected? Hank’s background in federal and police procedure drives the investigation, and Tina’s organizational skills and psychological training help unearth clues. Fortunately, her poking around is sometimes accompanied by her Uncle Bob’s quirky commentary and Hank’s hot bod.Tina is determined to find the reasons for both murders by talking to suspects, figuring out if the two crimes are connected, and if they are, how. Just when she thinks she has the answers, she finds another clue. But it might be too late and put her own, and Hank’s, life in danger.Fourth in Tina Tales Series

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

SleuthSayers: The Obstacle Ahead is a Mirror by Michael Bracken

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

SMFS Members Published in Flash Bang Mysteries: No. 13 Fall/October 2018


Four  SMFS list members are in the just released Flash Bang Mysteries: No. 13 Fall/October 2018 issue at https://www.flashbangmysteries.com/issue-archives/no-13-fall-oct-2018/   The issue is free to read online. The all SMFS members issue includes works from:

James Blakey with “Bottom of the Thirteenth.”

Leone Ciporin with “Dashboard Reverie.”  This is also the cover story.

John M. Floyd with “Ye Olde Crime Scene.”

Vy Kava with “Date Night.”  This is also the “Editor’s Choice” story.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Little Big Crimes Review: The Threshold by R.M. Greenaway

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Sunday, October 14, 2018

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 22

As posted by Peter DiChellis to our list…

This week’s blog hotwires a hoopty and revs it up for short mystery and crime fiction: links to a fuel-injected frenzy of free stories, reviews, and releases.
Plus, for the research folder: Almost everything you ever wanted to know about high-speed pursuits (i.e., police “car chases”).
A short walk down a dark street (#22)
Best wishes,
Peter

Saturday, October 13, 2018

SMFS Short Story Saturdays: Gail Farrelly

SMFS Short Story Saturdays was born out of the very successful International Short Story Month this year. Each Saturday we feature a SMFS list member whose work can be read online for free. These short stories are at least a year old and were not previously linked to during the May 2018 Short Story Month event.


Today for SMFS Short Story Saturdays, Gail Farrelly shares “The Eyes Have It” archived at the Yonkers Tribune.


If you would like to be included and are a member of the SMFS list at yahoo groups, email the link to your story to KevinRTipple at Verizon dot net. If you are not a member, this would be a good time to check us out at Yahoo Groups.




Wednesday, October 10, 2018

SMFS Member Publication News: Robert Peyto


SMFS list member Robert Petyo’s short story, “The Zombie Apocalypse Preparation Society” appears in the just released Econoclash Review #2. Published by Thrillhill Bottom Press, this pulp magazine is available in print and digital formats from Amazon.


Amazon Synopsis:

EconoClash Review's back with more Quality Cheap Thrills! We've got Wild Strippers, Cowboys vs Vampires, Weird Slime monsters, Alien Invasions, Psycho Groupies, Hard-boiled Detectives, and much much more! Buckle Up Buttercup because this is one wild ride!

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

SleuthSayers: Some Reasons Short Stories Get Rejected by Barb Goffman

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SMFS Member Publication News: David H. Hendrickson


Like many SMFS List members, Dave H. Hendrickson writes in more than one genre.  Dave’s short story, “From a Dry, Bitter Stream Comes the Sweetest of Fountains” appears in the recently released, Heart’s Kiss: No. 11 October-November 2018. Published by Heart’s Nest Press, the book is available in digital format only from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors.


Amazon Synopsis:

Love romance? Love discovering the best new writers with bite-sized stories? Or maybe you prefer to treat yourself by escaping into a sure-to-please favorite author’s world now and again, but don’t have the time to read a full-length novel. Heart’s Kiss magazine offers delicious variety and more.

Each issue has 70,000 plus words of fiction from names readers will recognize, to newly discovered writers, including interviews and articles talking about what romance readers love most—the books they love, why romance is important in today’s world, their love of the genre and what to enjoy next.

Heart’s Kiss is filled with a sweet-spicy-erotic mix of historical, contemporary, paranormal, suspense and futuristic romance stories that will be sure to make you yearn for more.

IN THIS ISSUE:

OPENING EDITORIAL Tina Smith
HEART’S KISS INTERVIEWS BRENDA JACKSON by Lezli Robyn
AT LONG LAST (excerpt) by Brenda Jackson
FAR HORIZONS by Juliet Marillier
THE FORBIDDEN KISS OF LIFE (A Disorderly Elements Short Story) by Olivette Devaux
FROM A DRY, BITTER STREAM COMES THE SWEETEST OF FOUNTAINS by D. H. Hendrickson
ST. JEAN AND THE WISH (A Jane and Jinn Mystery) by Brenda Carre
THE HEART FINDS THE WAY by Rei Rosenquist
BEAUTIFULLY IMAGINED (The Beautifully Series) by Gracie Wilson
WEDDING NIGHT (poem) by Julie Pitzel
YOU READ THAT?: EVOLUTION OF THE HERO (column) by Julie Pitzel
HOW DIFFERENT VOICES ARE CHANGING THE YA ROMANCE LANDSCAPE by Karen McCoy
RECOMMENDED BOOKS by C.S. DeAvilla
THE TEMPTRESS PRESENTS: FAMOUS CAULIFLOWER MAC & CHEESE (Vegan & Gluten Free) by Andrea Abedi
HEART’S KISS’ FIRST RENDEZVOUS WITH THE ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA CONFERENCE by Lezli Robyn

Do Some Damage: A Couple of Anthologies

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Little Big Crimes Review: Mr. Sugarman Visits The Bookmobile by Michael Bra...

