Mike Hummer had been a private detective so long he could remember Preparation A, his hair reminded everyone of a rat who’d bitten into an electrical cord, but he could still run faster than greased owl snot when he was on a bad guy’s trail, and they said his friskings were a lot like getting a vasectomy at Sears.The runner-up in that same category was Russ Winter of Janesville, Minnesota, who submitted this rough gem:
The hardened detective glanced at his rookie partner and mused that whoever had coined the term “white as a sheet” had never envisioned a bed accessorized with a set of Hazelnut, 500-count Egyptian cotton linens from Ralph Lauren complemented by matching shams and a duvet cover nor the dismembered body of its current occupant.• Anthony Neil Smith is the latest master of ceremonies for the traveling Carnival of the Criminal Minds. You’ll find his self-proclaimed “freak show” here.
• Tickets for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Awards banquet, to be held during Bouchercon in Baltimore this fall, are going for $60 apiece. More info here.
• The summer issue of Mouth Full of Bullets is now out.
• Did you know that the first KillerCon--“a new multi-genre (horror, thriller, and paranormal romance) convention”--will be held in Las Vegas in mid-September 2009? There are more details here.
• Congratulations to Duane Swierczynski on the sale to Hollywood of rights to his latest novel, Severance Package.
• And comic-book writer Chris Mills has posted an early review of the DVD set Honey West, which follows our recent look back at that 1965-1966 series. We look forward to at least renting the set.
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