Featured Content by Down & Out Books Authors

May 2019
A True Grifter’s Song by Jim Wilsky

October 2018
Newcomer Steven Max Russo on Character Assassination

September 2018
Fifty Answers for Readers Who Want to Know More about J.L. Abramo

August 2018
Growing a Short Story into a Big Novel by Nick Kolakowski

July 2018
Visiting the Haunts of Favorite Writers by Gray Basnight

June 2018
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before… by Jon Bassoff

May 2018
Stumbling In by Frank Zafiro

April 2018
You Like Me, You Really Like Me? by Charles Salzberg

March 2018
Being Influenced by Your Favourite Crime Writers by Andrew Nette

February 2018
The Genre of Frontiers by Math Bird

January 2018
Country Noir, The Urban Thriller, and Contemporary Pulp by Jay A. Gertzman

December 2017
Why Authors Should Love Bad Reviews by Martin Bodenham

November 2017
Sketching Out a Character by Liam Sweeny

October 2017
Food for Thought—The Novella Format by John Shepphird

September 2017
Act Two: A Craft Essay by Ross Klavan

August 2017
“A Better Kind of Hate”, a Short Story by Beau Johnson

August 2017
Daniel M. Mendoza on What Aspiring Writers Can Learn from Working-Class Fiction and Noir

July 2017
Jerry Kennealy answers the question, What’s the difference between a fictional and a so-called real life private investigator?

June 2017
Lawrence Kelter on the Elusive Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow

May 2017
Out on the Range: Writing the Literary Gunfight by Nick Kolakowski

April 2017
Da Moke Wen’ Karang My ’Alas by Albert Tucher

March 2017
Nathan Walpow on Writing a New Book

February 2017
Dispatches from the Tattoo Shop by James R. Tuck

January 2017
Dana King Offers His Perspective on Killing Your Darlings

December 2016
Frank Zafiro on the Process of Self-Editing

November 2016
Frank De Blase on Jive, Jargon, and Sematics

October 2016
Crime in Words and Pictures by Gary Phillips

September 2016
Ryan Sayles Tells the Story Behind His Story in UNLOADED: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns

August 2016
Frank Zafiro and Eric Beetner Discuss the Collaborative Process

July 2016
Murder Under the Oaks: Three Debut Authors Talk with Editor Art Taylor

July 2016
Crime Fiction and Sales by Richard Godwin

June 2016
Why I Read, an Introspective Analysis by S.W. Lauden

May 2016
An Interview with Richard Godwin Discussing His Novella Paranoia and the Destiny Programme.

May 2016
Dying for a Bet, a Short Story by G. J. Brown