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Out now: In Broad Daylight!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:29:34 +0000

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IN BROAD DAYLIGHT is out today! Listen here for my Short Audio Missive about the new release!

You can get it online from Amazon in Paperback and eBook, as well as signed copies at Borderlands Books (info here). I hope you'll pick up a copy!

There are THREE WAYS you can help me make this a big release:

1) Pick up a copy! Go ahead, for Kindle it's just five bucks!

2) Drop a sweet review of In Broad Daylight on Amazon or Goodreads. Do this only if you've already listened to the podcast or read a preview.

3) Help spread the word on social media! Spread links on Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter, etc. Rock and roll with me! Tell one person or fifty!

What else? Well, I'm holding a contest at sethharwood.com all week (at least). Comment here to let me know which main character you'd like to see in the next book I write and/or tell me why YOU deserve a free, autographed copy of In Broad Daylight on your shelf. I'll be picking 3-5 winners soon!

Coming May 7th: In Broad Daylight! And your spot for autographed copies!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:02:29 +0000

This is IT: your own host Seth Harwood's newest novel IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, which you've heard right here on the WAV, will be available on Kindle and in paperback starting May 7th!

Easiest way to get your copy is right here at Amazon.com in either Paperback (YES!) or for Kindle (You know it!) or... for a few extra bones, you can get an inscribed paperback copy via Borderlands Books [Gotta Have It!] by following the instructions HERE.

Check it, check it! Here's the full description of the book:

FBI agent Jess Harding treks back to Anchorage to hunt down a sadistic killer who's reemerged from a five-year hiatus--a killer who has already slipped her grasp once before. The endless days of an Alaskan summer can't thwart the fiend's plans as he slashes his way through the rural community, where everyone knows your name and always distrusts the outside. With the help of Oscar Linstrom, an old colleague who wants to be more than friends, Jess attempts to immerse herself in the area's culture, leading her to a strange rural village inhabited by Russian Old Believers hell-bent on protecting their way of life. Even the locals are outsiders to the Old Believers, and Jess needs a safehaven in the glare of daylight because a blood-stained message left at the scene of the most recent murder says Jess is no longer the hunter--but the hunted.

Jed Ayres returns with Mahogany and Monogamy!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:13:11 +0000

FierceGreetings, Earthling! We have overtaken the CrimeWAV blog to bring you SpaceyThompson and his story Mahogany and Monogamy!

Click here to download or listen to the CrimeWAV NOW!

Spacey Thompson is AKA Jed Ayres, the author of Fierce Bitches and A Fuckload of Shorts. You can find more about him here at spaceythompson.blogspot.com. Fierce Bitches is out from Crime Factory Publications. Check them out here: thecrimefactory.com

This story, Mahogany & Monogamy is "the bomb." You'll dig it!

Next up for April is Johnny Shaw. Stay tuned!

Also, over at SethHarwood.com, we had a contest to see who'd win two ARC copies of In Broad Daylight. Listen here to find out who gets 'em!

You can also enter NOW to win a copy or three right here by commenting on this post! Or, call the K7 line: 206 350-4998 to say why YOU need a copy. Winners will be announced in the next episode.

The Amazon page for In Broad Daylight is here. It's out May 7th. Stay tuned and/or preorder yours now!

Stay Criminal!

Richie Narvaez reads "Ibarra Goes Down"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:42:18 +0000

RoachkillerClick here to download or listen to Richie Narvaez reading "Ibarra Goes Down."

And by down, I mean DOWN! Thanks to Richie for this month's story of smut. If you enjoyed it, tell your friends about it. You can Like the CrimeWAV and Seth Harwood here on Facebook and hit up Richie's website to keep up with him.

Richie's book ROACHKILLER & Other Stories is available here on Amazon Kindle, Nook and Schmasswords.

My new releases this month from Thomas & Mercer are YOUNG JUNIUS and THIS IS LIFE -- both coming Feb 19. Depending on how you look at it, your faves are now out for you to read, share with your friends and review online, OR they're back from a new publisher to jump all over the Amazon charts. Either way, they'll be here soon! Snap 'em up!

If you'd like to enter on Goodreads to win a copy of THIS IS LIFE, follow this link. Good luck! Last time: Richie's website is here: rnarvaez.com

Frank Wheeler Jr. reads Slick Texas Money

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:53:03 +0000

The WowzerWhat's UP!?!? The CrimeWAV is back for 2013 with Frank Wheeler Jr. reading his short story Slick Texas Money. Click here to download or listen NOW!

Frank's currently working on expanding this story into a novel. To read more about that, visit his website, www.frankwheelerjr.com, and this article. You can also find Frank on Twitter at @frankwheelerjr and on Facebook here.

FRANK WHEELER JR is a fiction writer, contributing reviewer for Crime Factory Magazine, and author of THE WOWZER, published by Thomas & Mercer in 2012. He is from a small Nebraska town surrounded by corn and cows, and now lives with his wife in Milwaukee area, Wisconsin.

For more information on how you can win an ARC copy of THIS IS LIFE, email me here, call the K7 line at 206-350-4998 or hit me on Facebook.

Up next is Richie Narvaez with Ibarra Goes Down.

Jedidiah Ayres Reads "Hoosier Daddy"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:16:20 +0000

Yes, we ARE BACK!! As Rakim says, "it's been a long time." And it has. Apologies about that fade-ish-ness. But here things are again: me (Your friendly neighborhood Future Urban Crime Kingpin), a story (in this case Hoosier Daddy by Jed Ayres), and You. The three of us together at long last. So grab your ear buds, pop 'em in that iPhone which now likely streams our stuff without any troublesome downloading and... click on the following link:

Jedidiah Ayres reads "Hoosier Daddy." -- Click here to listen or download.

Jedidiah Ayres is the author of the collection A F*ckload of Shorts and Fierce Bitches (due in early 2013). He is also co-editor of the anthologies Noir at the Bar volumes 1 & 2 and D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired By Dick Cheney. Find him at his blog Hardboiled Wonderland.

Or you can buy A F*ckload of Shorts on Kindle Nook or Paperback

How 'bout all that? See his cover art below, visit his blog and tell him he's the balls, and here we are again... rolling and criminal! Stay tuned for more stories, news and upcoming releases from yours truly and other authors in our midst.

for you who miss the Barroness.

Frank Bill reads Rough Company

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:07:48 +0000

After sitting on this one for far too long, I'm thrilled to deliever to you Frank Bill's short story "Rough Company" from his collection Crimes in Southern Indiana.

Click here to download or listen now.

Frank's collection came out in August from FSG and has been kicking 11 kinds of butt ever since! Pick it up here on Amazon.

Frank's also all over the web. He blogs here at Frank Bill's House of Grit, rocks Twitter @houseofgrit and keeps it live elsewhere. Follow him, read his work, and enjoy.

You can also find our awesome agent-in-common Stacia Decker here on Twitter and at her Team Decker Facebook page.

Promo on the back end is for the new podcast WordPlaySound. Check 'em out!

You can get your print copy of A Long Way from Disney here at the SH bookstore.

The Wrong Kind of Reading with Pinckney Benedict

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:52:08 +0000

I can't say enough how thrilled I am to be featured on this podcast with Pinckney Benedict. As someone who has been reading his work in prize story anthologies for a while, it's great to share the stage.

Click here to download or listen to the complete episode.

This episode comes courtest of the fine folks at Booked. The Booked Podcast is a regular weekly installment of fine fiction coming to your ears from live events, along with reviews and interviews. The staff there is Livius Nedin, Robb Olson and Mlaz Corbier. They're as good a bunch of guys as you could ask for.

Thanks to them for recording and distributing this event!

First Pinckney reads from Pig Helmet and the Wall of Life and then after a short delay, I read from Young Junius. Hope you enjoy!

More In Broad Daylight - K7 calls!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:28 +0000

We're back! With great news: check out the new store page of the site here, where you can order your own copies of THIS IS LIFE, Young Junius, you name it! But yes, THIS IS LIFE is now fully-available in print! Holla!

Today I've got the culmination of your K7 call-ins for the finale of In Broad Daylight! Click here now to download or listen!

To those of you who called, Thank you very much! If you didn't, the number is 206-350-4998. You can still get your two cents in for the big Q&A episode about the book. No problem!

I'm working hard on getting the next books ready to release. These will be Triad Death Match, A Long Way from Disney and... Further From Disney. Cranking away here and even writing new material. Soon to come into your ears!

If you miss the old short stories, you can now listen to Fisher Cat as part of the Nil Desperandum podcast. I have also just released both FISHER CAT and TATTOOED PEOPLE for the Kindle platform. Hop on 'em! If you'd like an ePub file, email me.

Okay? OK! Now go enjoy YOUR K7 call in episode! Thanks for your support!

The Final Episode: In Broad Daylight - 17

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:23:11 +0000

Click here to download or listen to episode 17 - The Finale - of In Broad Daylight!!

Quite a road we've been on this fall, what with me putting out these weekly episodes, you listening in, and all the turmoil that Jess Harding has been through. But here we've come to an end. I'm packing for a vacation, Jess Harding fights for her life, and you, gentle listener, get an early New Years Eve present in your ears.

Not even Thursday!

So enjoy the end, the wrap up, the tale. Email in, twitter or Facebook with questions for the Q&A episode to come. That, or call in on the K7 line at 206-350-4998 to make your voice a part of the special call in episode!

And have a wonderful New Years, everybody! More to come from me in 2012! Enjoy!

In Broad Daylight - 16 - The Penultimate!!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:11:27 +0000

Welcome to the penultimate episode of In Broad Daylight! Jess Harding, fully on the scene, taking control. Listen up!

Click here to download or listen to Episode 16 now!

What’s new here? Holidays is all. Getting ready for a very Palms Xmas and doing all I can to celebrate Hanukkah with the best of ‘em! Enjoy your present for the third night!

We’ll be back soon with more In Broad Daylight, and by that I mean the final episode… soon! Thanks for listening and enjoy your Holidays!

In Broad Daylight - 15

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:09:38 +0000

More this week from Jess Harding, Oscar Linstrom and the crew. Click here to listen to this week’s episode or download now. Enjoy!

Oscar’s in San Francisco and Jess is ready to explore Stephanie Harvey’s apartment. Strap in and hold on!

Here in my little corner of San Francisco, I’m working on the eBook of Further From Disney and upgrading my newsletter-sending capabilities here on the ole machine. Good times! Soon I’ll be offering signed copies of THIS IS LIFE in hardcover and paperback via the website. Stay tuned for that. If you’d like a copy of something from me to your door for Xmas, drop me an email and I’ll do my best.

No visit from Vlade this week unless you listen to the full ep. (wink, wink). He’s a jerk anyway. But still, call in to talk to him at 206-350-4998.

I pick a winner this week from the list of folks who’ve emailed in to show me they bought copies of THIS IS LIFE and Czechmate in eBook form on the kindle place. If you’ve entered, you got to see if it was you who won the hardcover of TIL. If you haven’t entered, drop me an email and get in on it! I asked my friends on Twitter to pick a number between 1 and 20 for our winner. So see who it was…

Are you following me on Twitter? I sure hope you are! Stay criminal.

Note: after this one, we have just two episodes until the end!

In Broad Daylight - 14

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:30:51 +0000

Join Czech Armada!This week the podcast got a little away from me. In the midst of telling what’s happening and announcing new stuff, Vlade the Czech stopped in and started berating you, the listener. Apologies about this, but Vlade wouldn’t let it be any other way. You know how he gets by now, don’t you?

Anyway, he’s fixated on the K7 line (206-350-4998). Please use it.

Here’s episode 14 of In Broad Daylight. Click here to listen or download. To Subscribe to the feed, click here.

More News: In Broad Daylight will have 17 episodes total, so there are JUST THREE LEFT! Better get your ears around this action so you’re tuned in right to the end!

I have two new interviews this week to tell you about: first is with the Indie Book Podcast, hosted by author Jane Kalmes. Jane and her husband were nice enough to review This Is Life as an eBook back a few weeks and now they have me on the show to talk about what’s up and up.

