Long time no see, Crimespace

[Iain Rowan]

Hello, everyone. Been away from writing for a little while. 

 

One of the first things I've done since coming back is to put together a collection of my published crime short fiction. NOWHERE TO GO features eleven stories of murder, obsession, fear and--sometimes--redemption, first published in Alfred Hitchcock's, Ellery Queen's, and more.

 

My short fiction has been reprinted in Year's Best anthologies, won a Derringer Award, been voted into readers' top ten of the year, and been the basis for a novel shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger award.

 

As well as Amazon, it's up on Smashwords for e-readers other than Kindle, and you can download or read a free sample story: One Step Closer, which won the Derringer award for best short story.

 

If you read it, I hope you enjoy it.

[Iain Rowan]

Thanks Benjamin. Thought it was a little different. Being trapped is something of a theme in the stories in the collection, one way or another, and I thought the photo captured that, but also hinted, as you say, that there's a sting there if you're not careful...

[Benjamin Sobieck]

Helluva enticing cover. Says to me, "You're gonna get stung if you don't watch out."

[I. J. Parker]

Ack.  Misspelled your name.  Sorry!  Iain!   And yes, e-books rock at least in that respect.

[Iain Rowan]

Thanks Ingrid, and good luck to you too. I've always thought it a shame that stories published in print tend to disappear from the world after a month or two, and the main attraction of an ebook was the idea of simply putting them back out there again.

[I. J. Parker]

Very good luck, Ian.  By coincidence, I'm getting ready to do the same.  Also eleven stories, previously in AHMM.  Thank God, stories aren't dead anymore after a brief apprearance in the magazine.