Spinetingler Awards

Congratulations to Dave Zeltserman (21 Tales) and Ed Gorman (Noir 13) on their nominations from Spinetingler Magazine for Best Collection, Dave again for Best Novel from a rising star (Killer), and to our own Bill Crider for his nomination for Best Anthology  (Damn Near Dead 2).

Just four more reasons we're called "Top Suspense."

Be sure to visit http://www.spinetinglermag.com/ to root for the projects of your choice, the voting starts tomorrow.

The Chase Part II starting April 5th

Well, the title is still undecided, but just as the original six members of Top Suspense got together to write The Chase in round robin fashion, the second six are doing the same and writing a new story under the same rules as the first one (no planning, no safety nets) and featuring our same heroine, who is either the luckiest or hardest luck character in fiction (I'll reserve judgment until I read the whole story). I've read the first five parts, and it's good. I mean, really good. So stay tuned. The story will be posted here starting April 5th, one part each day for 12 days. And like before, names won't be given until later, so you'll get a chance to guess which of the second six wrote which parts (while seamlessly done, I think I would've guessed the first 5 correctly).

Daily Cheap Reads

The website Daily Cheap Reads has a new operation in the UK

http://dailycheapreads.co.uk/2011/03/30/top-suspense-13-classic-stories-by-12-masters-of-the-genre/

Here in the US they are at http://www.dailycheapreads.com/

A terrific source for inexpensive ebooks, Kindle or Nook.

Today they are featuring our collection Top Suspense.

Top Suspense Anthology

Another terrific review, quite a week for our anthology

http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2011/03/top-suspense13-classic-stories-by-12.html?spref=fb

THE DEAD MAN and Multiple Bookgasms

Bruce Grossman at Bookgasm praised THE DEAD MAN, by Top Suspense author Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin, saying that "I've not seen a writing tandem like this since the glory days of Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy."

It's a sentiment shared by The folks at Planet All-Star, who say, in part:

In all of the best ways, “The Dead Man: Face of Evil” by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin is a good, refreshing beer, solid and unpretentious and enjoyable in every way, a call back to Pendleton and Murphy/Sapir but with a distinctly modern feel.[...]Goldberg and Rabkin’s treatment of Cahill is one of the book’s strongest suits, making him a far deeper and interesting individual than is typical in the genre. Not a trained killer, far from a superman, either blessed or cursed with a supernatural ability, Cahill feels like the guy who know who’s there to jump your dead battery and has your back in a bar fight, and he’s far the more interesting for it. By the end of the story, you’re rooting for Cahill and eager for more.

What are you waiting for? Check out THE DEAD MAN now...and watch for future books in the series by Top Suspense authors Harry Shannon, Joel Goldman and Bill Crider.

TOP SUSPENSE anthololgy now in paperback, too!

Our anthology "Top Suspense: 13 Classic Stories by 12 Masters of the Genre " is now available in trade paperback as well, for just $11.99.

http://www.amazon.com/Top-Suspense-Classic-Stories-Masters/dp/1461032369/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1300222802&sr=1-1-catcorr

"Dead and Gone" reduced to $1.99

Harry Shannon here. My loving tribute to 1980's cheese horror "Dead and Gone," the novel novel that became a Lionsgate movie, has been reduced to $1.99 on Kindle for the week.

http://www.amazon.com/Dead-And-Gone-ebook/dp/B004HD6A3W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1301330023&sr=1-1

Another great review for Top Suspense anthology

Don't forget, only $2.99 on Kindle and now available in the UK as well

http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/03/top-suspense-anthology.html

Now Available as an e-Book!

After he failed to find his missing sister, whose remains finally turned up in a bag in an overgrown field, Texas PI Truman Smith retired to become a housepainter on Galveston Island. But when an alligator is killed and its carcass left on display on a family friend's property, Tru is persuaded to search for the culprit. Soon the brooding gumshoe is stumbling over the bodies of dead humans, is shot at and run down by a souped-up four-by-four as he's embroiled in a plot complete with crooked police, a possible land-grabbing sheme and assorted "bad guys". Buy it here now. Or here. Soon to be available on Amazon and B&N.

Another great review of our Top Suspense anthology

Wow, what a nice review from Jimbo in the UK

http://thegingernutcase.blogspot.com/2011/03/top-suspense.html

New price for '21 Tales' by Dave Zeltserman

The price for the e-book version of '21 Tales' has been dropped from $7.59 to $2.99 at Amazon, B&N and Smashwords. Here's what some folks have been saying about '21 Tales':

"Inventively depraved" New York Magazine

"Zeltserman's twisty-tailed gems drag you deep into pulpland, bitch slap you dizzy, and leave you begging for more." --Roger Smith, author of Mixed Blood

"Dave Zeltserman is one of the crime genre's most accomplished, radical, and innovative talents. His command of style and personal dark vision of the world are framed in the short form to reach out and shake the reader by the throat. I only wish that 21 Tales had been 51 Tales or 101 Tales. We need more of his edgy stories to rattle the field." --Tom Piccirilli, author of Shadow Season

"In a relatively short period of time Dave Zeltserman has established himself as the most relevant author of dark crime fiction working today. As usual, Dave doesn't pull any punches, and his 21 Tales is inventive, nasty, pulpy fun." --Paul Tremblay, author of The Little Sleep

"Deadpan and more ruthless than ever, Zeltserman pulls off one clever shocker after another in classic pulp style. Not for the faint-hearted!" --Vicki Hendricks, author of Cruel Poetry

"Dave Zeltserman's stories demonstrate that he's as masterful with the short story as he is with the novel--the same stunning level of craft and the same lacerating vision. This is an important collection." --Ed Gorman, author of Ticket to Ride

"21 Tales is a lethal Molotov cocktail that won’t give you a hangover but could give nightmares." Pulp Metal Magazine

If you'd like to sample an additional story of mine online that's been surprising just about every reader, here's Old Wives' Tales.

--Dave Zeltserman, Shamus Award winner for best PI story, Julius Katz and Ellery Queen's Readers Choice Award winner for Archie's Been Framed

The Pressure of Darkness on Kindle for $2.99

http://www.amazon.com/The-Pressure-of-Darkness-ebook/dp/B003DKK1KS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1301184109&sr=1-1

"A dark, thrilling tale of murder and intrigue that will have you turning the pages as fast as you can."
--Crimespree Magazine

In October, of 1993 a small Special Ops team roped down in Somalia to assassinate a cult leader. The mission went horribly wrong. Their leader was killed, the medic shot in the spine. Only two of the D-Boys, Red Burke and Scotty Bowden, came away unscathed.

The aging soldiers now live in the LA area. Wheelchair bound 'Doc' is employed by the Coroner's office, Bowden is steadily a deteriorating cop on the take and Burke works both sides of the law to cover his wife’s medical bills. When famous horror novelist Peter Stryker is found dead, Burke is hired to investigate why a man would commit suicide by butchering his own body.

The trail rapidly leads Burke to embrace an old lover, confront a vicious drug lord, and finally recruit his friends to stage one last mission against a mysterious cult with plans to unleash a deadly virus.

"Master craftsmanship. The Pressure of Darkness is a dark and thrilling stroll along the knife edge. Highly recommended."
--Cemetery Dance

 

http://www.amazon.com/The-Pressure-of-Darkness-ebook/dp/B003DKK1KS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1301184109&sr=1-1