I’m also happy to visit with the great Rhonda Carpenter of Podioracket.com, your source for all new things Podiobooks! Get the episode here and enjoy listening to us smack it!

Next week, I’ll be back to give away two hardcovers to awesome listeners who’ve bought the eBooks. Get yours yet? Do it here! Then email me to enter the drawing!

Also, get ready with your questions for the upcoming Q&A interview episode wrapping things up after the end of In Broad Daylight! What would you ask me about the story? The characters? The action? Start writing down your questions now.

In Broad Daylight - 13

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:43:42 +0000

All content this week, folks! Nothing but the skinny and no room here for my yap! Blame it on all the extras you ate last week for Thanksgiving! Or just shove it in your ears and enjoy it! Jess Harding rides on!

Click here to dowload or listen to episode 13.

Hope you enjoy it. Have a great week!

In Broad Daylight - 12

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:48:13 +0000

Check out the new look to the site! How you like it? Come on, we're dying to know. Thanks again to the awesome Jason Andrews for putting it together.

Here's hoping this episode helps you through all your Black Friday shopping, traffic and whatever else becomes you over the holiday weekend! Enjoy!

Click here to download or listen to IBD-12.

We've got a special authorial note this week courtesy of Ken Harmeyer in Honolulu; a hot, formative episode of the story; and a plug for one of my favorite podcasts, Podioracket! Check out the show that brings you all the news, interviews and views from the Podiosphere--specifically those that involve free audiobooks for ya!! What could be better? The ladies are starting their season 6 right now and I'll be joining them soon. Stay tuned!

Also in the news this week is that Triad Death Match is now FREE on the Kindle store. Snap up one or a few and enjoy the action! Tell your friends! And then go get a copy of Czechmate!

In Broad Daylight - Episode 11 -- And Czechmate!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:32:41 +0000

This week’s big news is still the release of Czechmate on the Kindle platform! (Just $2.99) Listen as I take a break from sending emails to tell you all about it, give you more free fiction starring Jess Harding, AND update you on future podcasts.

Click here to listen or download your episode 11.

More features include: How to help me crush Amazon, when the Kickstarter print editions will be rolling out in the mail, and This Is Life is just $0.99 all week until Thanksgiving!

Also, Marc Vale stops by to talk about why buying a second book along with Czechmate really helps.

Czechmate is here! eBook launch special!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:51:34 +0000

Hey guys, just a special release here to give you a taste of THIS IS LIFE, now out as an eBook and on sale all week for just $0.99. Steal one up!

Click here to listen or download my reading from the book at Litquake on 10/9.

Thanks to Evan Karp for videotaping this event and to Jennifer Sutton for converting it to an MP3.

The big news here right now is that CZECHMATE - a Jack Palms Novel is now on Amazon's Kindle store for just $2.99. You can read Kindle books on any computer or smartphone with these free Apps. If you use another e-reader, I'm happy to give you the ePub file format for free. Just ask.

As always, reviews on Amazon are appreciated.

Once again, I'll be giving out a free hardcover copy of THIS IS LIFE to one lucky fan out of every twenty who buys the CZECHMATE eBook.

And a SALE: This week, the eBook of THIS IS LIFE is just 99cents!! Grab one or tell somebody!

So jump in there, play along, and buy an eBook! More In Broad Daylight is coming your way soon…

In Broad Daylight - 10

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:05:51 +0000

Click here to listen or download this episode of In Broad Daylight.

This week Jess Harding heads back out to the Old Believers restaurant to have another sit down with Alexandra. There's more information there, and our girl's definitely going to get it. The questions come fast and furious this week and you'll get a lot more of the story's critical details by its end.

I spend time talking about the release of Czechmate next week, how I'm progressing with the books for those folks who graciously backed the Kickstarter Campaign -- both paperback and hardcover -- and pump you up for a visit from Mike Bennett, who adds a promo to this week's show for his podcast Underwood & Flinch, now at a whopping 39 episodes and available at Podiobooks.com!

In Broad Daylight - 09 -- Into the Woods!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:26:58 +0000

Look who's paying attention to Jess Harding this week! Are you?

Click here to download or listen to Episode 9 of In Broad Daylight.

Hope you're enjoying the story. This week, I'm mostly dormant, but next week I'll be appearing at a Literary/Crime/Noir Salon in North Berkeley hosted by the wonderful Janet Rudolph. Event is Thursday Nov. 10th at 7PM and also features great writer, racer and dog-lover Simon Wood! Come on out! Visit Janet's website to RSVP and get address details.

This week I talk about my new recording setup, quality, and a great new podcast novel by one of my former Author Boot Camp students. We just had another session at Stanford the past two weekends and it went GREAT!!

Heather Stallings is the author of False Alarm, an exciting sports-management novel that she's now podcasting at HeatherStallings.com. Head on over and check it out! You can find episode 1 here.

False Alarm is a wry, fish-out-of-water comedy about Kate McCabe, an ambitious accountant who gets more than she bargained for at her good-old-boy sports management firm when she enters a bonus race to sign the dashing football player Pedro, who falls for her. Will Kate land Pedro before Pedro lands her? False Alarm gives us a hilarious view not only into a land of jocks, but also into the dog-eat-dog world of financial management.

Heather is a San Francisco resident and a great podcaster! Look for her soon on Podiobooks and now on her site!

In Broad Daylight - 08 Action Restored!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:02:04 +0000

No. 1 on Podiobooks!What can I say? Here we are with more of the story. Click here to listen or download Episode 8.

Thanks for all your support this month regarding THIS IS LIFE in the Kindle Store. If you haven't dropped a review, you can do it here.

Lots of good stuff going on here. Listen to get the jist. Join the party!

What's to come? More books, more action, ordering copies for the Kickstarter tour and...

Got the love for Jess Harding!

In Broad Daylight - Episode 7

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:54:52 +0000

Harding and Martinez are back again to go after their man. Click here to download or listen now!

This week, I'm all about thanking you guys who helped out with the Kickstarter campaign and talking about my new venture into the eBook world with THIS IS LIFE on Kindle. I do my best to be concise, but you know how that generally goes. In any case, drop me a line and say hello, then go over to Kindle and grab up a copy of the eBook! You DO NOT need a Kindle to do it!

I have a new promo out here that podcasters can grab up for their usage!

The final tally on the Kickstarter campaign was $7,167, which is totally awesome! We rocked it, blasted it and made some serious waves! Sheesh, we practically got to the 200% funded mark! We really did this in an impressive fashion. So thank you! Next up for us to conquer is the Kindle Bestseller charts. So pitch in when you can, keep it criminal, and LET's DO THIS! --yer boy, SH

In Broad Daylight - Episode 6

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:08:00 +0000

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Right here, see the final version of the cover for THIS IS LIFE, featuring the blurb from award-winning author Tom Franklin, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, which we excerpted here:

"Seth Harwood is my favorite new American writer. I recommend this book, all his books, to you. You'll thank me. Just wait."

So I'm pumped up about that. Then what's next? Click here to listen or download episode 6 of In Broad Daylight.

I'm feeling somewhat better this week, but still a little under the weather. Therefore, you'll hear me do a not so good job here of telling you about:

The end of the Kickstarter campaign: coming Saturday 10/8 at 9am Pacific/12 noon Eastern! If you're gonna get in, get on it! This will be your last chance to get JP2 paperback and hardcover in this special edition.
We've totally rocked this project and so far have cleared almost $7k in funding! This is awesome and totally sets me up to fund what I need to do. More on that soon.
Next up in the grand project of going forward, is eBooks! THIS IS LIFE is available now on Kindle and we're ready to start rocking that. If you've got a Kindle, great! If not, you can get the Kindle App for your Mac, PC, iPhone, Smartphone or whatever here! Then go get it!

You want more?

Okay here's Shawna Yang Ryan talking about if what we did on Kickstarter is the future of Self-Publishing over at OpenCulture.com AND...

This week in promos features Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff's new eBook Transistor Rodeo! Read here to find out how you can win $50 from Amazon when you buy!

Also our friends at FlashPulp.com tell you about all the audio goodness you can grab up there too! Enjoy it!

In Broad Daylight - Episode 5

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:08:53 +0000

This is your new episode of In Broad Daylight. Click here to listen or download episode 5.

it's the slightly-tired and throat hurty version of this week's content with live features slightly muted. But what can you expect? Happens to us all once in a while.

Only 8 days left in the Kickstarter campaign! Get on it / Get in it / Get you some!

Hope you guys have been checking out Author Boot Camp for my recent posts on new trends and models in publishing.

In Broad Daylight - Episode 4

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:26:06 +0000

"...preparin' for tomorrow I do what I have to do..." -Curtis Mayfield

So happy to have you guys back this week for episode 4. Click here to download now or listen to In Broad Daylight - 04

We've got a lot of awesome for you here this week: three new chapters, more shouts from the Kickstarter donors, a couple of awesome listener call-ins, a few fan and friend books to plug and the news that I'm featured this week on ScottSigler.com as well as Podiobooks!

So check it out. I'm so happy to have you back with me! If you haven't come over to the Kickstarter page yet, it's here for your eyes. Watch the video!

I also talk about the new podcast All Roads Lead to Blue Lake by Marc Vale. You can find it on Podiobooks here and at his site here.

My new friend Laurie Stevens has a new book out called The Dark Before Dawn. You can find it and more info about her here. Click on this link to preview the PDF.

What else? Last up is the hot news that Jess Harding has landed at Podiobooks.com! Woot! Go on over and drop an awesome rating when you have the chance. Thanks! See ya next week!

Interview for Your Ears!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:24:36 +0000

Hey guys, I'm here today with a fresh interview for you, conducted by my fellow podcaster John Mierau. You can find all of John's work here at johnmierau.wordpress.com He's the author of the Serving Worlds Anthology, Last Man Home, Harlan's Wake and Marked Men, among others. Check out his podcast Enemy Lines if you're looking for a hot place to start!

In this interview, we discuss the Kickstarter campaign, the changing face of publishing, podcasting as a means of raising fan interest, eBooks, and much more, including answering fan questions from Twitter! Click here to listen now or download this episode! Rock it, pump it, dig it, and I hope you enjoy!

True fans, you'll love how we crush publishing in this one!

In Broad Daylight - Episode 3 (CrimeWAV Books)

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:26:59 +0000

Paper AND Hardcover

Oh, wow! We're getting further into the story with Jess Harding this week as she finds another woman's body in addition to her own name in blood on Samantha Parker's kitchen walls! Can you handle it?

Click here now to listen or download In Broad Daylight - Episode 3!

In addition to the fiction this week, I talk about the hardcore and unbelievably fast success of the Kickstarter Campaign to preorder THIS IS LIFE. You guys totally ROCKED it! We reached the $4k funding mark in just over 24 hours and now we're still rolling as we rock our way through $5k and on! All funds will go to plenty more free content here on the web and more books hitting the marketplace! So preorder your copy now! Don't think the campaign's over just because we reached our minimum level. Oh, no!

I just got the hardcover in the mail today and it looks AWESOME! I talk about that on the show, why it's so pricey and how much I want to make sure you get one into your hands. I also drop many names of the awesome donors who ponied up first to get theirs! And I'll go further in the list next week.

Next week sometime, I'll have an interview that my man John Mireau conducted this week and then on Thursday the 4th episode of In Broad Daylight for you! This next one, oh yeah, it's gonna rock you!

In Broad Daylight - Episode 2 [And Kickstarter Campaign for Jack Palms is LIVE!]

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:09:00 +0000

Preorders now live!

Here you go, Crime-Listeners, Jess Harding and the Frametaker are back for you in EPISODE 2 of In Broad Daylight! Listen/download now. Enjoy!!

This is the story of a lone FBI agent hunting a serial killer across Alaska! Check it and dig it!

