This week's story comes fresh from the foggy shores of San Francisco and is by the superlative Tim Maleeny. Direct link to "Prisoner of Love." Tim's website is http://timmaleeny.com/

More info about Tim, his books and a way to contact him are all here.

In case I didn't mention it enough in the presentation of this episode, this is an AWESOME story. Serious.

Promo this week: I talk about Anatomy of Fear by Jonathan Santlofer, another great free podcast crime novel.

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Charles Ardai is the awesome editor of the unbelievable HARD CASE CRIME. Check them out, if you haven't already. More on them later. Charles has won a lot of awards as himself and also written two great novels as Richard Aleas: Little Girl Lost and Songs of Innocence.

Things are moving. I'm back from Dragon Con's podcast-track convention and met lots of awesome fans there. When you have a minute, please post a review over on iTunes.

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Special release in the feed today is YOUNG JUNIUS, an excerpt, which was originally released as a short story in Storyglossia.com's crime/noir issue. Check that out if you haven't already. In addition to my story, Vicki Hendricks and Megan Abbott from the CrimeWAV crew are also featured. The issue was edited by Anthony Neil Smith.

If you'd like to hear more of YOUNG JUNIUS, you can pick up at the start of the free podcast novel currently being serialized at SethHarwood.com It's also on iTunes here.

Thanks for listening. I hope you're enjoying CrimeWAV, enjoy "Young Junius" and get into not only the crime short stories in podcast form, but free complete novels as well.

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This is part two of Mark Coggins' "Ride a Red Dragon." Check Mark's page on this site for direct links to buy his books on Amazon.com. We're updating all the author pages with this capability, so when you find a writer you like, support them! Buy a book! Part of your payment to Amazon will support CrimeWAV as well.

Podiobooks.com is a great place to find more free podcast fiction. Check them out and give a listen.

We also have a new email address! info@crimewav.com 

Sorry folks, we found a few problems with the original posting of "Ride a Red Dragon" Pt. 1, so I've had to remix and re-post the file HERE.

Mark CogginsThis week's story
comes to us from the friendly streets of San Francisco circa 1920s and
is written by Mark Coggins. He gives us the first part of "Ride A Red
Dragon."

You can get more info about Mark at his site immortalgame.com and at his superb personal and crime blog Riordan's Desk. His most recent novel is RUNOFF from Bleak House Books. It's the fourth in his series of August Riordan novels.

He was also recently interviewed on the superlative podcast interview series Behind the Black Mask.

Promo this week is for Variant Frequencies, Podiobooks.com and The Failed Cities Monologues.

Not Joe PesciLive episode link. Finally we get some Boston crime fiction here on the WAV. This week Dave Zeltserman takes time out from training in kung fu and playing an evil game of pool to bring us "Adrenaline," which was first published in Out of the Gutter #3. I'd recommend checking them out if you haven't already. A GREAT crime rag out of Portland and the land of the tabs.

More on Dave Zeltserman is HERE at his site. And I apologize a lot if I'm messing up how I say his name.

For you JACK PALMS CRIME fans, learn here that YOUNG JUNIUS starts next week at sethharwood.com For those of you who don't know JACK PALMS yet, it's my weekly free podcast series of serialized novels. Listen!

Website of the week: Noircast.net for Out of the Past and Behind the Black Mask.

Up next: Mark Coggins

This week's episode comes to us from LA and Gary Phillips, a man with the deepest pipes you can hear on any podcast around. I'd like to call him the Barry White of crime fiction, but... OK, I will.

You can find out more about Gary at his site, www.garyphillips.com and pick up one of his books at your local bookstore.

This story comes from the recent anthology Politics Noir: Dark Tales from the Corridors of Power (Verso Press).

Gary also regularly posts installments of his serialized crime/political novel Citizen Kang at The Nation.com. You can start with episode 1, here.

Promo this week is for Seth Harwood's JACK PALMS CRIME series of podcasts. (iTunes link.)

Up next: Dave Zeltserman

CutmanEvery fighter needs a Cut Man in his corner.

Thanks to Rick Stringer and the crew at Variant Frequencies for posting this story simultaneously and helping us promote CrimeWAV. And thanks to Rick for the image.

This week's author is Christa Faust, originally from New York, now residing in L.A. with "Ghetto Birds," low-riders and Hollywood paparazzi. She's the author of the acclaimed Hard Case Crime novel MONEY SHOT, HOOD TOWN, and six other novels. Ever they stunner, Christa is gracious to give us "Cut Man" this week.

Want to put a CrimeWAV promo somewhere folks can hear it? Here it is.

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Folks, there's some great things coming up in the world of crime publishing. First, we've got Jason Pinter's new release: THE STOLEN. Check below to read his first book, THE MARK, online for free.

Next, we've got an awesome podcaster who's been know to feature a crime-solving dwarf named Billibub Baddings. Tee Morris is bringing out his new Baddings novel on 8/8/08 and is happy to share with you a free PDF download of the ENTIRE BOOK!

Also, to stretch the crime theme just a little, his partner in crime, Pip Ballentine is releasing her new novel on the same day. They're both published by Dragon Moon, both rushing the Amazon charts, and both worthy of your support. Don't believe me? Read her book here as a free PDF as well.

For more info on them, visit: The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy and Whispers at the Edge.

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This week we've got Jason Starr riding the WAV. Direct episode link.

Jason's the multi-award winning author of nine crime novels published in ten languages. His latest thriller from St. Martin's Press, on-sale everywhere, is THE FOLLOWER. Visit his home page at www.jasonstarr.com

If you want to help spread the word about CrimeWAV, download this promo and post it on your blog, site, podcast, wherever.

In other crime news, Jason Pinter's new novel The Stolen comes out on July 29th. To read his first novel, The Mark, for free visit jasonpinter.com.

And if you're tuned in to sethharwood.com, you'll find out some fresh big news later this week. Stay tuned!!

Promo: Well Told Tales Pulp Fiction Podcast.

Up next: LA's Christa Faust!