Keith Rawson

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Keith Rawson is the author of hundreds of short stories, articles, essays, reviews, and poems. He is a regular contributor to LitReactor.com, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Spinetingler Magazine and many others, and is the former publisher of Crime Factory Magazine. He lives in Southern Arizona with his wife and daughter

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Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen (Gutter Books Rock Anthology Series) Dec 1, 2014

by Dennis Lehane, Jordan Harper, Hillary Davidson, James R. Tuck, Chuck Wendig, Matthew Louis, Todd Robinson, James Grady, Court Merrigan, Jen Conley, Richard J. Brewer, Joe Clifford

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Like some born killers, this pairing of crime stories and the songs of Bruce Springsteen is a natural one. Each of the accomplished authors in this unique anthology chose a Springsteen title as a starting point, and in the criminally inclined spirit of the Boss, drove headlong to wherever that inspiration called. The destinations are as wildly diverse and far-reaching as the songs that influenced them. Some arrive at hope and redemption; others end up smoking in a ditch. One thing’s for sure: you sign up for this ride, and Trouble in the Heartland will transport you somewhere unforgettable.

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Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT (Protectors Anthologies Book 1) Sep 10, 2012

by Andrew Vachss, Charles de Lint, Joe R. Lansdale, Josh Stallings, Roxane Gay, George Pelecanos, Ken Bruen, Wayne D. Dundee, Bill Cameron, Steve Weddle, Johnny Shaw, Todd Robinson, Patti Abbott, Chet Williamson, Dave White, James Reasoner, Charlie Stella, Les Edgerton, Tony Black, Ray Banks

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41 writers. One cause.
We've rallied a platoon of crime, western, thriller, fantasy, noir, horror and transgressive authors to support PROTECT's important work: lobbying for legislation that protects children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
Powerful stories from George Pelecanos, Andrew Vachss, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles de Lint, Ken Bruen, Chet Williamson, James Reasoner, Charlie Stella, Michael A. Black, Wayne Dundee, Roxane Gay, Ray Banks, Tony Black, Les Edgerton and 16 more, with 100% of proceeds going to PROTECT.

PROTECTORS includes a foreword by rock critic Dave Marsh, and fiction by Patti Abbott, Ian Ayris, Ray Banks, Nigel Bird, Michael A. Black, Tony Black, R. Thomas Brown, Ken Bruen, Bill Cameron, Jen Conley, Charles de Lint, Wayne D. Dundee, Chad Eagleton, Les Edgerton, Andrew Fader, Matthew C. Funk, Roxane Gay, Edward A. Grainger, Glenn G. Gray, Jane Hammons, Amber Keller, Joe R. Lansdale, Frank Larnerd, Gary Lovisi, Mike Miner, Zak Mucha, Dan O'Shea, George Pelecanos, Thomas Pluck, Richard Prosch, Keith Rawson, James Reasoner, Todd Robinson, Johnny Shaw, Gerald So, Josh Stallings, Charlie Stella, Andrew Vachss, Steve Weddle, Dave White, and Chet Williamson.

Among PROTECT's victories are the Protect Our Children Act of 2008, which mandated that the Justice Department change course and design a new national nerve center for law enforcement to wage a war on child exploitation, the Hero to Hero program, which employs disabled veterans in the battle against child abuse, and Alicia's Law.

Join the fight, with 41 stories by top writers. Be a Protector!

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Discount Noir Oct 21, 2010

by Steve Weddle, Patricia Abbott

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If you thought standing in line at your local megastore was murder, then you haven't been to Megamart. These flash fiction tales of superstore madness and mayhem will make you think twice the next time you hear "clean up on aisle 13."

This anthology contains works by: Patricia Abbott, Sophie Littlefield, Kieran Shea, Chad Eagleton, Ed Gorman, Cormac Brown, Fleur Bradley, Alan Griffiths, Laura Benedict, Garnett Elliot, Eric Beetner, Jack Bates, Bill Crider, Loren Eaton, John DuMond, John McFetridge, Toni McGeeCausey, Jeff Vande Zande, James Reasoner, Kyle Minor, Randy Rohn, Todd Mason, Byron Quertermous, Sandra Scoppettone, Stephen D. Rogers, Steve Weddle, Evan Lewis, Daniel B. O'Shea, Sandra Seamans, Albert Tucher, Donna Moore, John Weagly, Keith Rawson, Gerald So, Dave Zeltserman, Dorte Hummelshoj Jakobsen, Jay Stringer, Anne Frasier, Kathleen A. Ryan, Eric Peterson, Chris Grabenstein and J.T. Ellison.

DISCOUNT NOIR has been nominated for Outstanding Anthology in the 2011 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll.