Today's also HUGE day for another reason! As of right now, you can preorder your copies of Jack Palms in THIS IS LIFE and help to fund future books from CrimeWAV in the eBook and print marketplace. Our Kickstarter campaign to raise funding for fixed costs begins NOW.

Want more info? Definitely! Check us out here at sethharwood.com/kick, your official home of the campaign.

Through this campaign, you can order:

Signed, numbered copies of THIS IS LIFE in paperback and hardcover
Get your name included in the acknowledgements of the book!
Appear in a book or a story
Get advance copies of In Broad Daylight...
Triad Death Match...
A Long Way from Disney...
AND... Jack Takes Off! That's right, it's the road trip book, finally coming your way!

So listen up to this week's episode, come visit the campaign page and get involved, tell your friends about it, Tweet it, Facebook it, all that Jazz!! Thank YOU for your support!

And let's enjoy this exciting day in Palms Nation!!

In Broad Daylight - Episode 1 (Introducing Jess Harding)

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:04:35 +0000

THIS is your introduction to FBI agent Jess Harding: smart, tough and on her way to Alaska to track down a serial killer. Listen up, peeps! It all starts here.

Click to listen now. Or right-click to download.

If you're new to podcast fiction, welcome to the world of free audiobooks released weekly like old-time serialized pulp crime novels. Now's a great time for you to look at our FREE subscription options and get the content delivered automatically to your computer each week as soon as it comes out. From Facebook, iTunes and Google, to right through your email address, you can get all the goods without ever having to come back and visit this site. Though you'd want to, wouldn't you? Why not create a login for yourself in case you want to contribute a comment or two in the forums--you'll also be included in my infrequent newsletters posts. Also, don't forget you can always use the handy contact tab at the upper left to email me your thoughts directly. I'll be more than happy to hear from you.

For everyone else, YES! I am back, it's been too long and it's time to listen up, spread the word, tell ONE friend about it. Not more. We want to keep this under our hats.

There's a lot more to come this fall and winter here in the way of free fiction, so stay tuned. Jack Palms II: THIS IS LIFE the print edition will be coming your way through Kickstarter right around the corner and... well, just listen and I'll explain everything.

Welcome back. You've been missed.

CW-67 Seth Harwood and "Jordan in the Time of Cold War"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:34:24 +0000

Crime fans Unite! We're back with an all new story by *yer boy* Seth Harwood. Click here to listen to "Jordan in the Time of Cold War."

This story will be featured in the September issue of Crime Factory. Check out the August issue here and lots more from an awesome pulp online pub!!

I'm pumped to be back and have a lot of news to spread, including:

The upcoming print release of JACK PALMS II: THIS IS LIFE!! It's coming your way in September through Kickstarter and then in October as an eBook and Amazon.com print release. Listen up for more on that.
Lots of news/talk about this Kickstarter event, that's likely to start on Sept. 8!! Get ready to cop your low-number copies of the special edition JP2!
In Broad Daylight - My new Jess Harding thriller/mystery about an FBI manhunt for a woman-chopping serial killer in Alaska! Starts Sept 1 and comes at you every week as a new, free podcast novel.
My new Facebook Author page! Holla over there and give it some "Like" to stay tuned.
What else? Listen up and find out. Enjoy enjoy enjoy!

More from me in the coming weeks. For now, this is your boy... out! Also, I'd love to hear from you. Drop a line.

Seth's Back --AND WRITING!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:54:57 +0000

Lots of good news to share this week and ideally every week from now on, pending a vacation soon. Listen up HERE to get all the deets.

Quick recap: 1) I'll be hitting you in the ear with more new fiction soon! Coming ASAP!!

2) I'll be running a Kickstarter campaign in September to bring more books through production and for sale on Amazon. This will be your first chance to get awesome special edition copies of THIS IS LIFE.

3) I'm looking for a few good reviews of Triad Death Match and Young Junius. If you do 'em or want to, I'll give you the ebook FREE!! Contact me.

4) We've got some new work happening on the site. Hope you dig the new look. Thanks there to Jason Andrews!!

5) Thanks to Lee Dal Monte for audio production/editing on this episode!

6) Check out Frank Bill's new story collection Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories. It's awesome, he's awesome, and I've read it already. It's HOT! You'll also see upcoming snips of these stories in Playboy, so tell 'em you heard it here first!

Last up? Well... you'll have to listen and find out!

But mainly, I'm back, people. Let's do this.

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Sixteen

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:55:01 +0000

This is it! Last dance for THE IMMORTAL GAME. Click here to download or listen to episode 16!

In addition to the last two chapters of the book, this episode includes a special Q&A with CrimeWAV host Seth Harwood.

Like to continue the ride with August in his Galaxie 500? Listen or subscribe to the next Riordan adventure, CANDY FROM STRANGERS, from this page.

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Fifteen

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:07:07 +0000

There are only two more episodes to the podcast, and in this, the penultimate one, a lot of questions get answered. Click here to download or listen to episode 15 of THE IMMORTAL GAME!

Looking for more podcasts from the August Riordan series? You're in luck. I just started podcasting CANDY FROM STRANGERS on my own feed. Go subscribe or download episodes at candy.markcoggins.com.

And whatever you do, stay tuned for next week's episode of THE IMMORTAL GAME, which includes the last chapters of the book and special Q&A with Seth Harwood.

And now, follow me into that most exotic of locales, a drag queen's dressing room ...

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Fourteen

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:19:15 +0000

That warning I always give about "adult situations" at the beginning of each episode applies doubly to this one--so does a new warning about dodgy Irish accents! Click here to download or listen to episode 14 of THE IMMORTAL GAME!

In other news, Susan Harkema, research director at the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center in Louisville, recently published an article in Lancet regarding her work to help spinal cord injury victims regain mobility by using electrical stimulation to the spine. Read about it in the New York Times here and TechCrunch here.

The real life technology is very similar to that developed by the fictional start-up company NeuroStimix in my novel VULTURE CAPITAL. Read about the book here or listen to the free podcast here.

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Thirteen

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:46:58 +0000

Things are coming fast and furious in episode 13 of THE IMMORTAL GAME. Riordan goes to see Dale Pace at his used car emporium, and later that night, he gets a midnight call telling him to collect a "package" at a Tenderloin Hotel in San Francisco. Click here to download or listen now!

In other news, I just picked up a new celebrity endorsement. Why not enjoy a bottle of your favorite Mexican beer while reading a copy of THE BIG WAKE-UP, your favorite Argentinian crime novel. Talk about interesting! Click on the picture to find out more.

Now, what's it going to take to get you into a new USED car TODAY ...

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Twelve

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:25:25 +0000

If you are going to shoot yourself in the head, using a rented gun from a gun range *is* an thrifty way to do it. Click here to download or listen to episode 12 of THE IMMORTAL GAME and find out who the cheapskate is!

This week I'm interviewed on the Kindle Author blog about my novel THE BIG WAKE-UP. Click here to read all about it.

Also, if you are a GetGlue user, go "get glued" to THE IMMORTAL GAME here--because you know it's the right thing to do.

Now slip on your hearing protection and let's step up to the firing line ...

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Eleven

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:42:17 +0000

Ever wanted to go to a hoity-toity party in Pacific Heights, probably the most affluent neighborhood in San Francisco? Well, in episode 11 of THE IMMORTAL GAME, Riordan is going to take you on a personal tour. Click here to download or listen now.

A new edition of another August Riordan novel, RUNOFF, is coming out this month. Check out that deadly-looking cleaver on the cover. It’s even got the Chinese character for death painted on. Apart from cleavers, the book features San Francisco mayoral election shenanigans and an appearance from lovely Ms. Chinatown. And get this—Riordan dates her. You know you got to read about that. Buy the trade paperback here, or the eBook here.

Now get ready to have some canapés and meet your betters …

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Ten

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:23:20 +0000

Ever use the word “candygram” in a sentence? The Wikitionary entry for the word gives this example:

I nudged the door open further with my foot and called out: "Candygram. Candygram for Mr. Nagel."

Click here to download or listen to episode 10 of THE IMMORTAL GAME, where that line is taken from.

In addition to delivering candygrams, Riordan also visits Lieutenant Stockwell at the East Palo Alto Police Headquarters, where their motto is “Liberty and Justice for All” (except for certain private detectives).

Looking to get in touch with questions or comments about THE IMMORTAL GAME? I’m on Facebook at Mark.Coggins and Twitter as Mark_Coggins, and the good old fashioned web at www.markcoggins.com. Love to hear from you.

Lineup #4 - Poems on Crime!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:56:57 +0000

We're very happy this week to be host to another great episode of excerpts from THE LINEUP: Poems on Crime. Today you'll hear from seven of the collections poets, including Reed Farrell Coleman, David Corbett, and Keith Rawson.

To listen now, click here. (Or right-click to download.)

To get your own copy of the full print edition, visit stores.lulu.com/geraldso or stop in for signed copies at Murder By The Book in Houston, Once Upon a Crime in Minneapolis, The Mysterious Bookshop in New York, or M is for Mystery in San Mateo, California. All of these are part of my *preferred* Bookshops nationwide.

If you enjoyed this episode, save a seat for The Lineup's live reading at NYC's Cornelia Street Cafe - Tuesday, May 31st at 6:00 PM. Contributors Jeanne Dickey and Caitlin Thomson will join co-editors Reed Coleman and Richie Narvaez for an evening of criminally good verse. Call 212-989-9319 to reserve a table.

Meanwhile, The Lineup 4 Blog Tour runs wild through April, National Poetry Month. Visit poemsoncrime.blogspot.com to see where they'll show up next. And if you're inspired to write concisely, powerfully, from your gut, The Lineup is taking submissions as we speak.

Here at CrimeWAV, I hope you've been enjoying Mark Coggins's The Immortal Game and that you'll head on over to sethharwood.com/ebooks to pick up your copies of Triad Death Match and Young Junius. Don't just support the law, support the crime...

Triad Death Match Now out as ebook!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:25:50 +0000

Jack Palms returns in Triad Death Match to help Jane Gannon tear down a Chinese Triad-run Death Match/kumite tournament in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown.

You heard it here first this fall, and now the book's out on all e-book formats for you to go and grab up--cheap!

Hear me pimp the ebook now!

Links/places to order: Amazon for Kindle, B & N Nook

Smashwords, where you can get it for Kindle, Nook, Palm, Prius, you name it! Guess what? You can also get it now on Goodreads!

Anything I haven't offered? Contact me and I'll figure it out.

If you haven't already heard the podcast, you can check out all the episodes for free here.

Otherwise, if you've already listened, please drop a review here on Amazon, Goodreads, or Smashwords. Thanks!! More to come soon!

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Nine

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:55:01 +0000

I think Riordan is still smarting from the note he got stapled in his back in episode six. This time he says in effect, "I’ll see your stapler and raise you a nail gun!" Click here to download or listen to episode 9.

A new edition of the August Riordan novel, CANDY FROM STRANGERS, is coming out this month. Check out the sexy cover, and go get yourself a copy in eBook or trade paperback format. I’ll give you a little teaser on the plot: Riordan is hired by Stockwell’s wife to find their missing daughter! You know you’ve got to read about that.

I’m going to take a break next week to let Gerald So and his partners in crime bring you some poems from the fourth annual issue of THE LINEUP: POEMS ON CRIME, but I’ll be back the following week to continue THE IMMORTAL GAME!

Now what was I saying about nail guns …

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Eight

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:08:07 +0000

She reached her fingers round the back of my neck and pulled my head to hers. Cushioning her lips against mine, she probed my mouth with a hot tongue that darted around like an agitated tropical fish. Her mouth tasted of fire and liquor. She stepped back when she was done and looked up at me with a kittenish expression.

Then she slapped my face.

'Plenty more were that came from,' she said.

OUCH! August is in for a ration of pleasure and pain in this installment of THE IMMORTAL GAME--dished up as only a PROFESSIONAL dominatrix can dish it. Click here to download or listen to episode 8.

