Dark River Unleashed
Yesterday was the official release date of John Twelve Hawks’s new novel, The Dark River. I’m intrigued to see how this novel fares. Twelve Hawks’s first book, The Traveler, received a huge amount of pre-pub hype, debuted strong to largely good reviews, and then quickly ran out of steam. Or, at least according to some…
continue readingFree Copy of The Dark River Claimed
The free copy of John Twelve Hawks’s The Dark River was claimed by a lucky reader in California. Thanks to everyone who emailed!
continue readingRare Book Store Closing
The New York Times has an interesting article on the closing of the Heritage Book Shop in Los Angeles. Luckily, my favorite Hollywood rare bookshop, Mystery Pier Books, remains.
continue readingPaddle Down the Dark River
> I have a free copy of John Twelve Hawk’s new novel, The Dark River: Book Two of the Fourth Realm, for anyone who wants it. This book is a follow-up to Twelve Hawk’s bestselling The Traveler. Publishers Weekly said that “a love story featuring Gabriel’s beautiful, deadly but conflicted Harlequin bodyguard, Maya, adds human…
continue readingAre You Interesting?
It’s an oft-repeated legend. And who knows if it’s even true? But it’s a good one. As Rick Bass recounts in his introduction to 1993 University Press of Mississippi combined volume Boomerang and Never Die, a student asked Barry Hannah how to make her stories more interesting. Bass writes, “Barry, I am told, looked long and…
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