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Anthony Neil Smith

Pulp Nastiness taking Literary Risks (with a side of Gumbo)

About Me

Author of two novels: PSYCHOSOMATIC and THE DRUMMER.. Editor with MISSISSIPPI REVIEW ..Editor & Co-creator of PLOTS WITH GUNS Crime Fiction Journal, 1999-2004.On THE DRUMMER: "a fun read about drugs, rock and roll, brawls and banging (drums, groupies and otherwise)." --Publishers Weekly"If you had any connection with--or nostalgia for--the 80s heavy metal rock scene, Anthony Neil Smith’s The Drummer should be right up your dark alley. Smith writes with force and clarity, as his previous novel Psychosomatic and his work on the online crime magazine Plots With Guns indicated." --Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune"The vitality of “N’awlins,” the grittiness of the circumstances, and characters as full-bodied as jambalaya--all are a driving bass that hypnotizes the reader into playing this song--loud--until the end. And then hitting replay. Rock on, Mr. Smith." -- Anthony Rainone, January Magaizne (Best of Crime Fiction, 2006)"Smith, with his 2nd novel, carves out an emotionally raw and adventurous stylistic identity." --Jules Brenner, Mystery Scene Magazine.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

New readers. Just telling everyone I've banged out some books you might like...if you like terribly brutal crime fiction that takes literary risks.Take a peek at my main site: Crimedog One

Music:

Van Halen, Johnny Cash, The Gourds, Son Volt, Lyle Lovett, Split Lip Rayfield, Wayne Hancock, Ryan Adams, Scott H. Biram, Rilo Kiley, Two Dollar Pistols, Gillian Welch

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Deperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Kiss Me Deadly, The Wild Bunch, The Maltese Falcon, Oldboy, Death Race 2000, Kill Bill, The Killers, Shoot the Piano Player

Television:

The Shield, The Wire, Prison Break, House, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Cops, Star Trek, My Name is Earl, Colbert Report, South Park, Family Guy

Books:

THE LAST GOOD KISS, WHITE JAZZ, PISTOL POETS, THE CLEANUP, THE GUARDS, THE KILLER INSIDE ME, SIX BAD THINGS, TRAINSPOTTING, MIAMI PURITY, CONTROLLED BURN, KING SUCKERMAN, HARD MAN, SATURDAY'S CHILD, EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT

Heroes:

James Ellroy, Johnny Cash, George Jones, James Crumley, Dad

My Blog

My Blood, Sweat, and Tears On Sale Dirt Cheap

My usual browsing on Amazon.com brings me across the page for THE DRUMMER. What caught my eye this time was that it was available used for....THIRTY-NINE CENTS. Actually, that's just one used copy, b...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:41:00 PST

SERIOUSLY, THOUGH...

...does it really take more than a season to read a manuscript?  Let alone two.  No, really, I'm serious.  Glad to discuss it. ...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:29:00 PST

BAD FOODIES

My wife and I watch a lot of The Food Network.  A lot of Alton Brown (Feasting on Asphalt and Good Eats), Rachel Ray (Thirty Minute Meals and $40 a Day), all the countdown shows about the best pl...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:28:00 PST

"Louder Gospel" @ STORYGLOSSIA

Just had a new story published over in Issue 21 of Steven McDermott's fantastic literary e-zine Storyglossia.  It's called "Louder Gospel" (not a crime fiction tale, but one of those literary co...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:35:00 PST

CRIMEDOGS ALL OVER THE JOINT

Wow, so, like, first Guthrie wins the Theakston's for Two Way Split, then Doolittle gets a Barry nod for The Cleanup.  And now I hear that Doolittle and Gischler are both up for an Anthony Award...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:41:00 PST

Talkin Bout Web Noir

A few days ago, Matthew Baldwin contacted me to ask some questions about my thoughts concerning online pulps and web noir.  I did my best to answer, and he's now published his full article at The...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:13:00 PST

Doolittle Does Good

Well, well, Doolittle done scored himself a Barry Award Nomination for The Cleanup.  Congrats, you stoic bruiser, you. (And he plays golf really well, too.  And his voice makes the ladies ...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:15:00 PST

INTRODUCING...

...Dr. and Mrs. Noir.  June 23rd, 2007, Itasca State Park, Minnesota. (Photo by Darrell Deutz)...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:30:00 PST

New Story @ Wheelhouse Magazine

Okay, at the risk of sounding immodest, you can now read one of my finest, most thought-provoking short stories (we're talking literature here people!) over at the preeminent internet journal Wheelho...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:25:00 PST

Chicken Appetizer

Just to update the earlier "Bust Those Chickens" post: The guys over at BDTDAEATC have now posted a couple of paragraphs of my story "Clive Confesses" as a teaser for Issue #6.  So take a look, a...
Posted by Anthony Neil Smith on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:58:00 PST