October, 2013: Charlaine on Food Network: Halloween Wars
Charlaine guest stars as a judge on the Food Network’s Halloween Wars Season 3. Available on Amazon Instant Video
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2013
This issue of EQMM contains an original short story by Charlaine titled “Small Kingdoms.” Download free EQMM iPad/iPhone app to purchase back issue of magazine.
News: Games Creature Play
An amazing lineup of urban fantasy, science fiction, and mystery writers provide stories of games and the creatures who play them. The contributors include Toni L.P. Kelner, Adam-Troy Castro, Jan Burke, Caitlin Kittredge, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Kushner, Mercedes Lackey, Joe Lansdale, Laura Lippman, Seanan McGuire, Brendan DuBois, Brandon Sanderson, …
September 17, 2013
Books of the Week: The Buzzard Table, Margaret Maron Chosen, Benedict Jacka Murder of a Stacked Librarian, Denise Swanson Variety is definitely the spice of my reading life. I visited with an old friend this week. Any time I read Margaret Maron, I hear her voice. We have known each …
September 10, 2013
Books of the Week: A Skeleton in the Family, Leigh Perry Omens, Kelley Armstrong A Matter of Blood, Sarah Pinborough Codex Born, Jim Hines It took me some time to realize that aside from recommending Leigh Perry’s new book, I had neglected to review it; I’d read it so long …
News: Dead of Night
“Dancers in the Dark,” my only true romantic work, has been repackaged again. This time DITD comes with a different accompanying novella, a different collective title, and with a new cover. Now I’m paired with Amanda Stevens. Her contribution is “The Devil’s Footprints.” The collection is called “Dead of Night.” …
September 3, 2013
Books of the Week: Undead and Unsure, MaryJanice Davidson Skinner, Charlie Huston Blood of Tyrants, Naomi Novik The Wolves of Midwinter, Anne Rice I apologize for the long lag between columns. I was finishing a book, myself. And I’ve read some good ones; it’s going to take me a couple …
August 10, 2013
Books of the Week: Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch Cold Shot to the Heart, Wallace Stroby My Friends Call Me Moon, James Morrow Walton It’s work pointing out that inspired by our trip to the UK, I’ve also been brushing up on my Agatha Christie. The godmother of mystery was not …
July 31, 2013
Books of the Week: A Stranger in the Family, Robert Barnard Hunted, Kevin Hearne Disturbance, Jan Burke The Painted Girls, Cathy Marie Buchanan Robert Barnard is one of the noted British crimewriters of the past two decades, and he continues to be a fine read in A Stranger in the Family. …
July 5, 2013
Books of the Week The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey The Cases of Susan Dare, Mignon G. Eberhart The Twelve Clues of Christmas, Rhys Bowen I did read a few more books, but one is a very early ARC of a book that I’m going to blurb, and I didn’t like …