Category Archives: Books & Literature

Crime Factory 10

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Permission to Kill

G’day all. Another bit of hoopla, that may appeal to lovers of crime fiction. The tenth issue of popular web magazine, Crime Factory is now live. This issue includes a short piece by me (writing as James Hopwood) , called … Continue reading →

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Action: Pulse Pounding Tales

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Permission to Kill

G’day Skeleteers. Just a little bit of hoopla, which I thought I would share with everybody. A short story I wrote, called ‘Cutter’s Law’ has been accepted for an anthology called Action: Pulse Pounding Tales. Let me tell you about … Continue reading →

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Of Turtles, Commandos, and Spies

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Permission to Kill

Over the last month, Permission to Kill has served up more surprises. But often the sudden surprises that boded well for the forces of freedom and democracy were neither inexplicable nor happy strokes of luck. Often these were indications that … Continue reading →

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Coming out swingin’!

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Permission to Kill

Happy New Year Skeleteers. Permission to Kill’s latest offerings feature a lot of swingin’. There’s swingin’ fists, swingin’ spies, and swingin’ coke bottles (ouch). Smoker is a short story, only about forty-five pages, but it represents one of the great … Continue reading →

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A Scent of New-Mown Hay

Posted on January 6, 2012 by WTF Film

I had never heard of John Blackburn until a very few days ago. Given his status as a prolific English genre author who emerged just on the heels of the two better-known Johns – Wyndham and Christopher – I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Spies, Boxers and Ninjas

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Permission to Kill

The latest offerings from Permission to Kill. First up, a healthy serve of retro spy thrills, courtesy of swingin’ sixties author Adam Diment. The Dolly Dolly Spy, which is the first book in the quartet, is fast paced, well-written, with … Continue reading →

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A Glorious Mess

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Cultural Gutter

I like a clean, focused narrative as much as the next person, but there’s an undeniable entertainment value in the messy and sprawling kind too. Science fiction has a long history of welcoming the second kind of book, and David’s … Continue reading →

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Bazookas, Bare Knuckles, Nudity, Romance & Horror

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Permission to Kill

The latest offerings from Permission to Kill. First up, another review that dropped off the blog – From Cannon Films: Assassination, starring the man with the face like a soggy chocolate cake – Charles Bronson. Bronson has been accused of … Continue reading →

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Monster Island Resort: Storytime Compilation of Readings!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Monster Island Resort

Hello to all you fans of horror on the printed page! One of the biggest requests I get as a podcaster is to add to the library of stories that I read aloud on Monster Island Resort. I have called … Continue reading →

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Murder in the (Fantastical) Big City

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Cultural Gutter

Let’s smash some genres together! Today it’s urban fantasy meets the murder mystery, and, at first glance, it’s a meeting of true minds. When there’s a mystery to be solved, it’s almost always a sleuth who works in a highly … Continue reading →

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