Monday Linkage

I took the weekend off but the links continued to pile up with all sorts of goodies.

Claude Lalumiere is the featured writer in the latest Conversations With the (not) Bookless. http://www.bookspotcentral.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-claude-lalumiere

And another one featuring Kyle Minor has gone live. http://www.bookspotcentral.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-kyle-minor

All sorts of good news about the newest The Lineup: Poems on Crime2 which you can find here http://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/ The Lineup2 has gone on sale at Lulu.com and if you're so inclined there's still copies of the first issue available. And if you'd like to have a listen to some of the great poetry before purchasing, you can click on over to CrimeWav http://media.libsyn.com/media/sethharwood/CrimeWAV-36-The_Lineup.mp3

Courtesy of Jack Hardway http://jackhardway.com/ we're directed to the free noir ebook Black Wings has My Angel by Elliott Chaze http://www.scribd.com/doc/2372602/Black-Wings-Has-My-Angel-by-Elliot-Chaze The Scribd site looks to be full of old novels that have been put into the public domain.

The Private Eye Writers of America are open for submissions of nominations for the Shamus Awards. You can find out more at http://pwanewsandviews.blogspot.com/2009/05/from-awards-chair-ted-fitzgerald.html

If you haven't read Alan Griffiths' My Father's Son over at a Twist of Noir you should. http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/05/twist-of-noir-080-alan-griffiths.html This is one of those quiet, unexpected stories that sneaks up on you and breaks your heart with the ending.

For fans of Ken Bruen, he's blogging this week at Moments in Crime. Since I'm not an online shopper I've never read any of Mr. Bruen's books. When I asked at the library if they had any, they said, "Ken, who? Are you sure you don't mean Sara Gruen? She wrote "Water for Elephants"." Apparently, not everyone has heard of our beloved Mr. Bruen and his writings. I've only read his blog posts, first at Murderati and then at Moments in Crime and the man wields a keyboard with such magic, that we mere mortal writers can only hope to come close too. You can read his posts all week at http://www.momentsincrime.com/ Treat yourself.