Paper BONES

The new paperback is out tomorrow, from your local Indie bookseller, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.  Enjoy!

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Nightmares, in fiction

As a crime writer, I entertain with the stuff of nightmares.  Murder and mayhem, kidnapping and political manipulation, all the things nobody wants, but everyone secretly desires to have faced. But every so often, I’ll slip a real nightmare into my fictional creations.  Just a handful of times, something personal make the trip from my…

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More All Hallow’s

(Now! With fewer disgusting pictures!) So, you read yesterday’s post on taxidermy and you think you’d like to try it yourself?  Great!  You, too, can be a forensic anthropologist.  All you need is something that’s died, and a handful of these: (From here.) (You can get a beetle kit, or other taxidermy supplies, online.  Of…

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All Hallow’s, creeping on little (stuffed) feet

One of the characters in The Bones of Paris is an artist whose work includes taxidermy.   His is a somewhat kinkier version of the Victorian…artist?…Walter Potter, whose work includes scenes like this: (You can read more about him here.)  But lest you think Paris is without its stuffed creatures, I bring to your attention Maison…

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All Hallows, all the time

Halloween is fast approaching, and since I’ve had both bones and weird stories on my mind of late, here’s a fun All Hallow’s video that Harris Stuyvesant might well have seen during his time in Paris: My own Paris Bones are here, with excerpts & extras. And the spooky urban-fantasy PI of “Hellbender” is here.

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Thurber, Columbus, Columbus

Portland was fabulous, and Seattle was gorgeous, in all ways: (Thanks to Meredith T for the photo.) But the Great Bones of Paris Tour isn’t over yet. Monday, I’m in Ohio’s capital. That’s right, Columbus Day in Columbus, Ohio. I’m speaking at Thurber House, which just tickles me. Long have I lived with the suspicion…

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Seattle! and Sherlock!

Tonight: Portland. Friday night: Seattle.  And also all weekend, because I’m the Guest of Honor at Seattle Sherlock! This Con is going to be more fun than Holmes could imagine, and there are still a few daily passes available, here. For details of Portland, Seattle, and beyond (Columbus, Ohio! San Francisco!) check out the events…

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Portland!

I’ll be in Portland on Thursday night–or rather, Beaverton, at the great Powell’s branch there. I’ve done a number of fabulous events at this store, including a really memorable Pirate bash two years ago. This time, I can’t promise a squadron of pirates, but one never knows. Flappers?  Skeletons?  People wearing Eiffel Tower costumes? It’s…

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On the road!

Tonight’s event at Murder by the Book was a whole lot of fun, as we discovered The Kinky Side of LRK. Yes, The Bones of Paris tour ripples across the country, and tomorrow moves from Houston to Austin’s Book People. Come join us, and see if I can find something to startle you with. Then:…

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