COMING AUGUST 2016 - MAMA TRIED - CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY OUTLAW COUNTRY MUSIC!

Down and Out Books has released a press release for the upcoming Mama Tried crime anthology that includes a story by me. The title of each story in this collection comes from an outlaw country music song. 

Mama Tried will be released on Monday, August 15, 2016. 

Press Release:

Coming in August from Down and Out Books…

Title: MAMA TRIED — Crime Fiction Inspired by Outlaw Country Music

Editor: JAMES R. TUCK

Format: Trade Paperback and eBook

Publication date: August 15, 2016

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Synopsis: Outlaws … 

It's what makes the best of country music and crime fiction. Sometimes it's hardened criminals: murders, thieves, and convicts, sometimes it's just a poor fool driven to the edge by hard times, hard drinking, or a hard lover.

In this collection you will find stories from the best voices in crime fiction inspired by the best voices in outlaw country music. Stories with:

• An off-books mercenary trying to save a trucker's delivery from a beautiful thief.
• An ex-con dealing with small town prejudice...and armed robbery.
• Outlaw newlyweds running from a tri-county drug lord.
• A young girl seeking solace in the company of dogs bred to fight that she never found in family.
• A wife discovering the other woman is not what she thought.
• A writer finding out what prison is really like.

Stories by J.L. Abramo, Trey R. Barker, Eric Beetner, Levi Black, Michael Bunker, Delilah Dawson, Les Edgerton, Christa Faust, Tommy Hancock, Grant Jerkins, Ken Lizzi, Riley Miller, James A. Moore, Bobby Nash, Mel Odom, Eryk Pruitt, Jay Requard, Charles R. Rutledge and Ryan Sayles.

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Meet the Editor: Born and raised in Georgia, James R. Tuck grew up drawing and reading from a wee lad. A steady helping of Robert E. Howard stories, Golden Age comics, and books he was far too young to have been reading combined with a very Southern involvement in church and watching horror movies became the bedrock of his creativity. He grew up, became a tattoo artist, and is now a writer of dark fantasy and, as Levi Black, crime fiction. He co-hosts the "Fanboy and Geek Girl Power Hour" podcast with his wife. Visit his website at JamesRTuck.com.

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Down and Out Books, an indie-publisher based in Tampa, FL, has been serving up the best crime fiction since 2011. To obtain an eARC (PDF, mobi, epub) for review, to coordinate an interview with the editor, or to find out more information about this book, contact lance@downandoutbooks.com. Find out more about Down & Out Books at DownAndOutBooks.com.

Let's go to the B Movies! New site featuring New Tales from Modern Authors debuts! The Schlock Zone Drive-In!

A new site has debuted, featuring tales from noted authors written very much in the style of classic drive in and B movies, bringing together all the campy horror, mystery, and suspense that once haunted Drive in screens and late night television... Complete with its own hostess.  As she introduces herself on the site...

I'm your hostess, Mistress Evili (pronounced Eh-vah-lee).  Get that straight or I'll introduce you to a specialty meat shoppe where you'll become a nice chunk of ground round.  Or, speaking of organ grinders, maybe you'd like to become one of those cute monkeys with the little hats and little cups?

Welcome to the theater of my mind, where all the little ghosts and ghoulies were sent packing because they weren't scary enough!

I've put together a selection of twisted tales designed to channel your inner sociopath.  What?  You think those thoughts you have about killing and maiming were yours alone to think?  Well, think again, munchkins.  I've been witness to every dark dream you've ever dreamt!  I'm here to reward that twisted little demon that you try to safeguard in the back of your mind.  These "movies" are here to entice, tantalize, and scandalize the darkness that resides within you.

I've assembled cannibals and creatures, butchers and behemoths, evil scientists and dark-hearted wizards.  They're all here for you to enjoy.

You do enjoy the darkness, don't you?

Featured writers currently include Eric Beetner, Kyle Bergersen, Sean Dalton, and J. E. Mooney

Get your ticket for the B Movie experience of The Schlock Zone Drive-In at http://schlockzone.blogspot.com!

FIGHT FICTIONEERS - ENJOYING THE SWEET SCIENCE OF PULP

AVAILABLE NOW: FIGHT FICTIONEERS MAGAZINE VOLUME 2!
CELEBRATING THE BEST IN FIGHT FICTION . . .

PRESS RELEASE:

FOR YOUR FREE COPY OF THIS ACTION PACKED E-ZINE SEND AN EMAIL REQUEST TO: fightcardseries@gmail.com

Fight Fictioneers Magazine (FFM) is a vehicle for both promoting the Fight Card series and also the best fight fiction in general. Immense thanks are due to our Fight Card team member in Australia, David Foster (Fight Card: King Of The Outback), for his hard work and diligence in formatting and bringing this issue of FFM into the virtual world (as he did with Vol 1).

Hopefully, there will be another issue to kick off the new year as we march into 2013 with the Fight Card banner held high. FFM Vol 2 will be made available for free to anyone who asks for a copy, so please distribute copies to your friends and fans. Any feedback would also be appreciated ...

Fight Fictioneers Magazine Volume 1 can still be accessed under the Fight Fictioneers tab on the new Fight Card website (www.fightcardbooks.com). Thx to author and Fight Card team member Jeremy Brown for his efforts in creating and maintaining the Fight Card website.

Upcoming Fight Card releases through the end of the year include Fight Card: Golden Gate Gloves (October - Robert Evans), Fight Card: The Knockout (November - Robert Randisi), and our second internationally set Fight Card tale (following Fight Card: King Of The Outback), Fight Card: Irish Dukes (December - Mike Faricy). Covers can be found on the Fight Card website www.fightcardbooks.com.

Congratulations to Fight Card authors Mel Odom (Omega Blue), Eric Beetner (The Devil Doesn't Want Me), Heath Lowrance (City Of Heretics), Mike Faricy (Bombshell), and David Foster (The Librio Defection / Bushwhacked - both under his James Hopewood pseudonym), among others for the successful launching of new critically acclaimed titles - all available on Amazon. Way to go, gang!

There are other specific plans afoot for Fight Card in 2013, which I will reveal both as they firm up and as I am allowed to talk specifics.

THX TO ALL THE FIGHT CARD FANS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE SERIES THIS YEAR ...

For those who missed it, you can also request a copy of Fight Fictioneers #1 as well. Email fightcardseries@gmail.com for details.