D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney Aug 22, 2011

by Ken Bruen, Scott Phillips, Harry Hunsicker, Bill Fitzhugh, Tony Black, Hilary Davidson, Marcus Sakey, Greg Bardsley, Jedidiah Ayres, Kieran Shea

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The parameters of the dare were simple.

No rules, no quarter.

Make him a hero. Make him a perp. Make him a throwaway reference. Whatever fired the writer's imagination...all amalgamated into an anthology unequaled and inspired by the most vexing juggernaut of modern American politics — Dick Cheney.

Tearing out of wilderness comes D*CKED, satirical Deathmobile – dark, sleek, and muscled-out. Get ready to laugh and run for cover. You’re about to get D*CKED.

"Old hands and new voices give a no-holds-barred effort and don’t let up until the job is done. The stories will hit you hard, knock you down, make you laugh, make you think. From provocative to hilarious to dark to devious, D*CKED delivers a hell of a ride.”
Sophie Littlefield, author of A Bad Day For Pretty and A Bad Day For Scandal

“A demented, sardonic take on America’s only memorable Vice President. This is the magnificent bastard writ large: Dick Cheney as profane éminence grise, as curmudgeonly killer and murderous memorist … as laconic lothario and quippy Machiavelli. … I loved this sucker “BIG TIME,” as DC himself would say.”
Craig McDonald, author of One True Sentence and El Gavilan

“Until I read D*CKED, I had no reason to be glad that Dick Cheney was born.”
Kyle Minor, author of In the Devil’s Territory

The D*CKED website: http://dicked.wordpress.com/

Authors:
Patricia Abbott
Cameron Ashley
Jedidiah Ayres
Greg Bardsley
Eric Beetner
Tony Black
Ken Bruen
Jimmy Callaway
Rachel Canon
Hilary Davidson
Jason Duke
Bill Fitzhugh
Matthew C. Funk
Harry Hunsicker
Kieran Shea
Nancy Lee Philcox (designer)
Scott Phillips
Keith Rawson
Mark Richardson
Al Riske
Marcus Sakey
Owen Smith (artist)
Steve Weddle

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The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly, Vol. 1 Oct 15, 2012

by Gerald So

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Editor Gerald So collects the first year of fifty-two poems originally published on The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly website (2011-12). Featuring Nyla Alisia, R.A. Allen, Margaret Anderson, Michael A. Arnzen, Randall Avilez, Jack Bates, Alec Cizak, Robert Cooperman, Ray Daniel, Michael Chacko Daniels, Cassandra de Alba, C.J. Edwards, John M. Floyd, Kent Gowran, Bruce Harris, Clarinda Harriss, Chad Haskins, Kathleen Hellen, Kyle Hemmings, Paul Hostovsky, Peter Ivey, Dorothy James, Tonia Kalouria, Susan Kelley, Ian Khadan, Rauan Klassnik, Lola Koundakjian, Dennis Mahagin, Catfish McDaris, Trevor Nelson, Brett Peruzzi, Thomas Pluck, David S. Pointer, Kimberly Poitevin, William Dylan Powell, Charles Rammelkamp, Keith Rawson, Stephen D. Rogers, Nancy Scott, Jackie Sheeler, Hal Sirowitz, Duane Spurlock, Jay Stringer, and Ray Succre.

Crime Factory: The First Shift Sep 16, 2011

by Keith Rawson, Cameron Ashley, Jimmy Callaway

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They broke free from their work stations and ran giggling down the factory hallways, stopping only to write crude missives on the walls. Transcribed here for your amusement, the most original voices in crime fiction offer you 27 tales of revulsion, heartbreak, and violence. Welcome to The First Shift.

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All Due Respect Issue 5 Jan 16, 2015

by Steve Weddle, J.J. Sinisi, Paul Brazill, Gabino Iglesias, Angel Luis Colón, Garnett Elliott, Keith Rawson, Mike Monson, Chris Rhatigan

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ADR heads to the Bayou with an excerpt from Steve Weddle's upcoming novel Broken Prayer and an interview with the Needle editor. More of the mean, gritty crime fiction we're known for from Keith Rawson, Paul D. Brazill, Angel Luis Colón, Garnett Elliott, Gabino Iglesias, and J.J. Sinisi.

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BEAT to a PULP: Round Two Jun 9, 2012

by Vin Packer, Bill Pronzini, Charles Ardai, Ed Gorman, Dave Zeltserman, Bill Crider, Larry D. Sweazy, David Cranmer, Matthew P. Mayo, Sophie Littlefield

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Smoke 'em if you got 'em, then set your jaw and steel your stance, 'cause BEAT to a PULP: Round Two is here! It's all meat, no filler in this red-raw-and-oozing collection of twenty-nine tales of pure pulp action. You'll find aliens, gangsters, drifters, mountain men, private dicks, gun molls, loners, misfits, drunks, thugs, booze-hounds, and more, all brawling in the pages of Round Two. And that's just for starters.

