The Noir Novels

 For a while it was trendy to call any crime fiction noir if it showed shades of gray. I have a much stricter definition of noir: there's an inevitability of doom. The noir protagonist has crossed a line that there's no coming back from. Whether it's murder or betrayal or something else, the noir protagonist is damned, and no matter how much he might struggle, by the end if he's still alive, he'd be just as well-off dead.

While I have several noirish crime novels that more than meet the trendier definition, I have six novels that fall squarely as noir (as well as many short stories)

Alles endet hier translates to Everything Ends Here. For now, this is only planned for Germany. Hopefully this will find a US publisher at some point.

The Heathens of Crime Fiction

From the article 'Gut Check Fiction and the Heathens Who Are Writing It' by Patrick L. Ledford

"A heathen is a person who does not prescribe to conventional beliefs (i.e. “the norm). Zeltserman, Franklin, and Pizzolatto are straight up heathens, charging the norm like raging bulls. They have their own style and their own way of doing things. These authors stand out because of their poignant and charismatic writing. Their characters display the complexities of man and that sometimes it can be too late to make the right choice. They paint landscapes where harsh intent and bad intentions roam like buffalo. Do not settle for what the mainstream media is telling you to read. Instead, do a little research, push your limits and take a gander at the guys that are reinventing the mettle of fiction."

Read the entire article here.