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“I heard you help people that need it.” Wow, that line got me. Lines like that get me in general, I mean I’m a softie and I accept that but this time it was a real gut punch. It wasn’t even the line, or the entirety of the panel, but the moment and all those […]

My debut novel, Twentymile, centers on a suspicious death inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. When the special agent investigating this death travels deep into the park’s backcountry, she comes face to face with an unexpected danger and must fight to survive against men who mean her harm and a winter storm that could prove […]

Hey Kids, Comics! That’s how they got you, back then. Wire spinner racks eternally in need of oiling, lurking in the backs of gas stations and corners of supermarkets, that lurid tin sign a pimp’s cap complete with feather; HEY KIDS, COMICS! Those comic book covers were eye-level to their target audience, precision-built with weapons-grade […]

To stalk or not to stalk, that is the question. At least for Lexi Mazur, the main character of my new novel Stalker Stalked. She’s stalked her current boyfriend, her ex-boyfriend, and now has her sights set on Magnolia Artois, the star of the hit reality TV show Socialites. But what happens when certified stalker […]

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and while I agree with that sentiment, I do judge books by their covers. As the primary designer for all of Shotgun Honey’s releases, I’ve developed an admiration for cover design, and the various methods a designer will take to produce a truly inspirational cover. […]

Our final week of Favorite Reads of 2019 sends out the year with 13 additional books to add to your wish lists and New Year’s reading lists. I know my 2020 is going to be full of books. This week we invite Scott Adlerberg, Sarah M. Chen and Paul J. Garth, and I tackle a […]

With just two weeks left in the year, we bring together a third group of writers and friends to recommend their favorite reads of 2019. It’s been a great bunch of titles that have added to my already towering TBR collection. So many potential gift selections for the book lover who celebrate the holiday seasons. […]

Welcome to week two of Favorite Reads of 2019. Last week we had guests Angel Luis Colón, E.A. Aymar, and Eric Beetner, all who made my TBR pile even larger. Thanks folks. This week we have authors J. Todd Scott, Steph Post, Nick Kolakowski, John Vercher and Canadian book reviewer Brandon Sears with a bounty […]

2019 is almost gone, and it’s that time of the year we reflect back on the books we’ve read. I know the books I’ve read and those that still tower in my TBR pile all cattywampus next on and around my nightstand is sizable. I’m always willing to make that pile larger, so I’ve asked […]

This week Shotgun Honey editor, contributor and author Nick Kolakowski stops by to talk about his new book release, Maxine Unleashes Doomsday, from Down & Out Books. Nick, Nick, Nick… I thought I knew you as an author. Your latest release, Maxine Unleashes Doomsday, is out this week and it is fantastic. I’d like to think […]

The void kills. Insert ominous piano sounds here. But really, minus the faux-drama, it does. In my case, I mean the blank space of the empty page waiting just ahead of every word in every work-in-progress. Every flash fiction, short story, novella, novel. Even now, as I write this, the blankness, ever ravenous, is threatening […]

“Some of us, by simple grace, sit on the merry-go-round enjoying the ride while others struggle just to stay on. The damned thing’s going too fast, their legs keep getting away from them, everything they have slides over the edge and is gone. These are the folks Nick Heeb writes about. Don’t try to make […]