Updates from the Blogpocalypse

Victor Gischler has been crankin' it out!

He has two -- count 'em, uno, dos -- comics out tomorrow:

DEADPOOL: Merc with a Mouth #9 has the luscious mix of Dr. Betty and Professor Veronica... and a can of "stink spray"...? (Preview pages via BSC Review)

PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #3 gives us a super hero team that is both fabulously dysfunctional and immensely kickass (Evidenced here). You might also want to brush up via a Mighty Marvel podcast.


On the novel side of things, the pub date for THE DEPUTY is right around the corner -- a corner sweetly padded with great reviews like this one from Indie Crime Blog:

"[In "The Deputy",] Gischler’s prose is deceptively simple. The book is short and to the point, and once it picks up momentum, it doesn’t slow down. Gischler’s been at this novel writing thing for a while now, and it shows. This outing is all muscle and no fat."


Gischler also has a Free Film Option Contest up and running. It is for cool, creative types who want to do something for the greater good. Might that be you?

A podcast from Tyrus Books

For your listening pleasure, we herewith enclose a chat between Ben LeRoy and Edgar Awar- winning author Theresa Schwegel.

"Theresa tells us about growing up near Chicago, the differences in writing for print vs. tv/film, and how she gets the police procedural elements of her novels to be so authentic. That, and a whole bunch of other things including Ben totally nerding out because she's read Shot in the Heart, and he always wants to talk about it."

Download here.

Tuesdays with Tyrus

Check out this dapper writer on the right. What do you want to bet that he has mysterious things to say about the Super Bowl, interrobangs, and authority figures?

Give a listen here.

The blogs are burning up about Elizabeth Somer

U. S. News & World Report features Elizabeth Somer's podcast chat with Deborah Kotz about "What to Eat to Feel Happier".

On MSN, Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen (authors of the YOU series) highlight Elizabeth in their articles "Top Foods to Put You in the Mood" and "Top Diet Myths Exposed".

Books Maureen Likes

National Public Radio's Maureen Corrigan is sweet on wise guys!

"I haven't been able to stop thinking about [Reed] Coleman's Moe Prager mystery series ever since one of God's own divine messengers —that is, an independent bookseller— recommended it to me last year. If life were fair, Coleman would be as celebrated as Pelecanos and Connelly."

Doolittle's suburban funhouse

Check out Doolittle's chat with Gerald So, Jamie Engle and Jim Winter, and his Q&A in the March issue of Details magazine.

SAFER is "a suspenseful and immediately engrossing story. Doolittle takes the fears that drive people to Suburbia, the secrets that hide behind closed doors and twists them all through a funhouse mirror and gives us THE nightmare scenario.

The strengths of Sean Doolittle’s body of work have always been clearly on display. From Dirt on through to The Cleanup he’s sanded away the rough edges and pushed those strengths into greater relief so that they are now showcased front and center. Not only is Safer a continuation of this trend upward but it shows Doolittle’s growth as an artist and stylist and a willingness to push himself in to new areas with extraordinary results." (BookSpotCentral.com)

Reed Coleman and Megan Abbott walk into a bar...

Thanks to Mystery Readers International for a look into the keen mind behind acclaimed and award-winning novels such as WALKING THE PERFECT SQUARE and THE JAMES DEANS.

We also highly recommend the insightful interview on Behind the Black Mask.

This is like a pre-game show before you go see cool cat Reed Coleman in person at one of his tour stops.

Holiday cheer

Theresa Schwegel is ready for her closeup. She joins Clute & Edwards as they get gritty "Behind the Black Mask".
Miz Schwegel's Edgar award-winning and Anthony nominated OFFICER DOWN joins fellow DHS champ Sean Doolittle's THE CLEANUP on the November bestseller list.

Doolittle also gets a superb review from Otto Penzler, who calls our boy "one of the bright stars among the galaxy of talented young authors who write with style and authority…The Cleanup is…the perfect noir movie”.

Michael Koryta's SORROW'S ANTHEM is another all-star, as one of the best mysteries of the year.

The original Swierczynski-cast

Be the first kid in class to listen to the inner workings of the mind of crime mastah Duane "Schooly D" Swierczynski, brought to you by the podcasting pioneers responsible for this portable audio candy: Behind the Black Mask and Out of the Past.

Beyond the cool

Not only does Theresa Schwegel like to play with photoshop and write award-winning novels -- but she also gives a heck of an interview.