He’s being witty (he’s quite often witty), but the reality is, with this project, Smith has created the most significant repository for detective fiction of a ... er ... thrilling nature.As Smith remarks in his longstanding introduction to the site:
What is a private eye? I'll be rounding up a few attempts at a definition later, but simply put, I'm talking private eyes here. Think gumshoe, shamus, peeper, private dick. He doesn't necessarily have to be licensed, he may consider himself a "salvage consultant" and a "guy that helps people out", he may be a bounty hunter or a troubleshooter or a freelance reporter, but he's generally a freelancer, a loner, an outsider, with an essence of toughness that has more to do with character than how many sailors he can toss out of a bar. And it goes without saying (or it should) that he might very well be a she.If that’s the sort of fiction that spins your wheels, The Thrilling Detective Web Site should be an important surfing stop.
Despite the hiatus, the new issue is a corker. There’s new short fiction from Kim Harrington, Daniel Hatadi, Russel McLean, D.H. Reddall, and Sarah Weinman (“It’s an intriguing mix of virgins and those who’ve been around the block a few times,” the editor remarks); an excerpt from Brett Martin’s A Dum-Dum for the President; and more than 300 new or updated files “just to show there’s more to my life than painkillers and The Rockford Files.”
The Thrilling Detective Web Site can be found here.
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