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Hometown:: Fair Haven

About Me:: I'm the writer of the crime drama "Slingshot," a feature film starring David Arquette, Julianna Margulies, Thora Birch, Balthazar Getty, Joely Fisher, and Lillo Brancato (right before he went to prison for the second degree murder of a police officer). "Slingshot" premiered at TriBeCa Film Festival, has been featured on "Access Hollywood" and "Late Night with David Letterman," and is currently available on DVD from the Weinstein Co. Other work of his has appeared at Hoboken Film Festival, FilmFest New Haven, Upright Citizen Brigade Theater, New Haven's International Festival of Arts and Ideas, and NYCollective's 10x2 play festival.

I'm currently at work on a collection of crime and dark fiction short stories set is New York, as well as a noir novel. I'm an MFA candidate at Stonecoast, University of Southern Maine, and was a recurring co-star on the first season of the hit TV show "Fringe"

I Am A:: Reader, Writer

Website:: http://www.matthewquinnmartin.com

Books And Authors I Like:: Jim Thompson (we have the same birthday!)
Stephen King
Flannery O'Connor
Jeff Lindsay
Ramond Chandler
Dashiell Hammett
Cornell Wolrich
Joe Eszterhaus
Heywood Gould
Dean Koontz
Walker Percy
Harlan Ellison
Frank Herbert
Charles Bukowski
and Libby Cudmore

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Seven Samurai and Kurosawa in general. The "dollars" trilogy. Oldboy and Park's other vengeance films. Kill Bill. The Devil's Rejects. Sin City. Dexter. House. Classic Noir. Classic Gangster...and way too much more to list.

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Ringside

Hey everybody...got a new story "http://bit.ly/N6sr5" target="_blank">Ringside" up at Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers

Posted on October 21, 2009 at 11:34pm — 1 Comment

New Story up at Thuglit

Hey Everybody,

My new story Chickens is up at Thuglit...hope you enjoy

...also check out new stuff by Jimmy Callaway and Mike MacLean

Posted on October 3, 2009 at 11:30pm

Dinah Reprint

Hey all, Christopher Grant was kind enough to reprint "Dinah" (originally at ESC) at A Twist of Noir http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/09/twist-of-noir-189-matthew-quinn-martin.html

Posted on September 30, 2009 at 4:48am

New Genre-Bending "Crime" Story up at ATON

Hey all...got a new story up at A Twist of Noir...it's called Thug's Paradise and is a little different from what you'd expect from me

Posted on September 27, 2009 at 7:17am

New Cudmore/Martin Collaboration

Hey all...just wanted you to know that mine and Libby (Cudmore)'s story "Call for Submission" will be up in the next issue of Big Pulp ...it's highly recommended for all the writers out there

Posted on September 23, 2009 at 12:03am

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At 3:00pm on September 30, 2009, Jimmy Callaway said…: Any ol' time, cap'n.

At 7:11am on August 27, 2009, J. F. Juzwik said…: Thanks for the invite Matthew. I'm really behind on my mail and my sites. Working hard on a couple of projects. Got a contract today though for my children's fantasy chapter book series, so I'm on a cloud about that! But, back now to my next crime short... Joyce

At 3:36pm on August 25, 2009, Beth Groundwater said…: Hi Matthew,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author!

At 2:31pm on August 25, 2009, Mike MacLean said…: In the immortal words of the Golden Girls, “Thank you for being a friend.” (What, not hip to a Golden Girls reference?)

Anyways, nice to meet you, Matthew. Congratulations on the film credits and the short stories. I’m sure I’ll be reading more of your stuff soon.

At 12:23am on August 18, 2009, Erin Hart said…: Hey Matthew -- -- nice to meet you. Looking forward to chatting with people here on Crimespace!

At 2:14am on August 1, 2009, Albert Tucher said…: Thanks!

At 5:45pm on July 30, 2009, carole gill said…: well thank you!
delighted!

At 12:56am on August 1, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: Hi Matthew
Good to have you here. And best wishes with your writing.

At 12:54pm on July 31, 2008, JackBludis said…: Impressive stuff ... sneaking Joe Eszterhouse and Harlan Ellison in there adds to my respect for you. (The others on the list ain't bad either.)