by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | News, News + Events
The archetype was born: men out for justice and/or revenge, pounding perpetually rainy streets in a dark American city. But isn’t he an anachronism today? “I suspect he always was,” says author Lawrence Block, who has been writing noir for 60 years. “Which is not to...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Books, In Sunlight or in Shadow, Interviews + Guest Blogs, News + Events
In this interview, LB talks about IN SUNLIGHT OR IN SHADOW When you spend half a century honing your craft, winning awards and publishing more than 100 books, your oeuvre commands the type of gravitas that can call upon nearly two dozen celebrity authors and not only...
by LB | Feb 20, 2017 | Alive in Shape and Color, Audiobooks, Bernie Rhodenbarr, In Sunlight or in Shadow, Keller, Matthew Scudder, Newsletter, Short Stories
A dozen roses? A box of chocolates? Well, not exactly… That would certainly be a nice way to mark Valentine’s Day, but I’m already several days late, and fresh out of flowers and candy. So all I can offer are my heartfelt best wishes—plus my usual...
by LB | Dec 18, 2016 | In Sunlight or in Shadow, John Warren Wells, LB's Classic Crime Library, LB's Collection of Classic Erotica, Newsletter
…and we’ll start with Room in New-York, the Edward Hopper painting that inspired Stephen King to write “The Music Room.” Lately I’ve been serving up paintings, along with 1000-word samples of the stories that arose from them (because,...
by Admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Anthologies, In Sunlight or in Shadow, News + Events, Reviews
Lawrence Block edits an astounding anthology of short fiction riffing on the paintings of Edward Hopper. Click here to read the review
by LB | Dec 10, 2016 | In Sunlight or in Shadow, Jill Emerson, LB's Classic Crime Library, LB's Collection of Classic Erotica, Newsletter, Resume Speed, Sinner Man
…and the Gift List begins with a picture: “Sour Bleu,” painted by Edward Hopper in 1914. You know its proverbial value in verbiage, and we’ll double it by adding the first 1000 words of the story Robert Olen Butler wrote for In Sunlight or in...