Seething with left-hooks, uppercuts, kidney shots, and gut-punches aplenty, this powerhouse compilation doles out the genres, from hardboiled crime, western, and noir to sci-fi, fantasy, literary, horror, and more.

Round Two covers all-new ground with offerings from a gang of tried-and-true heavyweights and inspired up-and-comers, all savvy purveyors of pulp at the top of their game. Haymakers include a Hemingway pastiche by famed mystery author Bill Pronzini, a stunning Chandler homage by Hard Case Crime kingpin Charles Ardai, a post-war tale with a twist from James Reasoner, a zombie-horror nightmare by Bill Crider, and even more blows to the temple from such hotshots as Glenn Gray, Patricia Abbott, the legendary Vin Packer, and more, more, more!

Feel up to it? Then climb back in the ring. BEAT to a PULP: Round Two is ready to rumble.

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Dark Corners Vol. 1 Issue 2 Dec 19, 2014

by Will Viharo, David Keaton, Keith Rawson, Eric Beetner, Mike McCrary, Greg Barth, Eryk Pruitt, Emily Moore, C McNeely, Emily McNeely

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The best damn pulp fiction magazine in the world returns with its second issue! We've got zombies. We've got hitmen. We've got Santa Claus. We've got it all!
Featuring pulp masters such as Greg Barth, Will Viharo, Eric Beetner and Mike McCrary as well as authors of Dark Corners past such as Warren Moore and Scott Grand, Dark Corners Vol.1 Issue 2 continues to prove why Dark Corners is your number one source for quarterly overstuffed pulp!

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Kung Fu Factory: A Crime Factory Special Jan 7, 2014

by Anthony Neil Smith, Christa Faust, Frank Bill, Matthew McBride, Garnett Elliott, Jimmy Callaway, Cameron Ashley, Liam Jose, Keith Rawson, Crime Factory

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CRIME FACTORY's fight-flavoured special edition, jam-packed with exclusive goodness from Christa Faust (Choke Hold; Money Shot); Anthony Neil Smith (Yellow Medicine; All The Young Warriors); Duane Swierczynski (DC comics’ Birds Of Prey; Fun and Games); Frank Bill (Crimes In Southern Indiana); articles by Addam Duke; Liam José; Peter “Nerd of Noir” Dragovich; fiction by Joshua Reynolds; Matthew McBride; Michael S. Chong; Cameron Ashley; Jimmy Callaway; Chris LaTray; Garnett Elliott and Bryon Quertermous.

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BEAT to a PULP: Superhero Sep 7, 2012

by Jake Hinkson, Kevin Burton Smith, Garnett Elliott, James Reasoner, Chad Eagleton, Thomas Pluck, Keith Rawson, Steve Weddle, David Cranmer, Scott D. Parker

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What makes a superhero? Someone with special powers ... Ordinary people doing good deeds ... Anyone with sophisticated technological gadgets and incredible agility? Superheroes can spring up from the most unexpected people in the most unusual places, and BEAT to a PULP: Superhero has gathered some of the best hardboiled and noir crime stories with a superhero bend. Billy Mitchell, the six-year-old "Red Avenger" in Kevin Burton Smith's tale, has an innocence and a special something that draws us to want to don a mask and tie a towel around our necks. Steve Weddle dissects the reality of a world in which super-powered "others" walk in the midst of normal people who tend to quote only parts of the Bible. And James Reasoner's story is set in a time not usually associated with superheroes -- the American Revolution -- yet Patrick Mainwaring finds the classic essence of a superhero. Other top contributors include Jake Hinkson, Garnett Elliott, Liam Jose, Sandra Seamans, Jerry Bloomfield, Thomas Pluck, Keith Rawson, Court Merrigan, Benoit Lelievre, and Chad Eagleton. If you like the work of Frank Miller or the recent Dark Knight films directed by Christopher Nolan, then you'll enjoy the grit of these thirteen tales in BEAT to a PULP: Superhero.

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The Lineup: Poems on Crime 4 Sep 27, 2011

by R. Narvaez, Sarah Cortez, Reed Farrel Coleman, Gerald So

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The fourth and final issue of THE LINEUP: POEMS ON CRIME features work by Ken Bruen, Michael Casey, Reed Farrel Coleman, David Corbett, Mary Agnes Dalrymple, Mary Christine Delea, Jeanne Dickey, H. Palmer Hall, Paul Hostovsky, David Jordan, Laura LeHew, Thomas Michael McDade, Peter Meinke, Keith Rawson, Chad Rohrbacher, Stephen Jay Schwartz, Nancy Scott, Kieran Shea, J.D. Smith, J.J. Steinfeld, John Stickney, Caitlin Elizabeth Thomson, Randall Watson, Charles Harper Webb, Steve Weddle, and Germaine Welch.

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