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Kirk Alex’s stories & poems have appeared on internet sites such as: http://scars.tv/cgi-bin/framesmain.pl..., schlock.co.uk., www.fictionontheweb.co.uk, https://literallystories2014.com, et al. His horror novel Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher was a finalist in the Kindle Book Review’s Best Book Awards of 2014. He is also the author of the 4-volume Edgar “Doc” Holiday thriller series, the multi-volume Chance “Cash” Register blue-collar/working stiff series, and a few other novels and story collections, as well as several volumes of free verse.
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	Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher (Vol. 1) 3.27 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher – Book Two 3.43 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher - Book One 2.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Hush-Hush Holiday (#1 of 4) 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher: The Complete Novel/Boxed Set 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher Vol. 3 (of 6) 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Heartthrob (Fifty Shades of Tinsel #1) 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	Paycheck to Paycheck (Chance "Cash" Register, #1) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Hard Noir Holiday (#4 of 4)

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Kirk Alex rated a book it was amazing The Hidden Files by Derek Raymond	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
One of the finest memoirs ever written. If you're interested in noir author Derek Raymond, this is the book to get (if you can find it). Took me years. He goes into the writing of I Was Dora Suarez and the toll it took on his psyche. Derek Raymond, as ...more
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Excellent. And, the last fourth of this novel, is quite possibly the funniest ever. Celine, arguably, just might be the greatest novelist that ever lived. Bukowski is second rate compared. Seems every one of Celine's novels is topnotch. Proust might ...more
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Hands down: UK's the late Derek Raymond (aka Robin Arthur Cook) is my favorite crime/noir writer. Read his masterpiece "I Was Dora Suarez." It will stay with you forever. In fact, read all four of his Crime Factory novels. Second to none. Forget Chan ...more
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Kirk Alex rated a book it was amazing Windowlight by Ann Nietzke	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
Loved this book. Read it years ago and it has stayed with me. Ann Nietzke was a terrific writer. The writing is honest, heartfelt, plausible.
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Liked it a lot. Short, swift read. Real nice style.
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Sa Franko is the real deal. This is not one of those bogus, ghost-written celeb tomes, but written by an author who actually writes his own books. The man knows what he's doing. Blue-collar scribe who paid his share of dues & it shows. Good stuff. So ...more
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Loved it. Jack Clark is one of the best writers out there. What is baffling––to me at least––is all the marquee names out there who can't write half as well as Jack Clark, and yet are constantly praised from here to Venus. I don't get it. Happy to se ...more
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Get it. You won't regret it. Support blue collar writers. Books like Bukowski's Post Office, Tom Kromer's Waiting for Nothing, Jack Black's You Can't Win, Knut Hamsun's Hunger, Mark SaFranko's God Bless America, Dan Fante's Chump Change, et al, were ...more
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Nov 09, 2022 08:58AM

If you love noir, please pick up a copy of Dan Stuart's excellent Marlow's Revenge. Far superior to anything Raymond Chandler ever wrote.
I also absolutely recommend any of the five crime Factory UK noirs written by the late genius Derek Raymond.

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