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September 2011

18 posts

Review: Headstone → pluckyoutoo.com


Headstone by Ken Bruen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



This was my introduction to noir poet Ken Bruen, and I will be diving into his prolific writings immediately. The latest in the…

Sep 30, 20110 notes
Neon Pink 80s Time Machine → pluckyoutoo.com

Like the Tangerine Dream soundtrack to my favorite crime film, Michael Mann’s gleaming gritty THIEF, the latest neo-noir crime tale DRIVE has an amazingly lush score that immerses you in its dead-end…

Sep 28, 20110 notes
Introducing... Pulp Modern → pluckyoutoo.com


Today marks the release of the first issue of Pulp Modern, the new quarterly edited by Alec Cizak- formerly of All Due Respect. It is currently available on CREATESPACE and will…
Sep 28, 20110 notes
Review: Drive → pluckyoutoo.com


Drive by James Sallis

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



A brilliant clutter of scenes of a man’s life that form the empty whole of a noir icon, the criminal savant getaway driver. A stunt…

Sep 26, 20110 notes
Sep 24, 20114 notes
My Dark Pages at Dead End Follies → pluckyoutoo.com

Benoit Lelievre runs a great blog called Dead End Follies, where he reviews crime fiction, books in general, movies music and other media. He’s a fine writer himself as well. He asked me a few weeks…

Sep 24, 20110 notes
Three Sentences for Chuck W → pluckyoutoo.com

Chuck Wendig the Pen Monkey has issued a three sentence story challenge on his blog. He offers up excellent writing advice free of charge. It is also collected and expanded for a Kindle-pittance,…

Sep 23, 20110 notes
Review: Choke Hold → pluckyoutoo.com


Choke Hold by Christa Faust

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



You look at the cover and you see a sexy woman, a pretty face. You make judgments as to the depths of character. And you’re…

Sep 22, 20110 notes
Schadenfreude Thursdays pt3

animalsbeingdicks:

You mess with a bull, you get the horns. You mess with a horse, you get knocked the eff out. 

Sep 22, 2011242 notes
The Big Con → pluckyoutoo.com

Two good friends lured and cajoled me into going to Bouchercon this year. Sabrina Ogden of My Friends Call Me Kate, and Josh Stallings, author of the Mo McGuire series. I met a lot of great…

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Sep 21, 2011124 notes
#cats #animals #lol
The Uncleared → pluckyoutoo.com

My new story, “The UnCleared,” is up at A Twist of Noir.

phone blogging. Testing!


Sep 17, 20110 notes
Review: Noir at the Bar → pluckyoutoo.com


Noir at the Bar by Richard Thomas

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Great crime stories by authors I knew and many I didn’t. You get classics like “Thin Mints” by Daniel B. O’Shea and…

Sep 14, 20110 notes
WTC 1995 → pluckyoutoo.com

Unsure who the kid with the afro is….


© 2011 Thomas Pluck

Sep 11, 20110 notes
The Lost Children Challenge Stories → pluckyoutoo.com

44 entries. Wow. A huge response.

The Stories for the Flash Fiction Friday Lost Children Challenge

Includes stories by Fiona Johnson (who came up with the topic), Paul D. Brazill, Chad…

Sep 09, 20110 notes
strictly bidness → pluckyoutoo.com


by my lovely and talented wife Sarah Bennett Pluck.


© 2011 Thomas Pluck

Sep 07, 20110 notes
What do you tell a woman with two black eyes? → pluckyoutoo.com

Find out in my story “Black-Eyed Susan” at Powder Burn Flash, Aldo Calcagno’s hard-hitting crime fiction site.


Proud to be among contributors such as Chad Rohrbacher, Matthew J….
Sep 06, 20110 notes
Flash Fiction Friday: the Lost Children challenge → pluckyoutoo.com

I’m advertising this one here. I am a monthly contributor to Ron Earl’s Flash Fiction Friday, and this month I roped my friend Fiona Johnson, aka @McDroll, to be a guest contributor. And did she come…

Sep 05, 2011-1 notes
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