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Crimespree Magazine

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About Me

Crimespree Magazine is a periodical for fans for crime and mystery fiction and related topics. We cover books, movies, comics and television. Our main focus is books. We have articles about authors, by authors, interviews, profiles, reviews of books and DVDs and television shows, and a column on what's hot in comics. We run spotlights on mystery bookstores and conventions and signing events and small presses. We also review at least 60 books per issue. We read the bad books so you don't have to. We are like The Ramones of the Mystery genre, except we are bi-monthly.Our Blogs:
  • The Crimespree Blog
  • The Central COmics Zone
  • The Crimespree Cinema
  • Join the subscribers of at least 7 other countries and give us a try.Please feel free to leave comments, but try to avoid large jpgs and spam.

    My Interests

    We like to read.A lot.

    I'd like to meet:

    People who don't leave giant jpgs and say thanks for the add.People who read.People who think.

    Music:

    Chili Peppers Josh Rouse Gorillaz Ramones The Clash Neil Young The Reverend Horton Heat Cheap Trick

    Television:

    Don't watch TV. I wait for the DVD sets so I can watch without commercials. Latest favorites include Veronica Mars, The Shield, Life On MArs, Spooks, Battlestar Gallactica, The Unit, and yes... Miami Vice.

    Books:

    Mysteries, thrillers, suspense and horror novels. Also comics. A lot of comics. Especially 100 Bullets and Fables. Good biographies are also a must

    Heroes:

    Armand Jordan

    My Blog

    Fall slamming down

    The heat wave is over, the rain is falling down and it's really cooling off. The air conditioner has been put in storage and the kids are all back at their desks.It's officailly fall.We just shipped C...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:52:00 PST

    July July July

    We just shipped the latest Crimespree and have a small window to the deadline for the next one. After that things go into overdrive.My wife is co-hosting Bouchercon this year. Bouchercon is the world ...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:43:00 PST

    Wizard World Chicago

    The crimespree gang will be in Chicago next week for Wizard World.We plan to be there all three days arrivng thursday night.If you're attending shoot us an [email protected]...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:15:00 PST

    New Issue of Crimespree ready to rock

    Shipping Feb 25th Issue 23 In this next issue: From The Editor by Ruth Jordan Newsbits  happenings around the mystery world Lori Avocado in Alaska    Small Publisher Spotlig...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:46:00 PST

    WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO 2007

    After a pretty uneventful drive down from Milwaukee, two wrong turns and a 24 oz can of rockstar energy drink we arrived at the Hyatt OHare and unloaded our stuff Friday afternoon and headed right ove...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:23:00 PST

    issue 17 and minneapolis March 24

    Issue 17 has been dropped off at the Mailing service and is on trucks as I type this. If you aren't one of the lucky ones getting Crimespree delivered to your door, well SUBSCRIBE already! Subscribe H...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:16:00 PST

    Peeper

    Just watched a movie from 1975 starring Michael Caine and Natalie wood. Caine plays a LA Private Eye in the classic noir tradition and that's cool since the movie is set in the 1940's. It's called a ...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:40:00 PST

    Baby it's cold outside

    But we gots an big ol' Anthony Award to keep us warm! Thanks to everyone who has been a part of Crimespree, readers, contriburtersbooksellers and advertisers. An extra big thanks to Jeremy and Reed ...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:39:00 PST

    Hey! It's September!

    We are less than two weeks away from Bouchercon, the world Mystey convention. I can't freaking wait. It's part vacation part reunion and part  vegas. I don't sleep much anyway, I sleep less durin...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:08:00 PST

    Another couple issues at the printers

    Sometimes it's like giving birth. Doing layout is the worst part, but sometimes the most satisfying part.  As I type this issue 14 and our Specal Bouchercon Edition are at the printers. I've mad...
    Posted by Crimespree Magazine on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:35:00 PST