Calling all cars! Caught red-handed at the scene of the crime (scheduled to occur at 7 PM this evening) you’ll find the perps: Milton T. Burton and George Weir, contributors to the Lone Star Noir anthology. Swarm them tonight at BookPeople’s Hard Word Book Club event, and make sure your sticky fingers walk off with a copy—obtained legally, ya mugs.
Weir’s story, “Duckweed,” represents Littlefield, while Burton’s “Cherry Coke” is a fictional homage to Tyler, Texas. Too bad Joe R. Lansdale couldn’t make it for this one; you might remember him from such little-known comics as Batman, or the absurdist fantasy flick Bubba Ho-Tep. His story, “Six-Finger Jack,” was definitely one of the best in the anthology, although I’m also a fan of the Austin story “Moral Hazard” from Jesse Sublett.
Get in the mood for even more noir action this month, while you eagerly await publication of Black Heart Magazine’s first-ever NOIR Issue, or just enjoy a night out with some deadly dames and Texan tough-guys.
BookPeople is located at 603 N. Lamar. For more details about this event, please see their website.
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