Speaking of professionals, THE ALL-PRO, the latest book in New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler's GALACTIC FOOTBAL LEAGUE SERIES is now available for presale. Check out the promo for the series at the end of the episode, and then hop on over to scottsigler.com/gfl and enter discount code "SETH" for a $5 discount on the latest novel. It's STAR WARS meets THE BLIND SIDE meets THE GODFATHER!

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Seven

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:40:07 +0000

The bodies hit the floor in this episode of THE IMMORTAL GAME--and one of them is pictured to the left. Click here to download or listen to episode 7 and find out who it is!

But how about the girl in the cracked picture frame? It's none other than Terri McCulloch, aka Mistress Tamara. But whose real life photograph did I use as a stand-in for our favorite dominatrix? Let's just say I hope a certain ex-girlfriend doesn't subscribe to CrimeWAV!

Also in this episode, check out the plug for one of my other Riordan novels, THE BIG WAKE-UP, and our man Seth Harwood's latest, YOUNG JUNIUS. Go here to get a copy of THE BIG WAKE-UP, and here for YOUNG JUNIUS.

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Six

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:35:53 +0000

Ruh-roh, Riordan finds himself in a pot of trouble in this installment of THE IMMORTAL GAME. Fortunately, his new friend Chris Duckworth is there to help bail him out. Click here to download or listen to episode 6.

Did you know THE IMMORTAL GAME is an *international* phenomenon? This month the Chinese version is being released in Taiwan. Check out the new cover and read what's being said about the book right here. Don't speak Mandarin? According to my wife (who is Chinese), the reviewer says the author "did a great job describing the appearance of characters and locations. She also thought Riordan was believable as a person and liked his humor. She kept thinking while reading that the book would be a great action movie."

I couldn't agree more--now all we need is Jet Li to sign on to play Riordan!

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Five

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:12:14 +0000

Click here to download or listen to episode 5 of THE IMMORTAL GAME.

This time around Riordan takes a little tour of a part of San Francisco that Jack Palms is very familiar with: Fisherman's Wharf. He doesn't make it into the Musee Mecanique like Jack does in JACK WAKES UP, but he gets to see most everything else--including the Ferry Terminal pictured at the left--in a wild foot chase with a dude who follows him from The Power Station S&M club.

In the mood for even more Riordan? Check out the newsletter that Stephen Windwalker, editor of the popular Kindle Nation Daily, published about the lastest Riordan novel, THE BIG WAKE-UP. It includes a 13,000 word excerpt of the action packed opening. And I do mean action packed. We've got Uzis, cable cars and Steve McQueen Bullet-like chases through the hills of San Francisco.

Finally, be sure to listen to the promo Seth does at the end of the episode for Keith Malley from Keith and the Girl , including his novel, THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL. If you pick up a copy from the KatG site and use the code "seth" when you do, you'll get $2 off the book!

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Four

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:38:08 +0000

Bang! Bang! Time for even more of IMMORTAL. Click here to download or listen to episode 4.

This time Riordan gets a visit from Jodie, who's wearing a white rubber dress that "fits like a milk bath." Then he's off to a tour of The Power Station, an S&M Club housed in an old brewery building in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco (pictured at the left).

Hope he knows to stay out of the dungeons ...

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Three

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:26:17 +0000

Bang! Here comes more of THE IMMORTAL GAME. Click here to download or listen to episode 3.

Riordan gets a threatening phone call at his San Francisco apartment on the corner of Post and Hyde (pictured at the left), the very same apartment Dashiell Hammett lived in when he wrote THE MALTESE FALCON. Mr. R could be cruising for a run-in with the threatener very soon ...

Do you like a little Nook(ie)? Feeling left out because you can't get none on your favorite Barnes and Noble eReader? Fear not because THE IMMORTAL GAME is also available on the Nook. Get it here.

Before you go, check this quote:

"Coggins hauls us on a dark, hip journey into the grittier parts of San Francisco, with only an occasional appearance of the city we know from Rice-a-Roni ads…a superb new take on a classic mystery form."

That's what The Detroit Free Press said about IMMORTAL. They did, they did.

Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode Two

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:55:16 +0000

Click here to download or listen to episode 2 of THE IMMORTAL GAME.

Okay, things are heating up now ...

Riordan breaks into the East Palo Alto apartment (pictured at the left) of Terri McCulloch and finds an interesting video--and a trunk full of even more interesting equipment. He meets Mephisto receptionist Chris Duckworth at a drag bar in San Francisco that's called, of all things, The Stigmata.

Wanna get an eBook version of THE IMMORTAL GAME, but you're an Apple kind of guy or gal? There's an app for that! Get the iBookstore version of the book for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch right here.

Stay tuned for episode 3 in short order!

New Feature: Mark Coggins - THE IMMORTAL GAME - Episode One!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:19:41 +0000

There's a new sheriff in town (me, Mark Coggins), and in addition to my Colt .45 Peacemaker, I'm packing my first novel THE IMMORTAL GAME (complete and unabridged) for you CrimeWAV listeners. Get the first episode here, and prepare to follow along for the next 18 or so installments.

The San Francisco Chronicle called THE IMMORTAL GAME, "Smart, stylish, sexy and amusingly insouciant. It's a true find, a well-written and sophisticated addition to the heralded San Francisco private-detective story…a panoramic tour de force" and selected it as a book of the year.

NPR labeled it, "Gritty…seamy…very, very funny. [Coggins] has given the form fresh life."

And the highbrow authors of the nonfiction tome, Jazz Fiction: A History and Comprehensive Reader's Guide declared, "[Private eye] August Riordan takes the reader on a wisecracking, action-packed ramble through San Francisco's kinky sex milieux, including S/M and bondage emporia." You know you want to come along!

Can't wait to take the full trip? Get the hard copy or specially priced eBook version (only $2.99) on Amazon.

Now listen in as private eye August Riordan goes to the Woodside, CA mansion of software entrepreneur Edwin Bishop to get the case--and meets his two live-in "companions" Jodie and Lisa, playing Monopoly in string bikinis ...

Woo hoo!

Episode 66: Daniel O'Shea gives us "Thin Mints"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:42:25 +0000

Here we holler at Girl Scouts, Crank fiends and Thin Mints Cookies! Download Dan O'Shea's new story "Thin Mints" in CrimeWAV 66. Get it now/listen here!

Daniel O'Shea has spent most of his adult life writing about the tax code, which drove him to write about killing people. Dan is represented by Stacia Decker at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. Thin Mints originally appeared in Crimefactory, and his short story, Black Friday, is in the Discount Noir anthology, available from Untreed Reads.

Dan's our man from Team Decker, so you know he gets the love. You can find much more about him at his blog site here: http://danielboshea.wordpress.com/

Also on this episode, find out about John Dodds's new podcast novel Bone Machines! It's FREE, it's badass, and it's fully ready for you to download here and rock in your ears! Aside from being a full-blown thug, you might know John Dodds from back in CrimeWAV episode 35: "Crossing the Border". His blog and stuff is here: http://bonemachines.wordpress.com/

Now... you listen to podcasts, right? You know Keith Malley from the Keith and the Girl? Yes, I thought you did. Well, now you can get his NOVEL, titled "The Great American Novel" (of course) from the KatG site and if you use the code "seth" when you do, you'll get $2 off the book! Go ahead, when you pick yours up, drop the code for your boy! Heard? Now do it!

CrimeWAV 65: Nik Korpon introduces us to STAY GOD

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:26:22 +0000

So it's after the Sub-par Bowl and you're looking for something new to get excited about? How about MORE CRIMEWAV!! You know it.

Your peeps are back to give you an excerpt from a new novel that's burning up the eyeballs on both coasts and in the middle. Even in ole Green Bay, WI.

Click here to listen to CrimeWAV 65, featuring Nik Korpon. (Right-click to download.)

Nik Korpon is the author of the novel Stay God (Otherworld Publications) and the forthcoming novellas Old Ghosts (Brown Paper Publishing) and By the Nails of the Warpriest (Outsider Writers Press.) His stories have ruined the reputation of 3:AM Magazine, Cherry Bleeds, Do Some Damage, Out of the Gutter and a bunch more. He lives in Baltimore. More stuff at nikkorpon.com.

Stay God (back cover text): Damon lives a content life, playing video games and dealing drugs from his second-hand store while his girlfriend, Mary, drops constant hints about marriage. If only he could tell her his name isn’t really Damon. If only he could tell her who he really is. But after he witnesses a friend’s murder, a scarlet woman glides into his life, offering the solution to all of his problems. His carefully constructed existence soon shatters like crystal teardrops and he must determine which ghosts won’t stay buried—and which ones are trying to kill him—if he wants to learn why Mary has disappeared.

You'll also hear me speak the word on this episode about the awesome Goblin Market by our good friend Jennifer Hudock. Check it out and get your copy here.

PELECANOS PICKS YJ AS A BEST BOOK AND CRIMESPREE REVIEW OUT!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:36:24 +0000

First, why am I so slow to post up here these days? Dunno. BUT, we've got new fiction coming from Nik Korpon, Dan O'Shea and soon Mark Coggins, yes, THAT Mark Coggins, is going to take over the WAV to bring us his novel The Immortal Game. But now the news...

George Pelecanos, awesome novelist and writer for THE WIRE, picked YOUNG JUNIUS as one of his Best Books for 2010! Hazzah and hot damn! I met George at Noircon and gave him a copy of the book. Barely hoped he'd read it. Now this? Yeah, I'm psyched!!

You want a copy? Go HERE.

How about this quote:

"Man-child Junius, 14, is in search of his brother's murderer which takes him on an odyssey through the projects of Cambridge, Mass. The plot moves but you will be most taken by the complexity of the large cast of characters. Harwood does not revert to type."

Yeah, definitely BLURB worthy!

On another note, thanks to Crimespree Magazine and awesome Jon Jordan for reviewing YOUNG JUNIUS. "Required Reading." Here's the full:

YOUNG JUNIUS (Tyrus) is an urban western by Seth Harwood. Junius is a 14 year old on his own quest for vengeance and redemption. What looks from the outset to be a simple matter of track and shoot soon spirals out of control. With police and rival gangs out to get him Junius decides to stand instead of run and when all is said and done, his life is much different than when he started this path. Harwood has really captured the angst of a young man confused by what the world tells him and what the world is. Required reading. –Crimespree Magazine

CrimeWAV 64: Steve Weddle "Walkaways"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:57:38 +0000

Happy MLK day, everyone! Let's enjoy the holiday. Here at CrimeWAV central, we're happy to be on the left coast where it's warm. Lots going on, including new fiction from Steve Weddle and the gang at the Do Some Damage Blog.

First up, let's talk the fiction. This week's episode is "Walkaways" (Click to listen or download) from Steve Weddle out of the collection Terminal Damage. You can buy the book here on Amazon as an ebook for your Kindle or other reading device. In addition to Steve's story, the collection also features work by our friends Dave White, Russel MacLean, Joelle Charboneau, Jay Stringer and many others! Go on, get it! Just $0.99!

Click here to listen to new episode!

Steve Weddle is a former English teacher and hates guns. I met him at Noircon this year in Philly and he's repped by my awesome agent, Stacia Decker! You can find him online here and blogging regularly at Do Some Damage. He's also published stories at Beat To A Pulp, Crime Factory, and A Twist of Noir.

Reading "Walkaways" this week is Dan O'Shea, another awesome writer in his own right and a fellow member of Team Decker™. He blogs over here at his own site and has some great work out there in the online world. Watch out for him to be indicted by elves for his Santa Noir stories.

Last up, I have a promo for a new ebook by Roberto Scarlato, Wearing Donnie Torr. You can get the book here on Smashwords, completely free. Go on, give it a look!

Be back soon with an excerpt from Stay God by Nik Korpon. Until then... who your boy is?

TRIAD DEATH MATCH - The Finale (Finally!!)

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 07:36:42 +0000

Finally!!Click here to listen or download Episode 5 of TRIAD DEATH MATCH - The Finale (Finally!)

Been a long, long time since TDM-04 and for that I apologize to you all. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Let's all make this year a very YOUNG JUNIUS Christmas!

