The Thrilling Detective is celebrating its 10th Anniversary -- a hearty congrats to Kevin Burton Smith and all the gang! Things come and go on the internet like hookers at the NY Governor's Mansion, so it's a tribute to The Thrilling Detective that they've lasted this long.
Also of note is that the 10th Anniversary issue has a story by FOTD* Paul Guyot -- a darkly comic little piece of noir called "Ace in the Hole."
*Friend of the Dossier
Author Victor Gischler neglected to renew his website domain name when it expired. He assumed that the domain would be safe in the meantime.
The web gods laughed at his naivety, and insidious porn spammers leapt at the chance to secure such a primo domain.
What used to be a cool site featuring Victor's awesome noir novels like Gun Monkeys and Pistol Poets is now a porn haven, with links to "sex kitten dating," "free arab sex pic" and "gay amateur sex."
So don't forget to renew!
p.s. I'm purposely not linking to the website, so as not to give them any more traffic. It's not as offensive as it could be, but give them time...If you do click on it, don't say I didn't warn you.
p.p.s. Yes, I think this is just a wee bit hilarious. But I'm mean.
Here are a few more websites that are worth checking out.
Joe Finder's Travel Blog -- I never get tired of reading blogs like this. Great stuff. (And the book, Killer Instinct, rocks.)
Barry Eisler's Backstory -- Interesting insights into Eisler's fascinating character and series. (His latest, The Last Assassin, is yet another great book.)
Jason Pinter's Blog -- The blog of the ridiculously-young editor (Crown) and author (3-book deal with Mira).
Steven Mandel -- author of the promising new debut Another Lost Angel.
Since I don't include a blog roll on the Crime Fiction Dossier, I thought I'd share some new/updated websites and blogs with you. These are some of the sites I've visited lately.
Robert Ward -- The official website of author/screenwriter Bob Ward. Bob's got a new book (Four Kinds of Rain) coming in October from St. Martin's Press, so I redesigned his site for him. (I'm not in the web business, but Bob's a friend, so I volunteered to do it for him.)
Buzz, Balls & Hype -- M.J. Rose's publishing blog always has great information and is a must-read for me. (M.J. now has a partner helping her out with the terrific Backstory blog.)
Thriller -- Spiffy new site for ITW's Thriller anthology. I think this is going to be the book of the season.
Mystery Circus -- A new central website for crime fiction info, including columns written by mystery world notables.
Murderati -- Multi-author blog with Elaine Flinn, Pari Noskin Taichert, Naomi Hirahara, JT Ellison, Denise Dietz, Simon Wood and Jeffrey Cohen.
Naked Authors -- Another multi-author blog, this one with Paul Levine, Patricia Smiley, James Grippando, Jacqueline Winspear and Cornelia Read.
James O. Born -- Jim Born is doing a pseudo-blog on the main page of his website.
Chris Mooney -- Chris is also doing a pseudo-blog on his website.
The Rap Sheet -- January Magazine's old Crime Fiction section (a Gumshoe Award winner) is now a blog. It's new, but looks promising.
David J. Montgomery writes about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Globe.
In the past, he has contributed to such publications as USA Today, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Kansas City Star, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and National Review Online.
He lives in the Washington, DC suburbs with his wife and daughter.
