Please take a moment to swing by and read "The Man Upstairs" by yours truly in the newest issue of GlassFire http://www.peglegpublishing.com/glassfire9/fiction.htm

Been enliving my drive-time lately with an old favorite--picked up a copy of James Ellroy's  The Black Dahlia in book on CD form at the local library.  I haven't read any Ellroy in a few years.  The Dahlia was the first book I read by him, back about 20 years ago, and it blew me away.  Listening to it again now I can see why.  It's fast, furious, disgusting and fascinating.   Hypeviolent and kinetic and yet he still manages to create characters you give a crap about.   I hear he has a new book coming out before the end of the year, too... I used to think he was the best thing since Jim Thompson.  Now I suspect he might be better than Thompson. 

Wish I had enjoyed Jon Clinch's Finn one tenth as much.  He takes Huck Finn and retells it as Pap Finn's story.  Interesting potential...too bad it's so damn dull.  The writing is erudite without being insightful.  In other words, ponderous and pretentious.   Twain would have cut this chump to ribbons in a 2 page parody and left it at that.   Avoid it.

New issue of dred coming June 1!