Author: Dennis Green
North Iowa Book Bash!
The North Iowa Book Bash in Clear Lake, Iowa, is always a fun and successful time. I met a ton of friendly readers, hung with some cool writers, and even sold a couple books! The Book Bash is a big deal in North Central Iowa. Well attended and scrupulously organized by the great Mickey Haley-Fredericks, […]
Read With The Lights Turned Off
If you’re feeling like a little no-calorie treat while you’re handing out candy, here is a little something to pass the time. “The Audition” is a spooky-themed short story I wrote a few years ago. It originally appeared in an anthology called “Sadistic Shorts,” which you can still buy on Amazon. THE AUDITION […]
What I’ve Been Reading – The Agony, The Ecstasy, and The Buddha
I first met Rachel Eliason right after I “came out” myself. As a science fiction author, that is. Since then, we’ve been together on several author panels and readings, and I was honored when Rachel and A.R. Miller invited me to contribute Traveler to a 3-in-1 ebook they wanted to publish. Rachel’s grace and honesty […]
What I’ve Been Reading – Made Safe
The streets of Des Moines are just as mean as Spenser’s Boston in this impressive debut. In the first casebook of private detective Moses Winter, Francis Sparks exposes the underbelly of immigrant culture in a gripping, noir novel. Made Safe, while listed on the cover as the first adventure of Des Moines-based detective Winter, is just […]
What I’ve Been Reading – Sins of Intent
Randy Roeder takes us back to Cedar Rapids of the Sixties in Sins of Intent, the first of a series featuring haberdasher-turned-amateur-detective Cletus Efferding. I’ve lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa since the Eighties, and while that is much later than the period Sins is set in, many of the sights and places Roeder references were still […]
What I’ve Been Reading – Fool
“This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as non-traditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank.” ― Christopher Moore, Fool Shakespeare parodies are a dime a dozen, but few twist familiar tropes like Christopher Moore. He’s previously tackled vampires, Death, […]