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Sunday, October 7, 2018

A Short Walk Down A Dark Street: Issue 21


As posted by Peter DiChellis to our list….
This week’s blog bribes the preacher to deliver a sweet sermon about short mystery and crime fiction: links to reviews, releases, and new freebies at OMDB! Plus, an essay on the pain and pleasure of reading and writing shorts.
Includes links to a Donald E. Westlake Dortmunder collection and a review of a classic anthology of mystery stories by authors Pearl S. Buck, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, and others (eds. Danay and Lee, aka Ellery Queen).
A short walk down a dark street (#21)
Best wishes,
Peter

SMFS Members Published in The Best American Mystery Stories 2018


A number of  SMFS members have had their previously published stories selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2018. Edited by Louise Penny and Otto Penzler, the book is available in print and digital formats from Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS list members included in the book are:

Michael Bracken with “Smoked.”

John Floyd with “Gun Work.”

David H. Hendrickson with “Death in the Sergenti.”

Paul D. Marks with “Windward.”

Alan Orloff with “Rule Number One.”

Brian Silverman with “Breadfruit.”


Additional SMFS list members listed in the “Other Distinguished Stories” section are:

Alison McMahan with “The Drive-by.”

Joseph S. Walker with “Awaiting The Hour.”

Sylvia M. Warsh with “The Ranchero’s Daughter.”


Amazon Synopsis:

#1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year.

Writing short stories takes “Skill. Discipline. Knowledge of the form while not being formulaic,” contends Louise Penny in her introduction. “In a short story there is nowhere to hide. Each must be original, fresh, inspired.” Originality is just what’s in store for readers of the twenty clever, creative selections in The Best American Mystery Stories 2018. There’s no hiding from a Nigerian confidence game, a drug made of dinosaur bones, a bombing at an oil company, a reluctant gunfighter in the Old West, and the many other scams, dangers, and thrills lurking in its suspenseful pages.
 
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 includes T. C. Boyle, James Lee Burke, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Charlaine Harris, Andrew Klavan, Martin Limón, Joyce Carol Oates, and others.
 

SMFS Members Published in Quoth the Raven


Two SMFS list members are published in the just released Quoth the Raven. Published by Camden Park Press, the anthology takes the works of Edgar Allan Poe and reimagines them for the 21st century. The book is available in print and digital formats from Amazon and other vendors.  The two SMFS list members that have reported their publishing news are:

Vicki Weisfeld with “Tooth and Nail.”

Lyn Worthen writing as Lauryn Christopher with “The Well.”

Amazon Synopsis:
The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing.From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day.

In Quoth the Raven, we invite you to answer the call of the raven and revisit Poe's work, re-imagined for the twenty-first century. Here, the lover of mystery and Gothic horror will find familiar themes in contemporary settings, variations on Poe's tales, and faithful recreations of the author's signature style.

Contains stories and poems by Aryan Bollinger, Brian Ellis, Chris Abela, Donea Lee Weaver, Edward Ahern, Emerian Rich, Frank Coffman, Gregory J. Wolos, Hugh J.O'Donnell, John Kiste, Kara Race-Moore, Karen Robiscoe, Kenneth C. Goldman, Lauryn Christopher, Lawrence Berry, Matthew M. Montelione, Melanie Cossey, Penelope Paling, R.C. Scandalis, Sarah Murtagh, Scott Wheelock, Sidney Williams, Sonora Taylor, Stephanie L. Harper, Steven R. Southard, Susan McCauley, Tiffany Michelle Brown, Tonia Kalouria, and Vicki Weisfeld.


SMFS Members Published in Deadlines: A Tribute to William E. Wallace


Several SMFS list members have short stories in Deadlines: A Tribute to William E. Wallace. Published by Down & Out Books and Shotgun Honey, the book is available in both print and eBook from Amazon and other vendors. The SMFS members that have reported their publication news are:

Patricia Abbott with “Snow White Face.”

Sarah M. Chen with “Strangers on the Run.”

Gary Phillips with “No Sure Thing.”

Travis Richardson with “Plan Z.”



Amazon Synopsis:
Deadlines is a tribute anthology dedicated to the memory of writer and crime fiction enthusiast, William E. Wallace. A career journalist, Wallace got a first-hand look at the darker side of humanity working at various papers in California before settling at the San Francisco Chronicle. Upon retiring, Wallace engaged fully into the crime fiction community connecting with writers and readers not only to promote his own writing, but to promote other writers he enjoyed. 

It is through William E. Wallace’s career and his stories that the contributors to this anthology take inspiration. These stories are presented with appreciation to his unselfish contribution to our community and our publications. 

All proceeds of this publication will be donated to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in the name of William E. Wallace. 

Learn more about the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at cbldf.org. 

And read William E. Wallace’s blog at PulpHackConfessions.com. 

Thank you to those who contributed their time and stories: Preston Lang, Jen Conley, Joe Clifford, Will Viharo, Paul D. Brazill, Patricia Abbott, Rob Pierce, Sean Craven, Eric Beetner, Sarah M. Chen, Nick Kolakowski, S.W. Lauden, Scott Adlerberg, Gary Phillips, Renee Asher Pickup, Eryk Pruitt, Todd Morr, Travis Richardson, Anonymous-9, Sean Lynch, Alec Cizak, Greg B