Free!

Well, not everything’s free, but that’s where we’ll start. Not long ago I made the first Ehrengraf story, The Ehrengraf Defense, available free on Kindle. During the several days the offer ran, some 1500 of you picked it up—and enough of you went on...

Twelve stories and a rant…

Some months ago I blogged about the eWorld’s potential to enliven the long-moribund market for short fiction. I’m not sure that’s happening, but neither am I sure that it’s not. What I do know is that I’ve ePublished a few dozen short...

I’ll be brief…

When I hear those words, I generally figure the speaker’s good for another hour and a half, minimum. But I really will be brief. Just a few points to cover: 1. The Hard Case Crime / Subterranean Press double volume of Strange Embrace and 69 Barrow Street, two...

New—Large Print Books at LB’s Bookstore

“Presbyopia. He was squinting at fine print, holding the paper at arm’s length, avoiding paperbacks because the print was too small. A week after he got his first pair of reading glasses he started looking for office space. Within a month he’d signed...

All About Ehrengraf

I began writing about Martin H. Ehrengraf in “The Ehrengraf Defense,” published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in 1978. By 1994 there were eight stories in all, and ASAP Press published them in a very limited edition; it’s available today...