This is the place for the high adventure, high drama, high suspense, that used to be all over the newsstands and under the beds of many a young man and young woman. They reached for that cheap thrill, that juicy love story, or to satiate that craving, that itching, for the bitter taste of a [slug] of gin, a sexy blonde bim in cheap nylons, dressed in a strapless number as red as blood, with legs that went on forever. Or for the high flying adventure, the knockout fighting spirit, the fighting soldier, or the futuristic hero.That’s a pretty high bar of expectations to be setting, and it may take a bit more time before Blazing! can clear it with ease. But the mag’s premiere servings of fiction (available in PDF format only) hold significant promise and introduce a variety of authors, such as Raymond Emback, whose work isn’t already ubiquitous in the Webzines. There are a few continuing pulpish serials on offer, too, with both historical and modern settings. Check it all out when you’re thoroughly bored at work.
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While we’re talking about fresh online crime fiction, let it be known that Issue #9--the one-year anniversary edition--of Todd “Big Daddy Thug” Robinson’s ThugLit has been posted. It features stories by Patricia Abbott (“Imprints”), Byron Quertermous (“Murder Boy”), Valerie Joyce (“On the Fly”), and Craig McDonald (“Inaccrochable”). In the Shameless Self-Promotion Department comes an excerpt from Robinson’s “debut novel,” the appropriately titled Thug.
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A man, much like a publisher, should have high expectations out of what they pursue and contribute to the world. If anything else with Blazing!, I want to give a chance to those voices that reflect a certain sensibility and energy that, to put it bluntly, lacks in the mystery fiction that is thenorm of today. This isn't about quirky crime fiction, this is adventureous, this is about the fun and entertainment that was abundant in the genre's past.
That's one goal of Blazing!
ADVENTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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