I hope you'll join me, George Pelecanos, Crimespree Magazine and all the rest of the Palms Mommas and Palms Daddies in blowing up the spot with copies of Young Junius for all during this holiday season!

In addition to paperback and hardcover copies at all the normal outlets, the book is also available on these various ebook formats and devices: Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Google eBook, Smashwords, Sony Reader, Diesel eBooks and... more coming soon.

Bigtime thanks to Gary Johnson for editing sound on this story, Stacia Decker for editing content and to Sachill Pages for providing the music and outro pieces. Story So Far this week by Mike Farley.

Coming up next on the CrimeWAV are excerpts by Nik Korpon, Keith Raffel, and a full novel from Mark Coggins. Get ready for Vulture Capital!

Jack Palms in Triad Death Match - Episode 4

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:22:47 +0000

Click here to download or listen to episode 4 of JACK PALMS in Triad Death match

Big news this week comes in the form of TWO awesome East Coast readings from Your Boy:

11/2 in Cambridge, MA at the Harvard Coop 7PM and

11/3 in NYC at The Mysterious Bookshop 6:30PM (with free beer!)

After that, I'll be at Noircon in Philly. Come out and say what's up.

See below in the blog for my appearance on This Week in Books.

Special: Halloween Episode of Horrors by Michael Arnzen!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:10:57 +0000

This one's for your grandmother, that goofy kid down the block, any trick or treaters you don't like. Save the razor-blade-apples and cyanide Three Muskateers. This is the goods!

Click here to download or listen to CrimeWAV-The Halloween Special featuring stories by Michael Arnzen.

You'll hear the stories Bleu Man Group (a Halloween Special) as well as Psycho Hunter and The Cow Cafe, both of which appear on Audiovile, available on iTunes or at Raw Dog Screaming Press.

Michael Arnzen has won four Bram Stoker Awards for his quirky and disturbing horror writing. He backs his fiction readings with his own music on the CD, Audiovile. His books include Play Dead -- a dark crime novel about degenerate gamblers -- and the award-winning fiction collection, Proverbs for Monsters. His latest work appears in the books He Is Legend (Tor, 2010) and Legends of the Mountain State 4 (Woodland Press). Arnzen teaches in the MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University, outside of Pittsburgh. Visit him at http://www.gorelets.com

I'm so happy that Mike could join us to creep you out of your pants this Halloween. Enjoy it! It's a TREAT!

YOUNG JUNIUS FREE PDF!!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:02:28 +0000

Photo by Mark CogginsYou want the YJ for free? OK! Get it here.

Now you can download the free PDF of YOUNG JUNIUS HERE.

Read it, try it, and if you dig the goods, then GO GET IT!

Check out all these spots:

Signed Copies!

Amazon: Hardcover, Paper

B&N: Hardcover, Paper

Indiebound: Hardcover, Paper

Borders: Hardcover, Paper

Just don't come back sayin' I never gave you nothin'!

It's here!! / Go get 'em!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:17:50 +0000

If, for some crazy reason, you were waiting for my go-ahead to run out and buy YOUNG JUNIUS, consider this it!

Hit your local bookstore, mall, favorite website, library, whatever! In any and all ways you like to buy books, go out and get you some Junius! Go on. I'll wait.

Introducing YOUR Young Wednesday!!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:05:26 +0000

Welcome to YOUR Young Wednesday!

As you all know, back on 10/18, Young Monday had to be postponed due to a lack of availability of YOUNG JUNIUS. Well, now it's widely out and available everywhere fine books are sold!! So let's green light this baby and rush it up the charts, buy some copies, and/or spread the good word to all we know!

The best way to help is to visit here often, send your friends over, Tweet about the book and post updates to your Facebook profile. For those less techy, there's very little as valuable as a good Amazon review, so please head here and write up a 5-star winner!

If you'd like to buy the book, which I hope you will (Big thanks to those who have already), you'll find a list of places online and local booksellers to get it on the left-hand side of this page. Whether you buy hardcover, paperback or support Amazon, B&N or your local favorite (find one on IndieBound if you don't have one) I'm just pleased that you and yours will have the book.

As always, you can get me to sign a copy if you buy it from one of these two stores close by my abode.

And that's all, folks, I'll be back Wednesday wherever you like to find me, marching on, pushing the needle, and shaking the foundation!

Thanks for your support! {Below see video of YJ landing here in the house!}

PS: TRIAD DEATH MATCH will be back this week on Sunday!

PPS: I'm coming to the East Coast!! I'll be in Cambridge, MA on 11/2, NYC on 11/3, and in Philly for Noircon on 11/4 and 11/5. More info here. Hope I'll see ya!

TRIAD DEATH MATCH - EPISODE 3

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:25:39 +0000

Exciting! The Special Edition copies of YOUNG JUNIUS have been signed, shipped and are on their way to YOU! Lemme know when you get 'em. I can't wait to hear what you think and see your pictures with 'em.

Today I've got all new ideas about YOUNG MONDAY. Check it out on today's episode of TRIAD DEATH MATCH (listen here) as I explain why we should back off on our rush. It's true.

Books just aren't in stores enough yet, so the bombardment has to be pushed back. BUT, you can help things now by

1) stopping by your local bookstore (or calling / emailing / facebooking) to be sure they're planning to stock YOUNG JUNIUS.

2) ask your local library to stock it too!

What's more, you'll be getting the Free PDF of the whole book on a number of sites and I'm still doing the LIVE call-in show tonight on Podioracket.com. Call in at or join the live chatroom here! We start at 6PM PST and 9PM EST. Phone is 347-996-3319. See you/speak to you then!

For now, enjoy the JACK PALMS!!

Jack Palms in Triad Death Match - 02

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:55:23 +0000

We're back! Not late, not ever and always delivering the best of the best audio goods directly to your ears. Not for kids, not without earmuffs, and never in a mini-van.

Click here to listen or download today's episode of Triad Death Match.

In addition to 28 minutes of kick-ass story, I also talk this week about YOUNG MONDAY, the big push day for YJ, a new review of the book that just came out in Booklist, how you can get signed copies of the new release mailed to you, avatars for you to bang and rock solidly, and finally the big Podioracket show that'll wrap up (sort of) YOUNG MONDAY at 9PM EST and 6PM PST. So be there to talk it up with your boy and throw down in the chat rooms!

You heard? Listen now.

Episode 63: Tom Franklin reads from Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:10:22 +0000

Thanks so much to Tom Franklin for coming on the CrimeWAV. Not only is Tom one of the best writers I know of, but he's also one heck of a nice guy. I wish him all the best success with his new novel, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter which is just out this week.

Here, Tom treats us to a reading from early in the novel. I know you'll like this. Click here to listen or download this episode.

For more about Tom, see his page at Harper Collins Publishers.

Originally from Alabama (not Mississippi, like I mis-reported in the episode), Tom holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas and is currently writer-in-residence at The University of Mississippi.

His books are Poachers, Hell at the Breech, Smonk and now Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.

TRIAD DEATH MATCH - Episode 1

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:46:46 +0000

During the month of October, I'll be running the story "JACK PALMS in Triad Death Match!" I hope you'll enjoy it. More on the back end about the Young Junius release and YOUNG MONDAY on 10/18.

You've waited long and hard for this. I've broken promises in the past but now TDM is here and JACK is Back!! That's right, your boy JACK PALMS has returned to you.

Click here for direct download or to listen to episode.

What could be better than this? I know, not too much. Plus, combining this with the print release of YOUNG J together for October means I'm totally pumped right now too. Look at all the goodness!

Oct. 18th is YOUNG MONDAY, the day we rush Amazon or your local bookseller to pick up a copy of the book. If you'd like a signed copy, you can use one of these two fine shops near me. They'll be happy to ship it after I've signed.

If you want a free PDF, you can check my Scribd page for installments and on Oct. 18, you'll be able to get the whole thing.

Coming this Sunday: JACK PALMS in TRIAD DEATH MATCH!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:36:37 +0000

You know it! All this month, we'll be featuring the new story in the Jack Palms series: TRIAD DEATH MATCH! Starts in TWO days!

Be there, hear it, and follow along as we rock Jack, Jane Gannon and SF's foggy Chinatown. October is all YOUNG JUNIUS around these parts, so get ready to help rock the world on 10/18.

More soon. For now, stay tuned and feast your eye-pieces on this free PDF of the first 4 chapters of YOUNG JUNIUS.

Stay criminal.

Episode 62: Gary Phillips reads from The Underbelly

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:46:02 +0000

Click here to listen to episode 62 of the CrimeWAV: Gary Phillips reads from THE UNDERBELLY

Thanks much to Gary for coming back on the show! Some of you might recall his excellent story "Swift Boats for Jesus" from all the way back in Episode 5.

Now Gary re-joins us to deliver the opening of his new novella The Underbelly, out now from PM Press. Gary has published over 7 novels including, bangers, Freedom's Flight, Perdition USA and most recently, The Jook, also from PM Press.

PM Press is a dynamite publisher who's recently come onto the crime fiction scene displaying superb cover art and an impeccable choice in authors and books. Visit them now at PMPress.org.

Gary's website is GDPhillips.com You can also contact him here for your questions and feedback.

Young Junius hits Bouchercon on 10/14 and will be in stores on 10/18 when we'll be rushing the amazon charts! If you're in Northern California, Boston or NYC, I'd love to see you out at one of my reading events! Full info is here: http://sethharwood.com/tour

More soon with Mark Coggins, Tom Franklin and the return of Jack Palms!!

Jason Duke - Phoenix Nightlife - Part Four of 4

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:49:29 +0000

J. Duke

Welcome back to the CrimeWAV! This is episode 4 (the final installment) of our man Jason Duke’s novella Phoenix Nightlife.

Click here to download/listen.

Holla! If you want to drop a note to Jason, go ahead and contact him here or here on Facebook. He’d love to hear from you.

Promo this week is for David Heyes and The Returning: An Alien Abduction Podcast. You can find his episodes and updates here.

This week I talk books about Stieg Larsson’s “Millenium” Series and David Simon’s Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Both are highly worth picking up for your summer reading.

Up next: Tom Franklin and an excerpt from his new novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.

Jason Duke - Phoenix Nightlife - Part Three of 4

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:54:03 +0000

Duke y dukes! My boy Jason is back on the streets and the airwaves with this week's third installment in the Phoenix Nightlife saga! You ready?

Click here to download/listen to Phoenix Nightlife Pt. 3

That's what's up! You want the Cliff's Notes? Ask Jason yourself.

We got a promo this week for the Noircon conference this November 4-7 in Philly. I'll be there and it's going to be a GREAT time! Can you come out and hang? Hope so. Lots of other CrimeWAV writers will be on hand.

Check out more info here and tell 'em CrimeWAV sent you to get a special discount on the events.

(If you still can't afford it, just come on out and meet me at the hotel! I'm there for sure!)

Yer boy, SH -- Coming next week, a promo for my man David Heyes!

Jason Duke - Phoenix Nightlife - Part TWO of 4

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:07:49 +0000

Not gone hit you with no Golden Girls, Silver Spoons or Growing Pains. Just straight up crime fiction up in here. This week we feature Part TWO of Jason Duke's Phoenix Nightlife!

Click here to listen to Part Two of Phoenix Nightlife!

You want to know more about Jason? Check out his contributor page here!

You want to order yourself some Young Junius Special Edition? The signed, extra-art, super-fly hardcover fancy-paper edition of the book? Then get you some!

As a special feature this week, check out this link for some serious knowledge about the Intratec 9 Semi-Automatic Pistol. --That's right: the Tec 9!

Also, this week's promo is for my man John Mierau and his awesome new podcast Enemy Lines. Give him a look and if you want more of a promo than you even got in the episode, listen to this! --It's even got yer boy in it reading some lines!

