Plots with Guns returns

I'm always out of the loop, so I just heard about this. (Thanks Guyot.) Anthony Neil Smith has announced that Plots with Guns, one of the best publications for short crime fiction, is returning.

I'll be doing quarterly issues.  The pay will be...well, it'll be me buying you your drink of choice the next time I happen to see you.  The standards will be higher than ever, and I'll be pickier than ever. Looking for hard-boiled, noir and transgressive crime fiction.  Every story has to have a gun in it somehow, some way (doesn't have to play a big role.  Just needs to be there).  No pastiche.  It's got to feel right to find a home in PWG.

In 2008, we're starting over with Issue #1.  Send me your best (email only).  You know how to get in touch.  And I promise you this won't be a Ross Perot thing (he's running, he's not, he's running again, he's not).  This time, I'm sticking around for the long haul.

Very welcome news indeed.