NEW FICTION: Bourbon & Blondes has arrived!

From the bus stations of Rt. 66 to the smoky, neon-tinged jazz dives of the big cities, these wanton tales of longing introduce us to vixens on the fringe and those shifty men that drove them there.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF RICHARD PRICE'S NEW CRIME NOVEL 'THE WHITES'


Win a copy of what Stephen King calls 'The Crime Novel of the Year' right here!

Crime writer Richard Price ("Clockers, "Lush Life") has long been the poet laureate of the gritty, rain-swept streets of urban America and neo-noir. And now he's giving us a new voice in crime fiction with the pen name Harry Brandt and the new novel "The Whites."

VIA PUBLISHER HENRY HOLT: The electrifying debut of a new master of American crime fiction, Harry Brandt—the pen name of novelist Richard Price

Back in the run-and-gun days of the mid-90s, when Billy Graves worked in the South Bronx as part of an anti-crime unit known as the Wild Geese, he made headlines by accidentally shooting a 10-year-old boy while stopping an angel-dusted berserker in the street. Branded as a cowboy by his higher-ups, for the next eighteen years Billy endured one dead-end posting after another. Now in his early forties, he has somehow survived and become a sergeant in Manhattan Night Watch, a small team of detectives charged with responding to all night-time felonies from Wall Street to Harlem.

Night Watch usually acts a set-up crew for the day shift, but when Billy is called to a 4:00 a.m. fatal slashing of a man in Penn Station, his investigation of the crime moves beyond the usual handoff. And when he discovers that the victim was once a suspect in the unsolved murder of a 12-year-old boy—a brutal case with connections to the former members of the Wild Geese — the bad old days are back in Billy's life with a vengeance, tearing apart enduring friendships forged in the urban trenches and even threatening the safety of his family.

Richard Price, one of America’s most gifted novelists, has always written brilliantly about cops, criminals, and New York City. Now, writing as Harry Brandt, he is poised to win a huge following among all those who hunger for first-rate crime fiction.


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Monday, February 23, 2015

7 QUICK & EASY WAYS TO FIX THE OSCARS

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© 2009 The Oscars are in need of a major reboot and guess what? It's not that hard to figure out., Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio

The Oscars came last night but they didn't conquer. In fact, it was the first ceremony ever to put me into a DVR-rewinding coma. The Oscars, like most of the film franchises in the movie biz, are in serious need of a reboot. And guess what? It's not that hard. Even implementing a few of the suggestions below would make for a show svelter than the new Zach Galifianakis.

MAKE THEM SHORTER

I know it's three hours earlier on the West Coast and all but yadda yadda yadda. Quite frankly, the rest of the TV-watching world is on a different clock. Start the telecast at 8 p.m. Eastern (no more of that ridiculous 8:30 p.m. jazz) and cut it off at 11 p.m. sharp. If the Golden Globes can do it, so can The Academy.

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COURT A LEGACY HOST

Doogie was just ... Meh. Ellen and her star-studded selfie was more in tune with what the show needs. The Acedemy needs to find a great comical host and groom him or her to be with the telecast for at least a decade. Sign a multi-deal contract with said performer and allow them to build a rapport with the audience through the years. It's the only way people will stop talking about Billy Crystal and Johnny Carson (no disrespect to either of those excellent masters of ceremonies)

DITCH THE ACCOUNTANTS

Seriously... Who gives a shit?

MAKE IT ABOUT MOVIES

I know we need music and (even dancing) interludes from time to time but something about seeing Maroon 5's Adam Levine crooning makes me think I stumbled onto the MTV Music Awards.

ONLY FILM INDUSTRY TYPES

Why am I seeing TV people presenting the most esteemed showbiz award on the planet? Again, I want this night to be about Hollywood and the film industry glamour that the rest of us in the Rat Race never gets to experience. I don't want my entertainment worlds colliding. STOP!

DUMP THE TECH AWARDS

No disrespect to the sound guy on "American Sniper" but I couldn't give a rat's patootie about sound mixing or sound editing. And I'm guessing the rest of the waking world doesn't either. Sorry, bro. Nothing personal.

CHANNEL THE GLOBES

Yes, that OTHER awards show knows how to let its hair down and it more than shows. The remedy? Booze and food. Make the goddamned show a party.



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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

THE TURBULENT GENIUS OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE


DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Note: I will wholeheartedly admit that, while I may not have been the biggest fan of David Foster Wallace, his indelible talent cannot be denied. This fabulous in-depth piece, reprinted with permission, explores the sad and tragic genius of the troubled scribe. 


~Enjoy.

Read what follows with a stern caveat emptor in mind, for it has been written by an unabashed David Foster Wallace fanboy, one of those forlorn, bespectacled young men covertly handed a copy of Infinite Jest in his formative years, and who subsequently recited passages from the novel the way early Christians, hiding in dim catacombs,…

Thursday, February 5, 2015

THE MUSE AND THE BOOZE: WRITERS & DRINKING


"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." This quote from Dorothy Parker is typical of her sense of humor but also sums up the attitude of a lot of writers who, over the years have hit the bottle hard. Alcohol and writers; somehow in the public imagination they just seem…

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

BOOZERS REJOICE! WOODFORD RESERVE TO RELEASE A RYE


Latest Release and Third Product Extension Demonstrates Brand's Continued Commitment to Flavor LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Woodford Reserve today announces the release of its latest permanent product extension, Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, which will be available for purchase in select markets throughout the country beginning in February. The latest release showcases…

IN A WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA NOISE, CAN WE HACK THE NOVEL?

Hacking the Novel

The house where the novel lives today had its foundation laid about 1,000 years ago by Lady Murasaki, with a little help from Homer and the ancient Babylonian scribes who punched The Epic of Gilgamesh into clay tablets. Henry Fielding helped with the walls, Cervantes added the windows, warped glass and all. The great 19th century…