Jason Duke - Phoenix Nightlife - Part 1 of 4

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:24:49 +0000

Click here to download or listen to Part 1 of Phoenix Nightlife

This is the first time for a lot of things here on the CrimeWAV. First time we've ever had a story that comes with its own video trailer, first book-length work we've ever done, and our first story from author Jason Duke. (I have a feeling it won't be our last.)

We'll be getting into other books and longer projects this fall, so be on the lookout for more great long-form content.

This week, we give you Part One of Jason's novella, Phoenix Nightlife, which will total 4 parts--to come out on Wednesdays for the next month. It's about the best way we can think of to rock out some hot summer nights. You agree? I thought you would.

Feel free to check Jason's contributor page here to find out more about what makes him tick and how you can let him know you think this story busts it wide out! You can also contact him here.

Don't forget that you only have until the end of July to order your Special Edition copy of Young Junius. Once July runs out, these puppies will be gone from your lives for good! Opportunities like this don't knock but more than once. So get on that. When you do, use the code "FAMILY" to get $5 off. (Who sent 'cha?)

We're back. Check my Facebook page if you want to know more about what I'm doing and see a few pics from Africa.

Episode 57: Richard C. Katz reads "Every Dog"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:08:05 +0000

Time for "Every Dog" by MY BOY Rich Katz (aka Rafael--look for his name in Young Junius this fall). Rich has been a long time Palms Daddy, CrimeWAV fan and has recently started working his tail off on good crime short stories!

Listen to Every Dog here. (Click to listen.)

Rich took my online Crime Fiction class at Stanford last winter and did some awesome work! Check his last story, Ep 37's The Oath for hard proof. If you'd like to take a crime fiction class with me and live in the Bay Area, come out for Crafting Successful Crime Fiction from 6/24 to the end of July in Palo Alto! Promises to be a lot of fun!

Rich Katz lives in Scottsdale, AZ. He's worked as a deliveryman, salesman, rock drummer, speech and language clinician, researcher, college lecturer and administrator. "Every Dog" was previously published in "A Twist of Noir." Read here.

Last up, you'll find a promo for Shawn Lewis and his new free podcast novel The Wolf of Man. Check it out!! If YOU'D like to find out more about how to podcast your work, consider taking this online webinar I'll be giving on 6/24: Podcast Your Fiction LIVE! (Through Writer's Digest.)

Episode: Cinco de Junius Special Edition!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:13:25 +0000

Back Cover by Bob OstromThis special content is sponsored by Tyrus Books and the fall release of YOUNG JUNIUS. Click here to listen.

In this episode: an introduction to the YOUNG JUNIUS story as Junius and Elf arrive at The Towers. PLUS: a review of the book from Jennifer Hudock and my yapping. Enjoy!

Six foot tall, fourteen-year-old Young Junius sets out to find his brother’s killer in a cluster of Boston’s low-income housing towers—prime drug-dealing territory. After committing a shooting to protect his friend, Junius finds himself with fifty dollars and instructions to run. Shocked by the violence he’s created and determined to see its consequences, he stays put.

This special edition is only available now for preorder on my site. Its features inlcude: a special, embossed dust jacket, awesome artwork by my boys Jerry Scullion and Bob Ostrom. Inside, there will be a b&w insert with photos of some of the book's locations. A cloth binding, a metallic spine stamp, and more fun features will round out this gorgeous edition. You can order right here, NOW!! Go on, criminal, GET SOME!

Episode 56: JP White reads from EVERY BOAT TURNS SOUTH

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:22:16 +0000

Click here to download this week's episode: JP White reading from his nautical crime novel Every Boat Turns South.

We're more than happy to have JP on the show this week to read an exciting chapter from this novel. You can buy the book now on Amazon.com and at B&N.com. Go pick one up. You won't be sorry!

In the last 35 years, J.P. White has published essays, articles, fiction, reviews, interviews and poetry in over a hundred publications including The Nation, The New Republic, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Gettysburg Review, American Poetry Review, and Poetry (Chicago). He is the author of five books of poems and a novel, Every Boat Turns South. You can find out more about him at JPWhite.net.

This week we also have a promo for Jennifer Hudock's new story collection Dark Journeys which is available on both Amazon and Smashwords!

We're also one week out from the YOUNG JUNIUS Special Edition pre-orders over at sethharwood.com. More info here! Spread the word!

Episode 55: The Line Up presents Poems on Crime!!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:15:59 +0000

It gives me great pleasure to partner once again with Gerald So and the gang from The Lineup. This dynamite collection of poets, editors and readers has joined us once before back on episode 36 (see here) and now return for Issue 3 of their annual publication.

You can listen to this year's selection of poems right here. (Right-click to download.)

You'll hear work by James Sallis, Wallace Stroby, David S. Pointer, David Hernandez, James M. McGowan, Henry Chang, Jackie Sheeler, Carrie McGath, and Sarah Cortez.

In addition to these poems, The Lineup 3 includes verse by Patricia Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, James W. Hall, and others -- thirty poems in all, by nineteen poets.

Lineup 3 is available in print on Lulu.com here as well as at these fine independent mystery bookstores: Murder By the Book (Houston, TX); Once Upon a Crime (Minneapolis, MN); The Mysterious Bookshop (New York, NY).

I hope you'll pick one up; at $7 you can't go wrong! You can also get issues 1 and 2 for even less here at Amazon. Rock on, don't front, and bust into this week's poems like you'd tear into your favorite bag of potato chips! Thanks to Gerald, Richie, Sarah, and Anthony for partnering with us once again.

Episode 54: The Right to Remain Silent by Debbi Mack

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:00:40 +0000

This week Debbi Mack joins us on the CrimeWAV to read her Derringer-nominated story "The Right to Remain Silent."

Listen/download the story here.

This piece was first published in The Back Alley Webzine. You can read it here.

Debbi Mack has worked as an attorney, a news wire reporter and a reference librarian, but now devotes her life to freelance and fiction writing. She has contributed short stories to the Chesapeake Crimes anthology published in 2004 and the Chesapeake Crimes 4 anthology to be released by Wildside Press in March 2010.

Her first novel is Identity Crisis, a hardboiled mystery in which female lawyer/sleuth Sam McRae investigates a complex case of murder and identity theft. You can read the first chapter here. In addition to her site, debbimack.com, I also really like her blog My Life on the Mid-List.

Episode 53: Kissyman and The Gentleman (Ep. 1) by Scott Sigler

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:19:31 +0000

Here is episode 53: Part one of Scott Sigler's "Kissyman and The Gentleman"

Listen/Download here.

If you'd like to listen to the rest of this story, just head right over here to see the feed with ALL EIGHT episodes! The story continues...

You'll also hear a special first chapter preview of Scott's new novel, THE STARTER in this episode! Scott is breaking all new publishing ground with what he's doing with this book and it's also a smash piece of awesome. Consider what would happen if you combined Any Given Sunday, The Godfather and Star Wars...

To buy your copy of THE STARTER, head here and use the code "SETH" when you do to save some green!

You will also hear promos here for JP O'Donnell's Deadly Codes!, the spring line from Tyrus Books, including new fiction from Victor Gischler and Angela S. Choi and much more...

Episode 52: Kissyman and Screaming Jesse Dupree by (my boy) Scott Sigler

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:47:14 +0000

THE STARTERThis has been a long time coming, but we've finally got a crime/noir story here by my boy, the Godfather of Podcast Fiction, Scott Sigler! (Truck you, Adam Curry.)

Not only has Scott been podcasting dynamite free stories for 57 years at scottsigler.com, but he does it like nobody else. See if he doesn't pull you right into this awesome story, "Kissyman and Screaming Jesse Dupree." (Listen Here)

What's more, I'm happy to help Scott announce the start of sales for his new book THE STARTER. You can buy your copy here starting Thursday April 1, "Sigler Ascention Day." When you do, use the code SETH to get $$$ off your purchase. Not only will THE STARTER be an awesome book, but Scott's also blazing an all new trail in publishing that leads the way for all of us. To see more of how it's affected my plans, head over to sethharwood.com and listen to today's Hot Tub Cast.

Want more? How about a chance to get discounts on the new spring titles from Tyrus Books? You got it: use the code "CincodeHarwood" to see your costs lower when you order books at tyrusbooks.com --my partner for YOUNG JUNIUS, coming May 5th. You like saving money? I hope so.

And... we got one more thing: for you German listeners, check out Vinzenz Rothenburg and his new book Heldenleben. Word!

Episode 51: A Stab in the Heart by Twist Phelan

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:33:51 +0000

Click here to listen to or download episode 51.

Twist Phelan is the author of the critically-acclaimed and award-nominated Pinnacle Peak mystery series (Poisoned Pen Press) and short stories for various magazines and anthologies. This week's story, "A Stab in the Heart" was originally published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. It is nominated for an International Thriller Award! (The winner will be announced June, 2010)

She is currently at work on a thriller. Twist has competed in Ironman triathlons, skate-skied in Scandinavia and bicycled from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast in less than four weeks. Her website is www.twistphelan.com

A Stab in the Heart is about how a holocaust survivor’s fatal plunge down a New York tenement stairway evokes a detective’s memories of his brutal African past, and forces him to choose between vengeance and justice. You've got to check it!

Twist's novels are Family Claims (2004), Spurred Ambition (2006), Heir Apparent (2007) and False Fortune (also 2007). You can buy them all here.

Episode 50: The Big Wake-Up (Excerpt) by Mark Coggins

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:28:02 +0000

That's right, our good friend Mark Coggins (see CW 7-8) is Back Again to bring us the first chapter of his new novel The Big Wake-Up! Yes! This book is just out, hot and follows the dead-body story of one Eva Perrone, Argentinian Bombshell and Opera Muse. Mark pulls no punches and takes no prisoners.

Click here to listen now. (Right-click to download.)

We sincerely hope you'll head right over to your nearest bookstore or online retailer and pick up a copy of the complete novel as soon as you're done listening.

Bleak House Books published this book. If you'd like to hear more about this great independent publisher, and its sequel, Tyrus Books, come over here to check out my interviews with founder and publisher Ben LeRoy.

Mark Coggins is the award-winning author of the August Riordan series, featuring jazz bass-playing private eye Riordan. The San Francisco Chronicle has labeled his work, "smart, stylish, sexy" and Riordan "enjoyably jaded ... delicious." His website is: www.markcoggins.com

THE BIG WAKE-UP received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and Queen of Noir Megan Abbott (see CW-12) called the book "superb," declaring it what "you hope every PI novel will be." Mark lives in San Francisco with his wife Linda.

This week I'm also happy to include a promo for Diana Orgain's new novel Motherhood is Murder from Berkeley Prime Crime. Give her a look/listen at http://dianaorgain.com/.

Motherhood Is Murder comes out March 2nd and is available here.

Episode 49: Fatal Gamble by JP O'Donnell

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:45 +0000

I am more than pleased to present to you the first few chapters of JP O'Donnell's Fatal Gamble this week for your ears. This is part of us getting into the mode of showing you more crime NOVELS that you can listen to free out here in El Podosphere. Fatal Gamble is available in full form at Podiobooks.com. Check it out here!

Coming soon, we'll have more books to let you hear in their entirety. We're even working toward an upcoming companion site: CrimeWAVBooks! Definite hotness!

Joseph P. O’Donnell is a fellow Beantown Boy. In addition to being an Associate Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, O’Donnell is also the author of two mystery novels, Fatal Gamble and the sequel, Deadly Codes. Both books have been awarded “Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice” and are available at Amazon.com. Deadly Codes will begin its serialization as a free audiobook immenintly. To find Deadly Codes and for more information about JP O’Donnell, please visit his website www.jpodonnell.com.

Episode 48: Out on Joppa by Robert Ward

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:05:19 +0000

This week's story is Robert Ward's "Out on Joppa." Click here to listen or download. Enjoy!

Robert Ward is the LA-based author of 8 novels, including Four Kinds of Rain, Red Baker and Shedding Skin. He has written on the staff of Hill Street Blues and co-executive produced Miami Vice. Word to that!

Can you get cooler than working with Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas? No. I didn't think so.

