January 2012
27 posts
Lost Children: an anthology to fight child abuse →
30 powerful stories from around the world to benefit two children’s causes: PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children (www.protect.org) and Children 1st Scotland (www.children1st.org.uk). Stories by David Ackley, Kevin Aldrich, David Barber, Lynn Beighley, Seamus Bellamy, Paul D. Brazill, Sif Dal, James Lloyd Davis, Roberto C. Garcia, Susan Gibb, Nancy A. Hansen, K.V. Hardy,...
Shut Up, Already!: Social Media →
rawsonjustwontshutup:
My friend Benjamin Whitmer (Pike, Satan is Real) posted this today on his blog, Kick Him, Honey. (if you haven’t read the blog before you can check it out right HERE) The quote below is apparently a status update from someone he’s Facebook friends with:
So, I became…
“I have a big mouth, and sooner or later someone I pissed off is going to stick a...”
– Anonymous (via how-you-die)
still good advice... →
“Men weren’t really the enemy — they were fellow victims suffering from an...”
– Betty Friedan (via persephonemag)
This is part of why feminism is important to everyone, not just ladies.
(via stfuconservatives)
December 2011
11 posts
I never said I was an artist →
I work for a company that is big into giving back, and this year we helped several NYC schools. My project, with 70 others, was to pair murals and paintings for PS 196 in Williamsburg, which is very…
Great Plucking Reads →
Everyone’s picking their favorite books of the year it seems. I reviewed all my favorites here over the months, but I’ll collect them here for you.
I’m all about emotional impact. I appreciate a…
a kick-ass reader →
I’d like to thank everyone who reads this blog, and my stories. Folks who tell others about my writing, I owe you a beer (or equivalent) whenever we shall meet. But here’s a reader who showed her…
Pluck in Print →
I dig the e-book revolution and my Nook overfloweth, but I love books. Real, hefty, books. Flipping through the pages. Slick covers, matte covers. Raised print on dust jackets. Beautiful and grabby…
The Indifference of Heaven →
A while back I was asked what book drove me to crime fiction; the first crime books I read were Encyclopedia Brown and Agatha Christie. But what books inspired me to write?
Eight Million…
November 2011
10 posts
Just Ice →
Gerald So runs The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly. You might think poetry and crime fiction don’t mix, but he’ll prove you wrong. I first read his work at Beat to a Pulp, and the tone he evokes in…
Lost Children anthology, now in trade paper →
The giving season is upon us, and you can give the gift that gives to two great causes: PROTECT and Children 1st. The trade paperback of the Lost Children anthology is now available:
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Smooth Criminals →
My buddy Benoit, who blogs about music, movies and crime fiction over at Dead End Follies (as well as being quite the writer) threw down one sparkly glove with the Smooth Criminals challenge. You…
throwing the disqus →
I have switched to Disqus for comments. I hope it works better. It will give you a broader range of login options.
© 2011 Thomas Pluck
Grift Magazine →
John Kenyon has a spiffy new crime site on the web called Grift Magazine. He has begun a weekly flash fiction feature. Last week it opened with Matthew Funk’s powerful “The Town They Earned,” and…
"Preacherlike, the president draws the crowd into... →
motherjones:
Run, don’t walk, to read Tim Dickinson’s “How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich” at Rolling Stone.
Psycho Therapy →
I’d like to thank Heath Lowrance, author of The Bastard Hand and Dig Ten Graves, for giving me an opportunity to speak at his excellent crime fiction blog, Psycho Noir. He’s been inviting many…
Denny the Dent gets some love! →
Thanks to Chris Rhatigan AND Elizabeth A. White for spectacular reviews of Pulp Modern #1. They both single out my story “Legacy of Brutality” starring Denny the Dent:
Chris at Death by Killing…
A Critique of Pure Reasoner →
“Black-Eyed Susan” by Thomas Pluck is short and mean and well-written. I don’t think I’ve read anything by this author before, but I’ll be on the lookout for his name now. -James Reasoner
James…
When seeking revenge, you should dig two graves. →
© 2011 Thomas Pluck
October 2011
25 posts
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology now... →
30 powerful stories from around the world to benefit two children’s charities: PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children (www.protect.org) and Children 1st…
Denny's triple whammy offer! →
The latest Denny story, “Junkyard Dog,” is in the new issue of Plots With Guns. If you like him, he also appears in Pulp Modern issue one, along with great stories by Lawrence Block, John Kenyon, a…