A Wednesday Q & A with LB

Okay. Ask me anything. How’s the new book doing? Sales are brisk, reviews are glowing. This Sunday, March 3, Hit Me will debut in the #28 slot on the New York Times Bestseller List. Strong advance orders led the publisher to order a second printing before the...

Twelve Stories from the Dark Side

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...

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...

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...

I’m telling everybody!

So this elderly gentleman is in the confessional, giving a richly detailed account of an affair he’s having with a twenty-two year old. Priest: Excuse me, but from your accent I get the impression that you are Jewish. Old dude: Yes, I am. So? Priest: Well, uh,...