Now Available: The Man in the Moon: A Markham, P.I. Novella – James Reasoner

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Jun 162013
 
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Back in the prehistoric days of my career, I wrote several stories about a private detective named Markham. "The Man in the Moon" is a 10,000 word novella that appeared in the April 1980 issue of MIKE SHAYNE MYSTERY MAGAZINE, and it's been out of print ever since. The Kindle version of it has just gone live on Amazon, appropriately enough for Father's Day since two fathers figure prominently in the plot. A Nook version is in the works as well. If you've read and enjoyed my Cody stories, you should like the Markham yarns as well. The other stories in the series will be available in the relatively near future.

Now Available: Look You on Beauty and Death – James Reasoner and Livia J. Washburn

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Apr 132013
 

Despite my love for the genre, Livia and I haven't made many forays into sword and sorcery. This short story is one of them, and I think it's a pretty good one. We wrote it a while back for an anthology called NEW AMAZONS, which was edited by Margaret Weis. "Look You on Beauty and Death" has got swordplay, an evil wizard, a little humor, and a few plot twists. We've gone through it, revising it and expanding it some from its original version. I hope those of you who like heroic fantasy will check it out. It's only 99 cents for 7,000 words of action.

I have an unpublished fantasy novel sitting in my files, but it's going to take a considerable amount of work before it's ready to see the light of day. I expect to have it available as an e-book, too, sooner or later.

Coming Soon: West of the Big River: The Lawman – James Reasoner

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Apr 112013
 

My newest Western novel will be out soon. THE LAWMAN is the first book in the West of the Big River series, published by Western Fictioneers. This is going to be a fine series of new short novels based on historical figures and incidents from the Old West, with a great line-up of contributing authors including Robert J. Randisi, Michael Newton, Jackson Lowry, Frank Roderus, Bill Crider, Matthew P. Mayo, James J. Griffin, and many others. You can read about this and all the other Western Fictioneers publishing projects on the WF blog.

Now Available: A Ranger Named Rowdy – James J. Griffin

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Mar 302013
 
< "A Ranger Named Rowdy", the first of a new series of Western short stories by James J. Griffin featuring Texas Ranger Tim Bannon, is now available on Amazon. Those of you who have read and enjoyed Jim's earlier stories and novels about the Texas Rangers will definitely want to pick up this one. It's another action-packed yarn and makes excellent use of the Texas setting.

Dundee Times Two

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Mar 182013
 
I just read a couple of short stories by Wayne Dundee that are well worth your attention. As it happens, both are Westerns, but not really traditional Westerns.

"Adeline" is based on the Orphan Trains, the effort to take orphaned children from the East and find them new homes in the West. Adeline is one such orphan who finds herself in a far worse situation than she was in before, and it's up to an unlikely hero, a bounty hunter named Rawson, to get her out of it.

"Quick Hands" is the story of a traveling medicine show, a staple of Old West fiction, but this troupe includes a boxer named McMahon who faces off against the locals in bouts staged in the towns where the medicine show stops. Eventually, however, McMahon and his friends find themselves in trouble where his pugilistic skills won't help, and he has to turn to another talent to save them.

As you'd expect from the work of Wayne Dundee, both of these stories are gritty and hardboiled, fast-paced and tough, but they also have a huge, compassionate heart at their center. He has a unique voice that's one of the best in the business, and you won't go wrong with either of these yarns.

New From the Western Fictioneers

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Mar 042013
 
The Western Fictioneers publishing program is really expanding these days. There are three new releases from the Western Fictioneers Library, WF's reprint imprint: LEAVING KANSAS, a Spur Award winner for Best Western Novel from the legendary Frank Roderus; JUDGE ON THE RUN, another fine action-packed traditional Western from Clay More (Keith Souter); and RANGER'S REVENGE by James J. Griffin, one of the best chroniclers of Texas Ranger yarns in the business. I've read all three of these, and they're well worth your time. Also available are THE PEACEMAKERS VOLUME 2 and VOLUME 3, excellent collections of more stories that either won or were finalists for the Peacemaker Award for Best Short Story. You can't go wrong with any of these. 

Now Available: Rivers of Gold — James Reasoner and L.J. Washburn

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Feb 262013
 
RIVERS OF GOLD: A NOVEL OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH is now available as an e-book for both the Kindle and the Nook. This is a book that Livia and I wrote a number of years ago, and it's the sort of big, sprawling, historical epic nobody writes much anymore. And if I do say so myself, I think it's the sort of book that we do really well and it's one of my favorites among our historical novels. Lots of action and romance, colorful settings and characters, some historical background, a little humor, and a final scene that I really, really like. Check it out!

The Raffle – Wayne D. Dundee

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Feb 212013
 
A couple comes into a small rural bar after having car trouble on a rainy night. The woman is gorgeous, the man is broke, and he comes up with a desperate plan to make some money. But as you might expect, not everything is as it seems.

THE RAFFLE is a tightly plotted, nasty little noir crime story from Wayne D. Dundee, so you know it's going to be compelling and well-written. Dundee throws in several nice twists on the way to a powerful ending. This is a fast, excellent, entertaining read. Highly recommended.

Lola: Locked & Loaded – Peter Brandvold

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Feb 112013
 

"Lola: Locked & Loaded" is the latest short story offering from Peter Brandvold, ol' Mean Pete his own self. It ties in with his Rogue Lawman series and serves as an origin story of sorts for the character Saradee Jones, who plays an important role in that series. So if you're a fan of Gideon Hawk, the Rogue Lawman, you definitely need to read this story.

However, it serves perfectly fine as a stand-alone yarn, too, a classic revenge tale as the 19-year-old daughter of a murdered sheriff sets out to bring her father's killers to justice. As always in a Brandvold story, there's plenty of gritty action and vivid writing, and he throws in a nice twist in the plot as well. I enjoyed it a lot and give it a high recommendation.

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