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Books and Booze interview

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Gordon

Combining two of my favorite things into one of my favorite new podcasts. Sensing that some of their former guests (though entertaining and knowledgeable) had been far too sober given its namesake, for my appearance this week, I took it … Continue reading →

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“‘Burgatory” story at Solarcide

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Gordon

“No matter where you live in New York City, you always end up in Queens.” Opening lines always shoulder a lot of weight (and disproportionate thought). This one I pocketed from a pilot announcement as we were descending into LaGuardia, … Continue reading →

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Telecine column at ManArchy

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Gordon

I’m contributing semi-regularly to a new column at ManArchy Magazine called Telecine. The term itself describes the process of transferring film to tape or disk. Of course, it also sounds like a cool amalgamation of “television” and “cinema,” which will … Continue reading →

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Booked Podcast reviews Flashover

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Gordon

Normally I wouldn’t give every review its own post, but this is a really good one. Aside from the fact that they loved it (spoiler?), it’s a detailed look at the novel from several angles, making connections I wouldn’t have … Continue reading →

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How’s My Hair? reading

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Gordon

Yep, two readings in the same week. This time in a bookstore, which in theory would be a very different crowd than the inebriants populating Czar Bar a couple nights before, but I hope I can still count on you … Continue reading →

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Flashover out in paperback!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Gordon

It’s here, y’all. Last week I posted about my new novel, Flashover, and its e-book release. Today sees the paperback edition on sale, via Amazon, BN, and CreateSpace. I’m so excited to finally be able to share this with the … Continue reading →

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$@!# Authors Say (and play)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Gordon

Come downtown and enjoy some double-threat entertainment from yours truly and friends at this reading and music event. We stage these at bars whenever possible to encourage more raucous audiences, as well as the loosened morality that alcohol enables. For … Continue reading →

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Flashover e-books on sale

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Gordon

For you digital adopters, an early release of my new novel, Flashover, is now available for Kindle and Nook at $5.99. The paperback will be out next month at the usual online shops, and I’ll hook up a PayPal for … Continue reading →

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Noir Reading and Pics

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Gordon

Now that my liver and brain cells have had a chance to regenerate after the AWP conference in Chicago, here’s an update to the event I previously posted about that took place in St. Louis the night before that excursion. … Continue reading →

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Presenting . . . Winebox!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Gordon

Word on the grapevine is that I’ve got a new musical duo for you to feast your earballs upon. Winebox has actually been cellaring for a number of years in various states of activity, and is now mature and ready … Continue reading →

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Andrez Bergen Interview

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Gordon

I recently had a chance to throw some questions at Andrez Bergen, the author of Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat (Another Sky Press), a novel that fuses sci-fi and hardboiled noir elements. In it, Melbourne is near-future Earth’s last city standing, where … Continue reading →

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AWP 2012 – Chicago

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Gordon

Getting excited now. Just two short weeks until The Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Chi-town! (I assure you, it’s much livelier than it sounds.) My first AWP was Denver, now two years in the rearview, and I … Continue reading →

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Noir at the Bar

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Gordon

Sorry I’ve been slow with updates around here lately, but I assure you that things have indeed been cooking behind the scenes, and there’ll be a deluge of posts between now and summertime about all kinds of happenings, both of … Continue reading →

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LA1K

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Gordon

My short story “Fry Girl” (my personal favorite of those I’ve written) appears in …In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1,000 Words, the first fiction collection from ThunderDome Press, now available in full-color paperback at ThundaDome.com/LA1K (where you … Continue reading →

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Northwest Alumni feature

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Gordon

The fall issue of Northwest, the alumni magazine of my alma mater Northwest Missouri State University (where I earned my degree in Mass Communication in 1995) contains a short feature on yours truly. Click the article to enlarge, or the … Continue reading →

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