Pulp In 2 is coming!

The writer half of NoHo has been off the radar for nearly a month but not because she's a lazy cow. Au contraire. I've been writing a lot, just not writing the latest episode. Forgive me for that. What I have been writing, among other things, is my story for Chris Rhatigan and Nigel Bird's anthology Pulp Ink 2. My story, "Thicker Than Water" involves crime syndicates, murder and blood on the water.  The lineup of writers is fantastic--Patti Abbott, Matthew C. Funk, Keiran Shea, Julia Madeleine, BV Lawson, James Everington, R Thomas Brown, WD County, Eric Beetner (who also did the cover), Richard Godwin, Christopher Black, Mike Miner, Kevin Brown, Cindy Rosmus, Heath Lowrance, Joe Clifford, Andrez Bergen.  Fast company...I admire every one of these writers. The anthology is being publisher by Snubnose Press and should be available shortly. Proceeds will go to charity.

Death By Killing

Chris Rhatigan, whose excellent site Death by Killing is an essential starting point for anyone interested in good crime fiction, is posting "Five You Can't Miss" recommendations for short stories you might have missed over the course of the year. He kicked off the series with Christopher Grant of A Twist of Noir picks yesterday; today it's NoHo's own Katherine Tomlinson offering up suggestions. Check them out here.

And if you're looking for the perfect package of short crime fiction to give as a Christmas gift, pick up a copy (or two) of the excellent anthology Pulp Ink, which Chris co-edited with writer Nigel Bird. It's got more goodies than a plum pudding has plums. (Are there actually plums in plum pudding?) Anyway, inside you'll find stories by Matthew C. Funk, Richard Godwin, Hilary Davidson, Allan Guthrie, Patti Abbott, Sandra Seamans, Paul D. Brazill and Nigel and Chris as well.

New Noir Fiction

Looking for something to read while you wait for the first installment of NoHo Noir? Pick your poison. G. Wells Taylor's The Fifth Horseman, the last of his Apocalypse Trilogy, is now available, with the first novel in the series free on amazon.com and also on Wells' site. Blending a classic western story with an end-of-the-world theme, The Fifth Horseman can be enjoyed as a stand-alone.
Silver Tears, the latest installment in Paul Brazill's Roman Dalton shared-world series Drunk on the Moon, is now available. John Donald Carlucci's tale of a serial killer targeting the werewolf detective offers a new spin on the monster mythology.
Christa Faust's new novel Choke Hold is out. Ex-porn star Angel Dare is back (in the sequel to Money Shot).  Rolling Stone calls Choke Hold, "an instant pulp classic."
If you're looking for noir in small bites, check out Laughing at the Death Grin from Pulp Metal Press.The anthology features 13 dark tales from Paul D. Brazill, Heath Lowrance, Chris Rhatigan, Richard Godwin, Frank Duffy and more...
Patti Abbott's Monkey Justice collection is out from Snubnose Press. NoHo Noir's own Mark Satchwill illustrated the title story when it ran in Dark Valentine Magazine.
Let us know when you're finished reading everything--we've got more suggestions than a corpse has maggots.