The “Holmes on the Range”-iverse is getting bigger! Coming Sept. 17 from Rough Edges Press: the first “Holmes on the Range” spinoff novel, Hired Guns. Big Red and Old Red aren’t the A.A. Western Detective Agency’s only operatives, you know. It’s time for Ira Hoop, Oswin Diehl and Eskaminzim to step into the spotlight. Pre-order the ebook today (or wait another week or so for the paperback)!
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I’ve been tapped to contribute a story to a new anthology of Western stories by fledgling publisher Silverado Press. Silverado honcho Jeffrey J. Mariotte is funding the book (which includes contributions from tons of great Western writers) through a Kickstarter campaign that just went live. Check it out!
I had a great time chatting on “The Creative Writing Life Podcast” about outlining, Westerns, “Planet of the Apes,” my unlicensed “Star Trek” vs. “Alien” crossover and why so many movies today feel so danged long. Behind-the-scenes bonus for those in the know: You get to hear me stop the podcast to take a call about my kidney stones. Check it out!
My crime fiction short story “i,” which originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine in 2017, was recently republished in issue #140 of Black Cat Weekly. The fine folks at Black Cat have also made the story available on its own as a 99-cent download. Check it out!
Wanna hear how the “Holmes on the Range” series ended up coming back and what might be in store for its future? I reveal all in a Q&A on the Black Gate website. Check it out!
Over on the Black Gate website Bob Byrne has published a follow-up to his comprehensive overview of the “Holmes on the Range” series. This time he’s arranged all the stories and novels in chronological order, both in terms of the internal continuity of the series and its publishing history. Check it out!
The audiobook for the newest “Holmes on the Range” story collection, Black List, White Death, is now available on Audible and Amazon. Just sayin’. You know — in case you’ve been waiting. Check it out!
Bob Byrne has published an amazingly comprehensive introduction to the “Holmes on the Range” series over on the Black Gate blog. Check it out!
The just-released anthology Lawless: New Stories of the American West includes stories by an amazing array of Western writers…and me! My contribution, “Maverick County,” features a cameo by two characters up-to-date “Holmes on the Range” readers will know well. Check it out!
For the next week, the ebook of Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries is on sale on Amazon for just 99 cents. If you haven’t sampled the series yet, this is a good place to hop on: The title story, originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in 2003, is Big Red and Old Red’s very first adventure! Check it out!
FYI, I’ve popped by the blog of author George Cramer to chat about my writing process and plans. Interested? Check it out!
We’ve given you a lot of new “Holmes on the Range” to read this year, and we’re not done yet. Black List, White Death: Two Holmes on the Range Novellas is on sale now. Check it out!
The new “Holmes on the Range” short story collection Partners in Crime is now available as an audiobook. Narrated by Chuck Galco, it includes four stories previously published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and one exclusive, brand-new tale. Start listening now!
We’ve put out a lot of “Holmes on the Range” books this year, haven’t we? Well, guess what. There’s still time for one more! Black List, White Death: Two Holmes on the Range Novellas comes out Dec. 19. Pre-order your copy now!
Partners in Crime: Five Holmes on the Range Mysteries features four stories previously published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and a fifth that’s all-new! And it’s on sale now! Woo-hoo, right?
For the next few days, the ebook of the first “Holmes on the Range” novel is free on Amazon. Download your free copy now! Also free through the end of the week: the first novel in my tarot mystery series, The White Magic Five and Dime. Get it while it’s hot (and free)!
My old buddy Jim Lenahan was kind enough to invite me onto his cool rock podcast “Rockin’ the Suburbs” as a special guest. Jim and I will be talking about story songs on episodes set to drop all this week. First up and already live: We discuss the clever island family drama “Shame and Scandal” and the country classic “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
Now live on Scott Montgomery’s “The Hard Word” blog: a Q&A with yours truly in which I talk about writing the “Holmes on the Range” series and what’s up next for me after the current flurry of HotR books ends. Check it out!
“What?” I hear you say. “Another new ‘Holmes on the Range’ book? Already?” That’s just the way we do things these days, folks. It’s an avalanche of books, and you can’t stop them. Available for pre-order now (with a pub date of Nov. 28): Partners in Crime: Five Holmes on the Range Mysteries. Inside you’ll find five HotR stories, four previously published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, one brand-spankin' new!