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Ed Kurtz is the author of BLEED, CONTROL, DEAD TRASH, and A WIND OF KNIVES, as well as numerous short stories. His work has appeared in Dark Moon Digest, Needle: A Magazine of Noir, BEAT to a PULP, Shotgun Honey, and the anthology Mutation Nation: Tales of Genetic Mishaps, Monsters, and Madness. Ed resides in Texas, where he is at work on his next novel and running his genre imprint, Redrum Horror.

Visit Ed Kurtz online at edkurtz.net.

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My Big Gay Western & Other News

Since I signed my fourth book contract of the year this morning, it occurs to me that I’m well overdue on the update front. So here goes:

First off, Snubnose Press has acquired my western/noir revenge novella A Wind of Knives. This will be SP’s first western (and mine!) and is currently scheduled to release in May.

A quiet rancher in Civil War era Texas, Daniel Hays, emerges from an alcohol-soa...

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Average rating: 4.09 · 176 ratings · 51 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	Bleed 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catch My Killer 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rust & Blood: Stories 4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THUGLIT Issue Three by Ed Kurtz (Goodreads Author), J.D. Hibbetts, John Hodgkins 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Control 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutation Nation: Tales of Genetic Mishaps, Monsters, and Madness by Ed Kurtz (Goodreads Author), Jim Schoen, Charles Austin Muir 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horror Factory by Ed Kurtz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David James Keaton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Andrez Bergen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sam Truman Mysteries Omnibus Volume 1 by Ed Kurtz (Goodreads Author), Brandon Zuern, Tobin Elliott (Goodreads Author) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane by John Skipp (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Thomas Harris 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Cuts by Angel Leigh McCoy (Editor), E.S. Magill (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Marrs (Editor) 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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