Mary Russell’s War
Miss Russell’s Brilliant Friends
Many and many a year ago, in a (LR)Kingdom by the sea, we started celebrating various events (new books, Library Week, St. Swithun’s Day) by running contests. Some of these involved art, others words. We did crossword puzzles, pirate haiku, Russellscapes, “My Dream Library”—you name it, we’ve done it (next up: videos.) When we moved…
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[UPDATE: the UK edition will be out in e-format in October/November, and in print next spring!] I understand that the physical version of Mary Russell’s War and Other Stories should be shipped to bookstores–and from the Poisoned Pen orders room–next week! I’ll be doing a book launch at the Poisoned Pen on October 1–and as an…
Read MoreRussell’s War hits the deck running!
Mary Russell’s War & Other Stories of Suspense comes out Tuesday! Nineteen years in the making, this is a collection of nine previously published short stories and one ALL! NEW! Sherlock Holmes mystery! (called *ahem* “Stately Holmes.” You can blame Barbara Peters for the title.) Also, an “Appreciation” of Miss Russell by one Leslie S. Klinger, my co-editor in three…
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So a funny thing happened on the way to a Russellscape… Since changing over the web site a few months ago (if you haven’t seen it, take a look!) we’re been working on ways to bring over the impressive amount of fan art that’s accumulated in the old site. We’re also working on a renovation…
Read MoreThe Somme (4)
I’m giving away a copy of Joe Sacco’s The Great War, what NPR called a “panorama of devastation,” an accordian-fold book, 24 feet long, about day one of The Battle of the Somme. Scroll down to enter. Today is the centenary of the death of Alan Seeger. Seeger was an American poet, an uncle of…
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I’m giving away a copy of Joe Sacco’s The Great War, what NPR called a “panorama of devastation,” an accordian-fold book, 24 feet long, about day one of The Battle of the Somme. Scroll down to enter. One of those who survived that horrific first assault, and who endured the prolonged ghastliness of the months…
Read MoreBattle of the Somme (2)
I’m giving away a copy of Joe Sacco’s The Great War, what NPR called a “panorama of devastation,” an accordian-fold book, 24 feet long, about day one of The Battle of the Somme. Scroll down to enter. Those in charge—at least, in charge of the British forces—imagined that the German lines would be pounded soft…
Read MoreBattle of the Somme (1)
I’m giving away a copy of Joe Sacco’s The Great War, what NPR called a “panorama of devastation,” an accordian-fold book, 24 feet long, about day one of The Battle of the Somme. Scroll down to enter. The Battle of the Somme began 100 years ago today. The Great War started on a summer’s day just…
Read MoreStately Stories
News—and yes, it is new, brand new. A story: Stately Holmes A Christmas Conundrum by Laurie R. King “Stately Holmes” was…well, not exactly commissioned. Suggested? Demanded? –by my friend Barbara Peters of Scottsdale’s Poisoned Pen Books. Well, Barbara was hoping for a full novel by that title, but I decided it was better matched for…
Read MoreVanishing shorts
Two weeks from today, on Feb 1, a number of my e-short stories will be coming down, vanishing, going underground (except, of course, if they’re already on your reader.) These stories won’t be for sale again until Random House publishes my collection of Russell & Holmes tales in October (as an ebook, though possibly, eventually,…
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