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Mr Hippo, who kindly built my website, did a post on how to make an affordable author website. I hope other authors find this helpful! As for what I should blog about next, I have noooo clue. Anyone have any ideas? :D
 

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Updated Sunday, as usual. Over the past few Sundays, posts have included links to:

Free stories by Raymond Chandler and Elmore Leonard.

All of the Anthony Award Short Story finalists, also free-to-read.

A review of anthology stories from Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, and Robert Randisi.

A new Otto Penzler anthology of stories that inspired great crime movies.

A Joe R. Lansdale Hap and Leonard collection.

An essay dissecting 15 unconventional storytelling methods.

An essay on techniques for describing a protagonist when writing first-person POV.

And lots more!

A short walk down a dark street. Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.
 

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Need a quick buzz? This week’s blog update brings it on, with links to a dangerous dose of reviews, releases, free reads, and more.

Includes: free-to-read, the classic crime story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl (which later became an Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV episode).

Plus: A short walk encore presentation—two essays on selling stories by prolific author and editor Michael Bracken.

A short walk down a dark street (#80). Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.
 

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Been updating on Sundays, like clockwork. Over the past few weeks, posts have included links to:

The inside story on the current status of Occult Detective Quarterly (now Occult Detective Magazine).

In a Halloween essay, EQMM editor Janet Hutchings revealed her views on supernatural mysteries.

Free to read: "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. (The classic crime story that became an Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV episode.)

Essays by Flash Fiction Online editor Suzanne Vincent: How Editors Evaluate Short Story Submissions and Navigating Submission Guidelines. (Note: Although FFO is known as a Science Fiction market they also accept mystery and crime stories, as well as other genres.)

Twenty free stories and novella excerpts, courtesy of The Strand Magazine.


A short walk down a dark street. Celebrating short mystery and crime fiction.
 
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