The Steeger Books/Altus Press annual Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sales is now underway, and one of the new items (among many) is this epic adv...

Here's an inspiring saga for wannabe writers from the pages of Key Comics #2, back in March of 1944. Who wrote it and drew it? Don'...

NOTE: Zorro made his debut 100 years ago in the August 9, 1919 issue of ALL-STORY WEEKLY, in the first installment of the serial "...

Mr. Gary Heck, a film producer from down Texas way, has put together a TV pilot based on one of my short stories. You can view the trailer...

My thanks to the folks at Publishers Weekly for the kind words. The book is now on sale. Here's what's in it: "The Litt...

"The Continental Opposite" and I are honored to be noticed by the Private Eye Writers of America. The winner will be announced ...

Yeah, I've been slacking for the past few months. It's a cryin' shame, and I'm dutifully embarassed. But I got a jolt i...

This is Day 2 (of 3) of the annual really big writers conference here in Stumptown. Once again, me and the usual gang of intellectua...

Thanks, Bill! Your check is in the mail. This appears in the new, Summer 2015 issue, and is of course, copyright © 2015 by KBS Commun...

When AHMM Editor Linda Landrigan invited me to select and introduce a story for the magazine's Mystery Classic department, the choic...

Recently I expressed my thanks to all the good folks who posted reviews of, spread the word about, or helped behind the scenes with, my n...

, , , but the Continental Opposite does . . . and he (Pete Collins) and his alter-ego (me) wish to thank all those who've helped bri...

I'm mighty pleased to announce that the May 2015 issue of AHMM is now on sale, featuring a story inspired by Mr. Dashiell Hammett ...

Well, a swell time was had by all. I moderated a panel called "Without a Fedora: New Directions in Noir" (wearing a fedora, of...

My story "Too Many Crocketts," about the grandson of Davy Crockett and his inner voice/ancestral hitchhiker Old Davy, has a twis...

Jackie Blain hates to sing her own praises, but geez, somebody ought to. She’s a writer, AND a screenwriter, AND a teacher of both, AND a...

Yeah, as I mentioned, the annual Willamette Writers Conference was last weekend, and for the sixth or seventh year in a row I spent most ...