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Added by Jimmy Callaway on November 24, 2009 at 10:12am — 1 Comment

So, the good news is I placed third in Eric Beetner's FIST contest with my flash "Uncle Sal". The bad news is my prize of Eric's new novel, One Too Many Blows to the Head, co-written with JB Kohl, is still at the printers. I guess I'll just have to be patient. Anyways, in the meantime, please enjoy my story up now on Eric's blog. Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on October 18, 2009 at 11:45am — 2 Comments

Two for the show.

Over at A Twist of Noir, I've got two stories up, and each one's title is also its word count. Keep your eyes peeled for the aptly-titled follow-ups. One Hundred Two Hundred Sex and violence to you all, Jimmy Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on October 8, 2009 at 12:31pm — 2 Comments

Two down, one to go.

I'm not a very goal-oriented guy, if you can believe that. But when it comes to today's crime fiction scene, to me, there's a Holy Trinity to shoot for: Out of the Gutter, Plots with Guns, and Thuglit. Well, I've gotten into Plots with Guns twice now, and today we can cross another one off the to-do list. Yes, my story "Your Own Saturday Night" is now live in the current issue of Thuglit, appearing alongside good ol'… Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on October 2, 2009 at 5:45am — 4 Comments

Often late, and hardly worth the wait.

As usual, I've been negelcting this personal little corner of the internets, and so have forgotten to tell you darlings about the story I recently had up at Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers. It's a little love letter to blaxploitation I wrote a couple summers back. For a while, I began developing it as a comic book series, but as so often happens, that died on the vine. But this little seed is now up for your enjoyment. Take a gander and witness just how… Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on October 1, 2009 at 11:59am — 1 Comment

If You Died Today, Who Would Take Care of Your Family?

My very first flash over at A Twist of Noir is now a short film, ready to watch right here. And when I say "short," I'm not kidding. Seriously, guys, I'm really pleased with how this came out. I've already begun work on the follow up. Fuck Hollywood, we're making our own. Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on August 5, 2009 at 2:06pm — 2 Comments

A new flash (and I don't mean Wally West).

Dig my new flash-fiction up at A Twist of Noir. It feels good. Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on June 30, 2009 at 9:03am — 4 Comments

How the new Plots with (Ray) Guns breaks down:

Kyle Minor's "Ill Nature" will either make you sick or make you cry or both. Fred Zackel’s “Creepier than a Whorehouse Kiss” will either make you think Asimov was a giant pussy or make you never use an ATM again or both. Cameron Ashley's "Nadia-Verdinique's Saturday Night Superlative" will either make you horny or not ever again horny or both. Yours truly's "Nailed Up with Fudgsicles" will either make you something or some other thing or both. Pinckney Benedict’s “Go Killer Go! Run Killer Ru… Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on June 1, 2009 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Another flash in the pan.

And by "pan," I mean A Twist of Noir. So dig it. Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on May 29, 2009 at 12:42am — 3 Comments

30 seconds of your life.

I inexplicably have two (count 'em!) flash-fictions going live today. First, we have this little ditty at A Twist of Noir. Extra special thanks to Paul Brazill for giving me the correct submission e-mail, or this one mighta been lost to the ages. Then you can whip on over to The Flash Fiction Offensive, and check that one out. All new, a… Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on May 1, 2009 at 8:37am — 3 Comments

Flash bang.

Y'know what, Internet? I'm gonna take back some of the things I've said about you. In this, the Information Age, we are inundated with factoids, trivia, and all other sorts of communique, but mostly to the same degree that you'd get from watching the TV Guide channel 24 hours a day. Obvious niches of sweetness and light--Plots with Guns, ThugLit, et al--are great, but it's really easy to dry your eyeballs out reading entire short stories on-line (not to bite any hands that have fe… Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on March 3, 2009 at 11:23am — 2 Comments

The Truth is Enia.

So it's not crime-y at all, but a story I writ up got published here: http://www.truthenia.com/ I'll be back probably when I publish something else. So don't hold your breath. Oh, and I got my own web-blog thing that the kids seem to like, all about comic books and their goodness: attentionchildren.blogspot.com Kisses, jtw Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on December 18, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Plots with Guns is up, son!

Yes, it's true. Go to Plotswithguns.com right now to read a story by me and other, more talented (if slightly less sexually attractive) writers, and then tell a friend. And then somebody give PayPal a neck so I can wring it. Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on June 10, 2008 at 11:08am — No Comments

Honorable mention, motherfucker!

Ha ha! I'd like to thank my good, good friend, Ray Nessly, for giving me much needed revisions, and also The Dwarves, for being the greatest band ever. Honorable mention! (I spell it without a "u" because I'm a bleedin' yank.) Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on April 1, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Neil Smith owes me a Pabst.

So I had a story accepted today for Plots with Guns (http://www.plotswithguns.com/index.htm) in a record four minutes. It's also a record because it'll be my first published story. I had a bunch of other writing planned for today, but I'm nearly too excited to focus. But focus I shall, because this goddamn comic script has been a year in the making, and it's really not good enough to have taken that long. So back to the limestone. Man, I don't wanna jinx anything, but shit's certainly be… Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on March 12, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

It ain't gonna spend itself.

I just dropped $25 I could probably use for food or something. Instead, it's going to Ebay for books, of all things. Like I don't have enough of them. Pronzini, Lansdale, McCarthy, and Ellison: I hope you're pleased with yourselves.

Oh, who am I kidding, I can't stay mad at you guys.

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Added by Jimmy Callaway on November 23, 2007 at 3:16am — No Comments

G'day.

Managed to crank out a first draft for my entry into the Crimespace Australia contest. I feel way less gay for having made steps to participate in this particular contest. Anyways, blah blah blah. Continue

Added by Jimmy Callaway on November 18, 2007 at 6:16pm — No Comments

Meh.

Re: that last blog of mine.

Turns out you gotta join up with that Gather website to view my entry. And then the entries that recieve the most votes of ten stars get to move on to the next round. So basically a contest to see who can shill Gather.com to the most people.

Fuck.

That.

Not for nothing, but judging by some of the other people on that site and some of the other entries, if nobody votes for me, then I'm on the right track. And so far, I couldn't be more on

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Added by Jimmy Callaway on November 17, 2007 at 12:14am — No Comments

Oh, yeah, here I am.

Y'know, I'd almost forgotten I had a profile on here. My internet presence leaves much to be desired. Or not desired, depending.

Anyways, yeah, crime. Crime's rad. Except when my car gets stolen. Or the passenger's side door lock busted in. Or when my roommate's checks get boosted from our mailbox. But even then, I at least get an opportunity to use the word "paper-hanger."

Been reading Joshua Armstrong's The Seekers. It's pretty good. I could do without some of the blo