When I read on Lisa Morton's blog that a collector had unloaded a large number of vintage Westlake/Stark books at The Iliad bookshop, I knew I was doomed. In spite of my overdeveloped sense of birthday entitlement, I refrained from going completely hogwild with the credit card. I fondled and cooed and lusted over many rare signed editions, but in the end I walked away with a stack of three more modestly priced prizes. A signed movie edition of THE OUTFIT (now the smash MGM movie starring Robert… Continue

Sorry for the delay in posting. It’s been crazy busy around the House of Faust. What else is new?



Anyway, the No Crime Unpublished Conference was a blast. It started off with a bang when I got tied up and rigged into a litter (y’know, that metal thing they lay injured people in to pull them up out of ravines with a helicopter) by the Montrose Search and Rescue team. They had great equipment, including all sorts of rope and climbing gear. (drool) Of course, it was also a fun and… Continue

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After two years in print, I finally got a HOODTOWN review in Wrestling Observer! I finally feel legit.

Best line:

“This is a book, if a group of us were to read together, would undoubtedly elicit that spontaneous chant,

This is Awesome!”

I know maybe three people out there will get that but I’m tickled pink. After all, they could be chanting “You fucked up!”