James A. Michener (1907-1997) was a bestselling author who never knew the identity of his biological parents, or when and where he was born....

The small fictional Texas town of McGregor Falls is a railroad stop for a large company called SWR. When an SWR employee is found eviscerate...

Harry Kantor (1924-1991) was the managing editor of men’s action-adventure magazines including Real Men and Battle Cry , and he periodical...

British author Christopher Wood (1935-2015) is best known for his erotic novel and film series titled Confessions . James Bond fans may rec...

Stark House Press just released a reprint from Gil Brewer compiling his first two original novels — both from 1951 - Satan is a Woman and...

Stephen Mertz cut his teeth writing hard-nosed action-adventure fiction set in Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan literary universe. In the 1...

The legend of Jonathan Latimer’s 1941 novel The Fifth Grave is likely more famous than the book itself. Here are the facts: In 1940, Chicag...

Before the words “defund the police” became a hot media slogan, author John Shirley experimented with the idea for his hard-hitting crime-f...

Author Patrick Whalen is a former Army paratrooper and social worker. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Whalen authored four classic horror...

Before pursuing a career in journalism and public relations, Dan Jorgensen studied creative writing at Colorado State University, where he w...

In the beginning of K.J. Young's The Dark Hour , set in the 1970s, a young guy named Mark is attempting to secure a brand new job. He fi...

According to publisher Bold Venture Press , Tony Masero was born in London, attended art school, and trained as a graphic designer. He event...

Lorenz Heller (1910-1965) was an awesome crime-fiction author under a variety of different pseudonyms who was largely forgotten until Stark...

I was thumbing through some old hardcovers and stumbled on Best Detective Stories of the Year – 1978 . It was edited by Edward D. Hoch and p...

“Death Ends the Scene” is a 1948 Dan Turner Hollywood Detectiv e mystery novella originally from Hollywood Detective Magazine that is ava...

Leonard S. Zinberg (1911-1968) was best known for his work under the pseudonym Ed Lacy , but he also employed other pen names, including Rus...

When I was a kid, a film my father seemed to always have on was The Devil's Brigade . It was originally released in 1968, but played con...

Samuel Grafton (1907-1997) was a publishing success with his syndicated newspaper column “I'd Rather Be Right”, which ran from 1939-1948...

The November, 1945 issue of New Detective Magazine featured short stories by David Crewe, Cyril Plunkett, Rex Whitechurch, and Ken Lewis am...

Horror and crime-fiction author Jon Bassoff continues to impress me with his literary work. As a modern writer, he is certainly in the top...