Announcement Local Exposure 29 Jun 201930 Jun 2019 In this silly new world, "content creators" is an inelegant term that reeks of the business world and its recategorizing of human life as an expendable, much in the way…
Author post… Legs and Literature 25 Nov 201825 Nov 2018 Taking it to the streets...literally. Today I meet, once again, with friends, in the heart of Echo Park, LA's traditional Bohemian district (if such a phrase doesn't rebel against itself).…
Announcement… Locals Only: Books & Bikes Meet 12 Jul 2018 Almost every month, on the last Sunday, I join the Street Librarians Ride in central Los Angeles. We meet at a delightful little bookstore and café called Stories, in LA's…
Announcement How to Read My Books Gratis without Impoverishing Me 12 Mar 201813 Mar 2018 I get it: no one wants to spend money they don't have to, especially not on matters such as literature, which can only transform your soul...or give you a rollicking…
Author post Old Man Reading Out Loud, with Accomplices 25 Feb 201825 Feb 2018 Well, not all of you missed it--I mean last Friday's "Noir in NELA" reading at Jen Hitchcock's edgy little shop, called Book Show LA. The room was packed! Sure, it was…
Announcement On Paper, In Stores 10 Nov 2017 Issue #3 of Scotch Rutherford's Switchblade, an Anthology of Noir, is out now, a fact which particularly interests me as it contains the first short story I have published in…
event Killin’ ‘Em at Noir Night 19 Oct 2017 Here's a pair of pix from yesterday evening's "Noir Night Assaults the Battery," a co-production (however small) by Crow Tree Books and Switchblade Magazine. I read "The Price of a…
Author post Everything New Is Old Again 28 Aug 201718 Sep 2017 This morning, I glanced over from where I was reading to see my wife listening to music on her smartphone. I've done this too, though reluctantly: I don't mind plugging…