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Blade of Dishonor raises over $300 for Aero Cares
Yesterday I helped paint and spruce up ElmCor, a community youth, senior and rehab center in Flushing Queens. Here is a photo of us painting the boxing gym: Afterward we had our holiday party, which...
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The Dirty, Criminal Past of Grand Central Terminal
I went on a guided, behind the scenes tour of Grand Central Terminal with some crime writers during BookExpo America. Danny Brucker was our guide, a boisterous and funny character out of a Westlake...
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Noir at the Bar NYC – 7/13
Join us at Shade Bar this Sunday, 7/13, at 6pm for readings from Jen Conley, Sarah Weinman, Reed Farrel Coleman, Barry Lancet, Alex Segura, Ben Lieberman, Vincent Zandri, and S.A. Solomon. Tagged:...
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In Memoriam
I was working in Manhattan that day. Well, I would have been, if I hadn’t been late. I worked near 53rd & 3rd, immortalized in the Ramones song about a male hustler, from their debut album. So far...
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Proud to announce: Dark City Lights
Proud to announce that my story “The Big Snip” will appear in Dark City Lights, a NYC themed anthology edited by Lawrence Block, and published by Three Rooms Press. From the cover, I’ll be joining Erin...
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Good Reads, mid December
Read any good books lately? I have. Here are a couple. All Families Are Psychotic, by Doug Coupland. I’m a big fan of Mr. “Generation X.” My friend Suzanne kept goading me to read Microserfs, and I was...
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Dark City Lights available for pre-order
Last year, Lawrence Block contacted me for a story. He’s one of the writers who inspired me to write, and I keep a signed copy of TELLING LIES FOR FUN AND PROFIT near my writing desk, so I buckled down...
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Noir at the Bar Manhattan on June 7
The lineup: Galal Chater Rob Hart James Ray Tuck Jr Jen Conley William Welles Thomas Pluck Ken Wishnia SJ Rozan Richie Narvaez Tim Hall Jason Starr Todd Robinson Join us at Shade, 241 Sullivan St. in...
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Noir at the Bar Queens Lit Fest 5/28
With barely time to take a breath after my lovely tour of the bookstores, taco stands, and bars of Los Angeles, I’m off to Long Island City in Queens this Memorial Day weekend to read with a delightful...
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Panel at the New York Public Library, 6/8
What are you doing next Thursday? I’ll be on a panel with one of my favorite writers, Laura K. Curtis, discussing the Decision to Self-Publish, at the New York Public Library’s Ottendorfer Branch, at...
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