Pimpin'

The baby's taking a much needed nap and I know I should probably be doing the same saying that I've been up since 4 A.M., but I know if I don't blog now, I'm not going to get around to it later. So I'm just going to suck it up and pimp some free shit that's made it onto the Web over the past couple of days.



Okay, first up is Irish man Stuart Neville. Now, in case you don't know who Stuart is, the man is essentially a web rat's wet dream and what I mean by this is that Stuart was "discovered" online by super agent Nat Sobel (Yeah, the dude who reps guys like Ellroy and Richard Russo.) who read one of Stuart's short story's in Thuglit, went apeshit over the piece and e-mailed Neville wanting to read his manuscript, the Twelve. (it's called the Ghosts of Belfast here in the states and is available in October.) Anyway, long story short, Sobel loved the book, signed Stuart and got him a book deal. But getting around to the free shit, Stuart has put together a short story collection called the Six for free download over at his site for folks who dig his writing or who have never sampled it and want to get glimpse of what the Hula-baloo is all about.Only two of the stories have seen the light of day, so go ahead and click HERE to download yourself a copy.

Next up, contest time over at Hardboiled Wonderland.
So here's what Jed's doing, the man is giving away a free, autograhed copy of Hogdoggin by Anthony Neil Smith and all you need to do is read a couple of stories in the new Thuglit anthology, Sex, Thugs, & Rock and Roll. Click HERE for full info on the contest. (And, yes, you should enter even if you motherfuckers already have a copy of Hogdoggin', because, hell, free autographed books rule!)

Alright, story time:
First up: New Greg Bardsley over at Pulp Pusher. As usual, Greg is both meancing and funny as hell in the same breath.
Second: New Kieran Shea over at Crooked.
Third: Newish Paul Brazil over at Flash Fiction Offensive.
All of them are worth your time, so give 'em read if you haven't already.

And finally, not that publicity machine Seth Harwood needs me to pimp his Hardboiled debut Jack Wakes Up, but the man is on the westcoast leg of his book tour and is going to be at the Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale, AZ signing, reading, and discussing JWU with the Hardboiled Book club this Thursday at 7 PM. It should be a good time, so stop on by and get your copy signed and ask Seth about the book, podcasting, or whatever. By the way, here's an old school book trailer from back when Jack Wakes Up was just a little POD that scared the living shit out of the publishing industry.
Enjoy.