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Why Isn’t Alden Bell Taking American Publishing by Storm?
Back in 2010, I came across an unassuming trade paperback at my local Barnes & Noble, and this interesting find would ultimately become one of my absolute favorite books of the past decade. That book was The Reapers Are the Angels, by Alden Bell (the pseudonym of...
BREW Is New from Permuted Press
One of the first things that happened after I signed on with Permuted Press was a rather insane book called Brew. Specifically, the editor/publisher offered to let me read an advance copy of Bill Braddock's novel for the purpose of providing a cover blurb. I happily...
The Turntable as Metaphor for Digital Revolution Reluctance
For the past few months, I’ve been contemplating the various ways that I’ll be able to fully digitize my music in my living room. My wife, in particular, wants to be able to have all our music available at the touch of a button from our main entertainment system...
Naked Dames and Naughty Impulses
Time for a new collection of raunchy pulp art from a bygone era! These are some covers that I've come across here and there, and every one of 'em gets me thinking about The Naked Dame. You could say that it's exactly these kinds of naughty noir paperbacks that made me...
Hitchcock Conversations: “Family Plot” (1976)
The Hitchcock Conversations is an ongoing project between me and James W. Powell, in which we study Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography in chronological order. I've published one conversation per week, and this is the final edition. (By necessity, spoilers ahead!)...
The Local Angle
During the early stages of writing Blood Red, I thought it would be fun to set my apocalyptic horror novel in my own town. I had just finished a detective novel called The Naked Dame, and I had taken great pains to really nail the 1950s geography of Los Angeles, going...
Hitchcock Conversations: “Frenzy” (1972)
The Hitchcock Conversations is an ongoing project between me and James W. Powell, in which we study Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography in chronological order. I’ll be publishing one conversation per week. (By necessity, spoilers ahead!) Synopsis: London is terrorized by a...
Hitchcock Conversations: “Topaz” (1969)
The Hitchcock Conversations is an ongoing project between me and James W. Powell, in which we study Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography in chronological order. I’ll be publishing one conversation per week. (By necessity, spoilers ahead!) Synopsis: A high-ranking Russian...
What Did You Do When You Heard the J. K. Rowling News?
You’ve heard the news. An excellent mystery novel released in April 2013—The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith—was just revealed to have been pseudonymously written by none other than J. K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame. When the news was announced, the blogosphere...
Hitchcock Conversations: “Torn Curtain” (1966)
The Hitchcock Conversations is an ongoing project between me and James W. Powell, in which we study Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography in chronological order. I’ll be publishing one conversation per week. (By necessity, spoilers ahead!) Synopsis: An American scientist...
Bio
Jason Bovberg is the author of Tessa Goes Down, Loser Baby, the Blood trilogy—Blood Red, Draw Blood, and Blood Dawn—and The Naked Dame. His forthcoming books include A Small Poisonous Act, a suburban noir novel, and Little Miss Nobody, a mystery based on a true crime. He is editor/publisher of Dark Highway Press, which published the controversial, erotic fairy tale Santa Steps Out and the weird western anthology Skull Full of Spurs. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife Barb, his daughters Harper and Sophie, and his canines Rocky and Rango.
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