More info on Robert Ward is here: Robert-Ward.com

"Out on Joppa" originally appeared in text form over at our pal-site, Darkest Before the Dawn, here.

On our end, the big news is that my novel, YOUNG JUNIUS, now available as a free podcast here, will be released this coming fall by Tyrus Books! Yeah, how cool is that?

If you want to hear a musical mix of the first chapter, check this out!

CrimeWAV News Break - An interruption for a most important announcement!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:39:55 +0000

Art by Bob OstromJust a quick pod-drop to bring you up to date on some hot, new information that will change some things and bring a LOT of real excitement to these parts! Also enabling some awesome new partnerships that'll add fresh voices, new content and more greatness to CrimeWAV!

Hope you enjoy! Listen here to get it all spelled out in the first 5 minutes!

I'm here today wtih Special Guest, Alison Janssen of Tyrus Books to explain:

How I'm resurrecting Palms Sunday 2010! (March 28th)
What my next published book will be

and

How YOU can get your hands on the book asap in a special limited, collector's edition as well as make publishing history by helping Tyrus and me pioneer a new model of book-release that (as far as we know*) only Scott Sigler has done so far!

If you can't wait to hear the news, click here to get it all after the break.

Tyrus Books will publish my standalone/prequel YOUNG JUNIUS this fall 2010-October-in both Hard Cover AND Trade Paper! But what's more is that we'll have a special edition just for Palms Daddies and Mommas AND CrimeWAV fans that you guys can order this March on PALMS SUNDAY!!

I couldn't be happier about this awesome news! Yes, I'm working on revisions to JP2, but now I can officially say that YOUNG JUNIUS will be my second published novel! Fracking as good as it gets!

This also means lots more author partnerships here for CrimeWAV and an eventual, upcoming birth of CrimeWAV Books!

(*Disclaimer: others may have done this, but if so you don't need to point that out.)

CrimeWAV 47: Nilsa by Seth Harwood

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:59:22 +0000

Check out CrimeWAV 47: "Nilsa" by Seth Harwood

It's the CrimeWAV, boys and girls. I'm back again this week with another story from my collection A Long Way from Disney available now on Kindle format for your Kindle, PC or iPhone/iPod. This one's called Nilsa.

It's a bit of a break from the crime and noir that we usually feature, but hopefully it'll still be a piece you enjoy. And don't worry, next week we'll be back with more of the Crime!

Promos this week are for Steve Saylor's short stories "The Caffeine Collection" and for our great friend and crime writer Diana Orgain for the new podcast edition of her novel Bundle of Trouble, which is also available now at Amazon!

Also, in the name of folks who've done cool stuff on Kindle, check out Boyd Morrison and John Rector.

Episode 46: Fisher Cat by Seth Harwood

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:55:58 +0000

Direct link to episode 46: Fisher Cat!

It's yer boy here, Seth Harwood to release a special edition of my short stories on the Kindle format over at Amazon. If you have one of these little puppies, an iPhone/iPod Touch, or ANY PC computer, help me out by getting on this release for $.99. We rock this Kindle chart today to see what waves and ripples I can make in new media publishing!

Direct link to ALWFD on Amazon. Direct link to more info at sethharwood.com/kindle

Seth Harwood is the award-winning author of Jack Wakes Up and now the collection of literary short stories A Long Way from Disney. You better believe he's your boy!

Thanks for all your love and support! -- SH

Episode 45: The Lifeguard Method by Kieran Shea

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:48:57 +0000

<<Click here to download and listen to episode 45>>

This week we're happy to have Kieran Shea on the show to read us his story "The Lifeguard Method." Enjoy it as he brings us a taste of the other Jersey Shore, a la Atlantic City.

Ne'er-do-well investigator Charlie Byrne has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and is currently slugging it out in a novel in rewrite. Kieran's other short fiction has appeared in Plots with Guns, Beat to a Pulp, Dogmatika, A-Twist-of-Noir, Pulp Pusher and others. He also has a frightening piece upcoming in the third installment of the Thuglit anthology series from Kensington Books. He divides his time between Annapolis, Maryland and Ocean City, New Jersey. Visit him at http://kieranjamesshea.blogspot.com/

I'm also excited to announce a new venture in online publishing coming up later in the week: my first collection of stories, A Long Way from Disney, is coming to the Amazon Kindle store and next Sunday, 12/27 is The Buy Date for the book. So get info here, tell your friends, spread the word, and I'll be back next week with one of my own stories, Fisher Cat. Your boy, Seth

Holiday Book Sampler: In the Nick of Time!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:48:44 +0000

SamplerGet your hands on this free sample of 12 Great Books!

I'm really happy to be a part of this great promotion of holiday gift-giving. This is a stellar lineup of your favorite (and some of the web's biggest) authors! What if the bookstore could come to you?

That’s the idea behind this In the Nick of Time! holiday sampler PDF. Inside are excerpts from a dozen new novels and nonfiction books by these New York Times bestselling authors, successful entrepreneurs, and wickedly talented storytellers:

Seth Godin - Tribes / Linchpin

Laurell K. Hamilton - Divine Misdemeanors

Joseph Finder - Vanished

Cory Doctorow - Makers

Chris Brogan & Julien Smith - Trust Agents

Robert J. Sawyer - Wake

Mitch Joel - Six Pixels of Separation

Cherie Priest - Boneshaker

Sott Sigler - The Rookie

Tara Hunt - The Whuffle Factor

AND J.C. Hutchins - 7th Son: Descent!

What a lineup!

Seriously, and this is cool for you too: you get to check out (and spread) samples of these 12 great books (fiction and non) from some of your favorite, and the web's biggest, authors! So do what you can: link to this sampler, tell your friends about it, get this PDF onto as many people's screens as possible! This one helps us all and offers a great gift for folks just in time.

Of course, the ever-savvy JC Hutchins himself who put this all together. Hats off to him, and big thanks for including me.

Click here to read the sampler.

Episode 44: My Father's Secret by Simon Wood

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:44:55 +0000

Click here to listen to Episode 44: "My Father's Secret" by Simon Wood

Simon Wood is an ex-racecar driver, a licensed pilot and an occasional private investigator. His short fiction has appeared in a variety of magazines anthologies, such as Seattle Noir, Thriller 2 and Woman’s World. He's a frequent contributor to Writer's Digest. He's the Anthony Award winning author of Working Stiffs, Accidents Waiting to Happen, Paying the Piper and We All Fall Down. His next thriller, Terminated, will be out next June. Curious people can learn more at www.simonwood.net. Hear another of Simon's stories (Tenths of a Second) at Sniplits.com.

I also talk a bit in this episode about a new project I'm getting into that you can find out about at SethHarwood.com: it's my Disney Kindle Commando Sunday, wherein I'm asking listeners to buy two of my story collections on Amazon's Kindle store on 12/27, just after XMas. Total cost: $1.98. Think you can swing into that action? Hope so. More soon.

CW Interlude: The Awful Interview!

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:03:08 +0000

That's right: the podcast known by no other name than The Awful Show, came through last month to interview me about CrimeWAV, Jack Palms Crime, and all the rest of the good things. Thanks to Nerraux for having me on! For those who haven't listened to their podcast yet, head on over to http://awfulshow.com and you'll find some great comedy and talk/interview content. These guys rock!

Click here to listen! Check out this interview to fill up your ear-pieces for a bit. I'll be back next week with a new story!

For more info on my online creative writing class for the winter quarter: The Essential Art: Making Movies in Your Reader's Mind, go here. For info on the Detective Fiction class at CCSF, email me!

Episode 43: The Devil Is In the Details by Craig McDonald

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:05:14 +0000

Direct Link to Episode 43. Click Here to Listen!

It is our pleasure to welcome this week to CrimeWAV Craig McDonald. This is one nasty tale and be warned that it contains violence and torture and may not be suitable even for the hardest of hardcore fans. This week Craig will read his short story Devil’s in the Details. If you are interested you follow the story arc with Broken over at Hardluck Stories and These Two Guys over at Thug Lit.

Craig McDonald is an award-winning journalist, editor and fiction writer. His debut novel, HEAD GAMES, was a 2008 Edgar®, Anthony and Gumshoe finalist for Best First Novel. TOROS & TORSOS appeared in 2008 and made several years’ best lists.

His nonfiction books include ART IN THE BLOOD and ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS AND CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE.

PRINT THE LEGEND, his third novel, is forthcoming February 2010 from Minotaur Books. PRINT THE LEGEND finds crime novelist Hector Lassiter looking into the circumstances of Ernest Hemingway’s suicide and emerging manuscripts purported to be Hemingway’s work. As Hector digs into the mystery of Hemingway's lost writings, he uncovers an audacious, decades-long conspiracy tied to the emergent art movements of 1920's Paris, the most duplicitous of Cold War espionage tactics, and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.

This week we're also pleased to announce two upcoming classes with Seth Harwood. The first, an online class through Stanford's Online Writer's Studio is The Essential Art: Making Movies in Your Reader's Mind. Registration opens on 11/30 and the class runs from Jan 11-Mar 19 (ten weeks). For those of you in San Francisco, Seth is also teaching Detective Fiction this spring at City College of SF on Thursday nights. For more info, email here.

Episode 42: In the Kitchen with Johnny Albino by R. Narvaez

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:15:06 +0000

Bouchercon Book BazaarHere's the scene at the Bouchercon Book Bazaar/Giveaway last Sunday morning in Indy. Wow! 50 copies of Jack Wakes Up came and went in one hour! Awesome!

We're back with week with R. Narvaez and his story "In the Kitchen with Johnny Albino." (listen)

R. Narvaez was born and raised in the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. His work has been published in Mississippi Review, Murdaland, Plots with Guns, Thrilling Detective, DC Comics, and Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, where this week's story originally appeared. He is the founder of AsininePoetry.com and he edited the compilations Asinine Love Poetry and Asinine/11. You can find him in person at http://richienarvaez.com/

I had a great time last week at Bouchercon. Blog roll of folks I saw there includes: Christa Faust, Gary Phillips, Scott Phillips, Jason Pinter, Jason Starr, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jonathan Santlofer, Richard Edwards and Shannon Clute, Simon Wood, Craig McDonald, Kieran Shea, Anthony Neil Smith, Duane Swierczynski, Mark Coggins, Cornelia Read, and many, many more! Will Indy ever be the same? I doubt it.

Episode 41: TOWER by Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:30:39 +0000

BruenColemanYes, your boys at CrimeWAV are BACK for more! Don't stop, won't stop, we're back and I'm fully happy to present an excerpt from the brand new novel TOWER co-authored by Reed Farrel Coleman and Ken Bruen.

The book is released by Busted Flush Press and you can get it here at their site: BustedFlushPress.com

Direct link to Reed reading an early piece from TOWER, aka CrimeWAV episode 41.

To learn more about the book and to read the synopsis, visit here.

Born into a rough Brooklyn neighborhood, outsiders in their own families, Nick and Todd forge a lifelong bond that persists in the face of crushing loss, blood, and betrayal. Low-level wiseguys with little ambition and even less of a future, the friends become major players in the potential destruction of an international crime syndicate that stretches from the cargo area at Kennedy Airport to the streets of New York, Belfast, and Boston to the alleyways of Mexican border towns. Their paths are littered with the bodies of undercover cops, snitches, lovers, and stone-cold killers.

Publishers Weekly says: "Brutally poetic... Bruen and Coleman shine... displaying all the literary chops that have made their novels such cult favorites among mystery fans." More reviews.

Get the book from IndieBound or Amazon.com

And we will be back soon with more of the stories you love! Going to Bouchercon? Email me to connect up.

Reading from JACK WAKES UP at Mysteries to Die For

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:30:31 +0000

I'm happy to present in its entirety a recording of a reading I did this summer at Mysteries To Die For, the wonderful independent mystery bookshop in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Listen To/Download the Reading here

Bigtime thanks to the staff and customers of Mysteries to Die For for having me visit, Joelle for coming along, and Aldo "Mystery Dawg" Calcagno for showing me the way(s) around and about L.A.

