A collection of short stories where the humour runs dark and the slipstream bubbles up.
...imagine if Raymond Carver called up George Saunders and Joe Lansdale, and they all went drinking with Neil Gaiman.
“… it's clear that Terlson is way ahead of the curve in terms of crafting an engaging premise that reaches for elevated territory and reinvents enduring archetypes of action and suspense.” J. Schoenfelder
"Sometimes brutal, often demanding and always complex, this novel will repay the reader who likes their assumptions challenged and is happy to walk away from a book with minor questions unanswered but the big ones definitely dealt with! It’s likely to satisfy those who enjoy Hammet and/or Philip K Dick and who like their fiction very noir indeed." Kay Sexton
"I love a novel that you can't put down, and this is one of them." L. Cihlar
Monday, January 17, 2011 at 11:47PM 
I am reading it.
Is it good?
No, not yet.
Will it get good... hard to say.
So what is good?
This:
Very very good.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 09:43AM 
Started teaching a new class last night in advanced illustration. I know this blog is more about fiction shouts - but just to shout about that other side of my career, the one I have had for more than 25 years (yikes).
When asked to teach any sort of skill/art/craft, the first step is to break down and try to understand what, and why, and how, you do the things you do. This is a fascinating process - and it postively comes alive when you get to present it to a room full of (hopefully) eager students.
I felt very charged by the class last night - talking to a group of young artists, eager to further their development, and engage their passion. Should be a good time.
Not sure if I have posted this in the past - but here is a link to an interview for the Emprise Review. I talk about being an illustrator, and literature, and whether or not I have a dark side (!)
Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 04:31PM It's the New Year and I haven't blogged yet.
But I am busy reading, busy, busy, busy. Reading what you ask? Well, the book that everyone else is reading (after they finished the Girl With a Dragon Tattoo series), it's:
And you know, with all the hype, or in spite of it, or something - it's pretty damn good. Maybe even a classic like everyone is saying.
BUt shush.
I am not done yet.
More to come.
And Happy New Year.
Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 03:34PM 
Just time for one Ho this season - sneaking up on the Xmas festivities darn quick.
Just wanted to give a shout out to anyone who popped by to see what was up at the blog this year. Maybe in 2011, there will be a bit more frequency - or maybe not. Too early for any resolutions.
I hope your holidays are full of good books by the fire with nice big glasses of your favorite bevy, and the light just right for reading.
Merry Christmas and a big woofreakinho-ho-ho!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 10:39AM 
Trying to really dig into my new novel - the one I am writing, not the several that I am reading. I do a lot of different things, so I can get into a weird sort of procrastination. It's not like I am doing nothing, I am often doing too much. I am guessing a lot of us have this problem. Those who write are always coming in contact with those who talk about writing (oh yeah, I've got an idea for a book, I just need to find the time to put it down on paper, or the computer screen, or the toilet, or where ever).
I even play this game with myself. Yeah. I've got a book in me (actually quite a few books), I just need to.. and here, before I even say it, I want to slap myself in the head, hard, and say - okay, so please stop talking about it and just write the fucking thing.
Now, of course, you do need that mysterious alchemy-like sixth element (cuz you know they found the fifth one): goes by the name of in-spy-ration. I think here you have two choices. Read a really good book (almost anything by Don DeLillo for example), and say, Holy Crap, I could never possibly write something that good, but in an homage to the greatness of the English language, I will give it a shot.
Or you can read a piece of crap (don't get me started), and say, Geez Louize, I could write something better than that.
I use both techniques. Sorry, Steig Larsson fans, but I found that first book kinda crappy.
Better, I should listen to Anne Lamott, who definitely falls into the "amazing writer" category. And just shut off the damn twitter and write.
And she's right.
Read her article - then go write - right now.