This month, Bookgasm gave the recent Stark House Press publication of John Rex Gearon’s (aka John Flagg) WOMAN OF CAIRO and DEAR, DEADLY BELOVED a very encouraging review. These Fawcett … Read More ›
From captivating journeys across Europe and North America to a beguiling new tale featuring the itinerant peasant-poet Chen Hsi-wei, the bumper winter edition (#44) of Lowestoft Chronicle includes fiction, poetry, … Read More ›
In November, we made the following nominations for the Pushcart Prize (for poetry, short stories, essays, memoirs or stand-alone excerpts from novels published by little magazines and small presses in … Read More ›
“Wexelblatt’s Hsi-wei Tales is a wonderful fusion of poetry and prose that captivates and holds nuggets of wisdom far beyond the fortune cookie kind. The humble central character, nobly propagating … Read More ›
Recently, Bookgasm gave a very favorable review of the latest reprint of two novels by Wade Miller. “It is easy to see why Miller was among the most popular authors … Read More ›
A positive review of two reprinted crime tales by the late American novelist Dolores Hitchens was published this month in Bookgasm. “The two stand-alone novels gathered here by Stark House … Read More ›
This week, Bookgasm gave an excellent review of the new reprint of prolific crime writer Frederick Lorenz’s (aka Lorenz Heller) collection A Rage at Sea and A Party Every Night. These two uniquely … Read More ›
Recently, Alan Cranis of Bookgasm gave a rave review of The Tooth and the Nail and The Wife of the Red-Haired Man by Bill S. Ballinger, reissued as a double … Read More ›
“Frederick Lorenz was the pseudonym used by Lorenz Heller (1911-????) for a handful of paperback crime novels released by Lion Books in the 1950s. The New Jersey native worked as … Read More ›
Last year, in The Week magazine, internationally bestselling American crime writer James Ellroy shared his six favorite books. One of them was Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger. He … Read More ›