Guest Blog: Not Guilty! Alibi 2018, September 28th – 30th by Renato Bratkovič

Nothing surprises us anymore. Populism and fake news “prove” the world we knew will collapse any time. Migrants are not trying to escape heartless business models conceived by greedy arms dealers, they’re here to steal our jobs, rape our women and cut our heads off. Gay people lurk around every corner and threaten to infect

Grab Exiles: An Outsider Anthology for only 99p/ 99c!

To celebrate the latest ALIBI  noir festival in Slovenia, EXILES: AN OUTSIDER ANTHOLOGY is currently only 99c / 99p! A powerful Noir short story collection edited by the Bukowski of Noir, Paul D. Brazill. Exiles features 26 outsiders-themed stories by some of the greatest crime and noir writers, K. A. Laity, Chris Rhatigan, Steven Porter,

Out now! Exiles: An Outsider Anthology

The all new version of Exiles: An Outsider Anthology – now published by Artizan– is out now! ‘A powerful short story collection edited by the Bukowski of Noir, Paul D. Brazill. Exiles features 26 outsiders-themed stories by some of the greatest crime and noir writers, K. A. Laity, Chris Rhatigan, Steven Porter, Patti Abbott, Ryan

Recommended Read: It’s All True (although it may not have happened) by Renato Bratkovič

It’s All True (although it may not have happened) by Slovenian writer  Renato Bratkovič is a short, sharp story collection that views the world askew. Stand out stories for me are ‘Fat Fatale’, ‘High Midnight’ and ‘Bicycle Thieves’. Like a strange hybrid of Gogol and Frederick Brown, It’s All True (although it may not have happened)

Recommended Read: Awake Now, Sailor by Eddie Vega

Cass Loyola is a Cuban merchant seaman turned New York poet who is struggling to make ends meet in the big apple. Jobless and on the verge of losing his home, he begins an affair the wife of a rich banker and his life spirals even more out of control. Eddie Vega’s Awake Now, Sailor

I’m Interviewed at Tednik Panorama

As a result of the recent  Alibi festival in Slovenia, Renato Bratkovic interviewed me in the Slovenian newspaper Tednik Panorama. Here’s a pic! It’s in Slovene.

Whisper Into My Ear One More Time

Over at the Alibi blog I have a slice of flash fiction that was written as part of the Alibi International crime/ noir festival. Whisper Into My Ear On More Time is here. And the Slovenian translation –ŠEPNI MI ŠE ENKRAT NA UHO – is here.

From The Mind Of N.N. Jackson

And B. J. Jackson … Moon Over Italy Night Visitor Nasty Cop Check em out!

From The Mind Of Renato Bratkovič

Alibi mastermind Renato Bratkovič, gives you a selection of dark fiction in Slovene and English, including my first Roman Dalton Yarn, Drunk On The Moon. Check em out!

Shots In The Dark at The Alibi Blog

I talk noir over at the ALIBI blog. Shots In The Dark is here.

A Song For Saturday: The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum by Fun Boy Three

The theme song for the Alibi weekend … More about the festival soooon …

I’m Front Page News!

The Alibi festival writers – Renato Bratkovič, Neven Skgratic,Eddie Vega, Andrej Predin and I – are on the front page of Slovenia’s Tednik Panorama newspaper. More about the festival sooon …

I’m On The TV

“Noir is closer to Laurel and Hardy than it is to Agatha Christie” At the recent Alibi noir festival in Slovenia. Here’s me on RTV 4′s arts programme, Glasnik, talking about noir to journalist Petra Skok. With Renato Bratkovič, Neven Skgratic, Eddie Vega, Andrej Predin and the impression of Richard Godwin. More about the festival soooon … http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/glasnik-oddaja-tv-maribor/174362622

Alibi International Crime/ Noir Festival

ALIBI is the first Slovenian festival of Crime&Noir literature in idyllic Gora pod lipo. It’s organised by Gora, Artizan advertising agency and publishing house (concept and communication), Hotel Jakec (lodging for guest writers) and Tednik Panorama(media sponsor). And I’ll be there at the end of September, along with Richard Godwin, Eddie Vega, Andrej Predin, Neven Škrgatić. Find