Quintessence of Dust gets a Plucking

Hardboiled thriller writer Thomas Pluck was gracious and courageous (dare I use the adjective, plucky?) to allow me to invade his personal space lately with talk of Quintessence of Dust. No, I didn’t breach the boundaries of social etiquette and get in his face; Thomas allowed me to be his Guest Plucker, which kind of sounds like I should be in the scullery de-feathering a chicken.

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I spent my time there talking about the origins of the stories featured in Quintessence of Dust, and how truth pervades every story a writer commits to paper. So, if you want to know what truth lay in Anal Twine, Night Holds a Scythe, Gutterball’s Labyrinth, Skin and many more, then check it out.

Thomas describes himself as the Bullet Award-winning writer of the Denny the Dent stories. His hardboiled and humorous fiction has appeared in The Utne Reader and Crimespree Magazine, and he is the editor of the Lost Children anthologies that benefit causes like PROTECT and Children 1st. He lives in the suburb of Montclair with my wife Sarah, and practices mixed martial arts and strongman training in his spare time… so you know, don’t fuck with him.

I suggest buying The Lost Children, because it’s full of great calibre writers, and it’s for charity too. Thanks for reading.