This photo is actually from my reading at Murder By The Book in Houston, another awesome bookseller I visited this summer. Thanks to Shirley Bruce for taking the pic!

Episode 40: Michael Condiff - Confessions of a Casino Bandit

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:22:05 +0000

Enjoy this (Direct Link) podcast of "Confessions of a Casino Bandit"

It gives me great pleasure to bring you this week's story, "Confessions of a Casino Bandit," by Michael Condiff.

Mike has been a student of mine at City College of San Francisco and is doing everything in his power to get his life back on track after 13+ years in prison. I think this piece shows dynamite writing, true heart, and an honesty that might make you blush.

I'm very happy to reach episode 40 of the CrimeWAV. We've had a great, full two seasons of superior action stories and dynamite crime! I know Aldo and I appreciate your support and thank you for helping us get this far. We were stuck on 39 for a while there, but now we've broken through. Time for a quickie summer vacation!

Get your reading paws around the new release of my novel JACK WAKES UP. You've heard parts of it here read by me, and you owe it to yourself to read the whole thing. I know it'll help you spend that time on the beach this summer!

If you'd like to drop Mike a line to let him know what you think of this story, use this link or post a comment on the episode.

Thanks for listening, fans. We'll be back soon!

Brief Interlude: Jack Wakes Up - Episode 2

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:26:58 +0000

We are back in the interlude zone due to more shipping issues with our H2's and our foreign-soil contacts. Basically, turns out the Royal Mail/USPS relations have gone cold and there's no love for overseas shipping these days.

So, instead of your normally scheduled story, I'm happy to give you another thrilling taste of the novel JACK WAKES UP! It's been out for six weeks now, is doing well, and just popped in at #9 on the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) Bestseller List! So I give that a what what!

This is episode two of JACK WAKES UP!!

You can order your copy here. Visit my site for where I'll be reading and videos of recent events. *Fear not: CrimeWAV is not becoming sethharwood.com #2. We'll be back with more great stories for you soon!

Episode 39: Eric Beetner - Past Due

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:07:31 +0000

Eric BeetnerThis week we present Eric Beetner. Eric is an Editor, Producer, Director and Screenwriter in Los Angeles. He has sold several scripts but none have made it to the screen, like most writers in Hollywood. He wrote and directed his own film 'Taking Your Life', which played well on the festival circuit and can be found on Indieflix.com. Some of his music videos and short films can be found at ericbeetner.com. A listing of Eric's stories can be found on his author's page

Direct link to episode here: Eric Beetner reads "Past Due" which comes to us through the Twist of Noir contest that happened earlier this year.

Netflix movie of the week is Harper! This is one of my favorites based upon the Ross MacDonald character Lew Archer. There is a real interesting story behind why Paul Newman changed the name of the lead character.

Finally: If you live in the Boston area, here is where you can find Seth. Seth is back in his hometown promoting his book JACK WAKES UP. Go ahead and make the trip, spread the love and check out those fancy author signing shoes.....Yo.

6/9 Tuesday - Boston/Union Square - The Independent Bar & Lounge - presented by Kate's Mystery Books - 75 Union Square - 6:30P

6/11 Thursday - Newton, MA - Newtonville Books - 296 Walnut St. - 7:00P - Books & Brews!

6/12 Friday - Cambridge, MA - Harvard Coop Bookstore - 3rd floor - Harvard Square - 7:00P

Be there! See you!

Episode 37: Richard Katz - The Oath

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:14:12 +0000

Direct link to CrimeWAV Episode 37 - The Oath
Welcome to the CrimeWAV - This week we're proud to feature Rich Katz.

Rich Katz lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, Lynn, and two cats, Felix and Scout. He has a Ph.D. in Speech Pathology, but learned his most valuable lessons working in his father’s jewelry store in Boston’s Combat Zone, next door to the infamous Gilded Cage, where Rich watched his Dad handle cops and crooks, entertainers and escorts, and anyone else on the make. He’s a lifelong fan of crime fiction and film noir, and in January of this year, studied crime writing with Seth on his Stanford online course. This story is the result of that course and is Rich’s first work of crime fiction.

Reading this week's story is Daryl Wood Gerber a fellow student in the Stanford class with Rich. Daryl Wood Gerber lives in California and is a writer, actress, and voice talent. Her website is www.darylwoodgerber.com. We hope to be hearing from her soon on the CrimeWav.

JACK WAKES UP has been out for over a week. Do you have your copy yet? I hope you'll take a few minutes to check out JACK WAKES UP, listen to a couple episodes, try the free PDF, or buy the book and give it a read.

CrimeWAV 36 - The Lineup - Poems on Crime

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:03:11 +0000

Direct link to CrimeWAV 36 - Poems from The Lineup

Welcome to the CrimeWAV - This week we're proud to feature crime poems from The Lineup, an annual anthology of poems on crime published by Poetic Justice Press. You can buy The Lineup #2 online at Lulu.com and at fine independent booksellers Murder by the Book in Houston and Once Upon a Crime in Minneapolis.

You can find more information about The Lineup here: http://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/

Poets featured on this episode are: "Metro" by R. Narvaez
"110 MPH in a Stolen Pickup" by Patrick Shawn Bagley
"Prayer of an Arson Investigator" by Sarah Cortez
"Four Minutes" by Gerald So
"Don Henley Will Be Mine" by Misti Rainwater-Lites

From The Lineup #2:
"Visiting Hours, State Pen" by Amy MacLennan
"A Whisper of Smoke" by Stephen D. Rogers
"A Wild Flaw Amongst Us" by Christopher Watkins

On the homefront: Here in my world, it's been a HUGE week, as my first novel JACK WAKES UP hit bookstores nationwide and all over the web. I was lucky enough to get reviewed in the New York Times Book Review AND written up in my hometown paper, The Boston Globe, for how I've found readers by podcasting my work. I hope you'll take a few minutes to check out JACK WAKES UP, listen to a couple episodes, try the free PDF, or buy the book and give it a read.

If you'd like to hear my audio wrap-up of the week, go here.

It's one more way to support the CrimeWAV and to tell the world that YOU want podcast fiction!

CrimeWAV Special: JACK WAKES UP - Episode 1

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:28:08 +0000

That's right. Please excuse the homer-ish nature of this week's post, but my debut novel, JACK WAKES UP, hits stores and I could NOT be more excited about it. So we're all JACK WAKES UP all this week, all the time! Enjoy.

Here for your listening pleasure is Episode 1 (Chapter 1) of Jack Wakes Up, free for your ear-pieces. If you'd like to hear more of the book, you can find it on iTunes, Podiobooks.com or at my site, sethharwood.com. You can also buy it here: order JACK WAKES UP.

Hope you enjoy it! And I hope you'll take a moment to appreciate the great fiction you get here by picking up a copy and supporting your friendly neighborhood crime podcaster.

Michael Connelly says: "Jack Wakes Up Rocks! It's a fast, smooth ride on a highway not found on any map!"

Episode 35: John Dodds "Crossing The Border"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:33:53 +0000

CrimeWAV, episode 35: Crossing the Border by John Dodds, read by Alasdair Stuart.

John Dodds is a Scottish writer now living in Bulgaria. His first crime novel, Bone Machines, came out in 2007, and his second, Kali's Kiss, is doing the rounds seeking an agent and a publisher. His short stories have appeared in a bunch of print and online publications, and three of them received honourable mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology.

Alasdair Stuart, who reads Crossing the Border, is one of the hosts of the excellent horror podcast magazine, Pseudopod, which ran John's story, Rapunzel's Room, in episode 70. You'll find lots of great stories there; just log on to www.pseudopod.org.

For more free stories by John including Bone Machines, which is now availabe as a free e-book, go to his blog: http://bonemachines.wordpress.com. John welcomes your comments.

LESS than 7 days until Cinco de Harwood (May 5th, Baby!) and the release of JACK WAKES UP. If the good news about JACK WAKES UP spurs you to action, you can order a copy here: http://sethharwood.com/order. Read more or listen to the podcast here: sethharwood.com/jack

Episode 34: Ray Banks "The Last Kayfabe"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:18:46 +0000

This is the CrimeWAV, episode 34. The Last Kayfabe by Ray Banks and read with great gusto by Sean Robertson.

All I can say is, "Don't put Babyface in a corner."

Ray can be found at www.thesaturdayboy.com, which will be something more than a black screen soon.

Ray Banks wrote some books and a clutch of short stories published in places like Plots With Guns, Thrilling Detective, Shred of Evidence, Out Of The Gutter, Storyglossia and The Mississippi Review (where "The Last Kayfabe" first appeared). His second Cal Innes book, Sucker Punch is now available in the US from Houghton Mifflin, as well as Gun (from Crime Express) and several other novels. His next Cal Innes book - Beast of Burden, is available in the UK from Polygon.

Promos: Jeremy Robinson's new Podiobook KRONOS.

Check out the online culture blog OpenCulture.

And, last buy not least, if the good news about JACK WAKES UP spurs you to action, you can order a copy here: http://sethharwood.com/order. Read more of listen to the podcast here: sethharwood.com/jack

EPISODE 33: Rafe McGregor "Blue Mail"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:23:56 +0000

Rafe McGregorThis is episode 33 of the CrimeWAV: we go overseas for Rafe McGregor's "Blue Mail."

Yes. And because the number 33 is special, I'd like to dedicate this episode to old Larry Bird, who was looking terrible at this week's NCAA championship game. Here's to feeling OK when you wake up in the morning, Larry.

Rafe McGregor worked in law enforcement for eleven years before becoming a crime fiction author. He writes both historical and hardboiled mysteries, and enjoys reading Philip Marlowe as much as Sherlock Holmes.

His first novel, The Architect of Murder, was published in February: twenty thousand war dead, the will of the wealthiest man in the Empire, the coronation of Edward VII, and a hero with post traumatic stress disorder… murder and mayhem on the mean streets of 1902 Westminster. Awesome!!

You can find Rafe online at either http://www.rafemcgregor.co.uk/ or http://www.rafemcgregor.blogspot.com/

Have you checked out HBO's The Wire yet? If not, get over to Netflix and order it for free!

Want to help push JACK WAKES UP's May release? Download this promo and post it on your blog! Thanks.

Episode 32: James Green - "Tommy, Jimmy and Me"

seth@sethharwood.com (Seth Harwood and guests) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:16:04 +0000

Happy Palms Sunday 2009 everybody!! That's PALMS SUNDAY (as in JACK PALMS!!)

Direct Link to Episode (Click to listen/Right-click to download)

This week we're staying on the other side of the pond for James Green's story "Tommy, Jimmy and Me"--something of a prelude to his crime novel Bad Catholics available now everywhere books are sold. Is this story true? I guess you'll have to track down James or Jimmy Costello to find out. One thing: if you find Jimmy Costello, be careful.

James Green is a British writer and broadcaster who turned to writing as a full time profession after a 25 year career in teaching. He has had over 40 titles published in various genres, from educational text books to travel guides to crime novels. His latest publication is called Bad Catholics
(2008 Luath), the first of a trilogy chronicling the exploits of reformed gangster Jimmy Costello. Green currently lives in Leicester.

This book actually reminds me a lot of my friend Dave Zeltserman's awesome new novel, Pariah
, out now from Serpent's Tail.

In addition to me getting all excited about PALMS SUNDAY, podcasting, and how I got my deal with Random House for JACK WAKES UP (May 5th - Three Rivers Press), coming in exactly one month!, we've also got two great promos this week!

The first is for an online TV reality show called The Write Stuff. Starting in June, this weekly show will be the American Idol for writers, with contestants writing their asses off and one sap getting booted off each week! This one ought to be fun. Winner gets a contract!

Our second promo is for my friend Patrick McLean's awesome podnovel HOW TO SUCCEED IN EVIL. Patrick's wonderful storytelling and sound production abilities make this one a definite MUST HEAR! check it at: http://succeedinevil.com/

Our Netflix pick of the week is Dexter - Season 1. Check it!!