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Self-reference from South Africa
on Oct 27, 2009 in Richard Kunzmann self-reference Africa short stories anthologies South Africa For this post, I revisit my old friend self-reference. My guide is Richard Kunzmann's story "If Nothing Else," from the Bad Company anthology of South African crime stories.Kunzmann is a youngish author, born in 1976. I don't know how much death and...
Bad Company: Short fiction from South Africa
on Oct 27, 2009 in Stanley Trollip Michael Stanley Africa short stories Deon Meyer anthologies South Africa The first days after a crime-fiction convention are a strain on the mind; one never knows what to read first. Compounding the Bouchercon plenitude, I've done a bit of secondhand shopping at Philadelphia's Whodunit Books since I got back.One of my fav...
There goes the bride: An Indianapolis chase scene
on Oct 26, 2009 in images miscellaneous Bouchercon Bouchercon 2009 conventions (Photos courtesy of Anita Thompson)Our small gang had set out for a late lunch and agent's party at Bouchercon when we met what appeared to be a body of vestal virgins delivering pizza."Have you seen a bride?" one of them asked me.Alas, I had not.I d...
Detectives beyond glitches: International crime fiction on the radio
on Oct 24, 2009 in Michael Stanley Stuart Neville Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Cara Black Leighton Gage Missed Bouchercon? Still have a hunger for international crime fiction? You can hear an archived version of Leighton Gage's Blog Talk Radio Webcast with Yrsa Sigurdardòttir, Michael Stanley, Stuart Neville and Cara Black. Click here to hear the prog...
Bouchercon X: Asleep in the lobby
on Oct 24, 2009 in Bouchercon 2010 Bouchercon Bouchercon 2009 conventions Inspired by the excellent Christa Faust, I'll make one more Bouchercon 2009 post before heading out to sell a kidney so I can afford a hotel room at Bouchercon 2010.Christa wrote about the strange attraction of the hotel bar, a region of Bouchercon w...
Bouchercon IX: Death during wartime
on Oct 23, 2009 in Bouchercon Bouchercon 2009 conventions The funniest moments of my Bouchercon came during Reed Farrel Coleman's Saturday panel on "Dark Books for Dark Times." Coleman's swift dispatch of long-winded audience members helped, as did Duane Swierczynski's laugh lines and the fortuitous tension...