Welcome and Introductions

[Paul]

Hi to Philippa, Heather, Dan and Mohammed. This is rapidly shaping up to be a fine group; I really should spend more time here!

[Haaze]

Pulp Fiction is definitely a new genre for me, but I will give it a try. The premise is intriguing and I suspect that you guys will bring forward the classics for us neophytes?
I tend to be wandering in the lit of the classics (W. canon), but try to reach out into world lit as well a bunch of nonfiction. I cannot resist SF and Fantasy at times. My older brother was a huge fan of Chandler so I guess I can blame him for joining up. Ha ha!

[Michael, Anti-Hero]

Welcome Haaze, glad to have new members

[Mohammed]

Paul 'Pezter' wrote: "Hi to Philippa, Heather, Dan and Mohammed. This is rapidly shaping up to be a fine group; I really should spend more time here!"

Thanks for the welcome Paul and hope to see you around more often here:)

[Paul]

Thanks Mo, I shall make the effort!

and hi to Haaze; I'm sure you'll enjoy your diversion.

[Michael]

Hi, I'm Michael and I'm new to the group. Thank you, Melki, for the invitation!

[Melki, Femme fatale]

You're very welcome, Michael. Thought you might fit in nicely here.

[Jim]

I'm Jim, another fan of the genre for over 40 years, since I found my father's stash of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, & Mickey Spillane - an author my grandfather hated & made me want to read even more. I have all the Hard Case Crime books until they changed publishers a year or so ago.

Oh & thanks for inviting me, Dan.

[Srinivas]

Hello everyone. Got an invite to join this group by Alberto. Wonderful to see so many blokes out here who are Noir fans. I read books encompassing various genres (My reading tastes are pretty extensive although I don't read as much as all you guys seem to) but the Hard-Boiled genre is obviously, my most favourite along with Espionage.

My favourites would be James Hadley Chase,Chester Himes and the holy trinity of American Hard-Boiled Crime(Hammett,Chandler and Macdonald. Also love Lawrence Block.

Would love to pick most of the brains here. :-)

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Welcome to all the newbies!
I love that members are inviting their friends.

[Mohammed]

Welcome Jim,Michael and Srinivas :)

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Hey Greg! Welcome to the group. Your book looks great. I'll try to get to it soon.

[Srinivas]

Thank you Mohd. Good to meet you as well.

[Cyndi]

Hey, Cyndi checking in...thanks for the invite Melki.
Love pulp fiction in all its forms..books, graphic novels, film and lifestyle.

Cannot wait to jump in with the January 2012 group read. This is gonna be great fun!!

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Alright, Cyndi! Such enthusiasm! Glad to have you here!

[Michael, Anti-Hero]

Welcome

[M.L.]

Hello! I like crime, mystery, suspense - and after 20 pages of The Long Goodbye - love Raymond Chandler. Being from the Los Angeles area when a story mentions streets you've driven on or past it adds a whole new dimension. This sounds like a great club - looking forward to the recommendations - thanks!

[Michael, Anti-Hero]

Glad to have you here Flash Beagle

[Stephen]

I absolutely love pulp and noir. It is great to be in a group of like-minded fans.

[Michael, Anti-Hero]

You probably have come to the right place Trey

[Teresa]

I'm really looking forward to participating in this group. Raymond Chandler has been a long time favourite of mine and enjoying his books led onto reading more and more pulp fiction. An ongoing addiction I'm in no hurry to cure :-).

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Welcome to all new members! (Even the ones who are too shy to introduce themselves.)

[Kathleen]

Hello everyone!

I'm Kathleen, an engineer with an unrelenting book-habit. :D

I sort of stumbled into pulp fiction, particularly detective stories from the early 1900's, when we read the Maltese Falcon for a genre-lit course in college. Chandler's and Hammett's works definitely turned me on to the entire mystery/thriller genre (more so than the British cozies).

Looking forward to reading even more pulp fiction with this group!

[Michael]

New to this group but crime that makes me check and recheck my doors, fasten my windows and listen to the sounds inside and out my house, is the crime I most prefer. I think I will like it here.

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Hi guys! Welcome to the group.

[Michael, Anti-Hero]

Welcome Teresa, Kathleen and Michael

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Hi All- love Pulp! some really great detective stories- quick reads and so addicting!

[Mickey]

Hello!
I never had to look for a community of book-lovers, until I came up with this idea yesterday: http://storiesaboutbooks.tumblr.com/
So I'm being honest about it :)
Will be great to hear your 'stories about books.'

[Jim]

Welcome, Mickey. It's a great place & I don't often waste time on bad books any more. I have the opposite problem - too many friends here with similar reading tastes, so my To-Be-Read pile overfloweth! (Actually looms & threatens to crush me!)

[Mickey]

Mickey wrote: "Hello!
I never had to look for a community of book-lovers, until I came up with this idea yesterday: http://storiesaboutbooks.tumblr.com/
So I'm being honest about it :)
Will be great to hear your..."

Haha, my reading list is already full to the brim, and my life + your life is not sufficient. Must prioritize :P.

Thanks for the welcome!

[Michael]

Hi, I haven't read anything in this genre, but it looks interesting. I looked at the first few pages of The Big Sleep and got hooked. I'll probably buy it.

I do some writing. You can see what I'm up to on my author page.

Michael E. Henderson

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Hi Michael. Welcome to the group. Hope you like The Big Sleep.

[Cariniao]

hi everyone! I'm Carinia (you can call me Cari)I love reading and I came to this forum to help a friend of mine, Patsy Rivera. She is an author and she is doing wonderful and amazing things!!! She is in the process of writing a Children's book and she has vowed to donate books to the St. Jude Hospital for sick children every time she reaches 500 fans on her facebook page. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/authorpatsyri... I hope that you visit her page and like it! Thanks

[Justin]

I'm Justin Grimbol. I'm a big fan James M Caine and Garrett Cooke.

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Welcome to the group, Justin.

[Garrett Cook]

Hi, I'm Garrett Cook, an author of horror and Bizarro fiction, often with noir and pulp elements. I'm passionate about 30's and 40's comics, film noir, vintage horror and hardboiled detectives and all these elements tend to come together in my fiction. My favorite authors in the genre are Cain and Chandler, and for nondetective pulp, Lovecraft, Bloch, Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

[Lee]

Hi, I'm Lee. I enjoy all kinds of fiction but am most drawn to darker work and find crime (the fiction, not the actual) very satisfying. Some favorite contemporary authors are Tom Piccirilli, Dennis Lehane, John Connolly, Ed McBain, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, and pretty much everything that the Hard Case Crime group has published.

I just interviewed Tom Piccirilli on my website too. I always enjoyed his Horror fiction but his crime work cuts right to the bone: http://www.leethompsonfiction.com/?p=547

Look forward to finding some new books/authors!

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Hi guys! Welcome to the group.
Garrett - feel free to head to the Writer's Corner and tell us about your book.

[Garrett Cook]

Thanks! I think I might.

[John]

Hey everybody,

Wanted to join this group when I noticed that the next group read is The Devil All the Time. I loved Knockemstiff and TDATT has been on my too read shelf for awhile now.

A little about me...

I've been writing dark fiction since 2002 and have seen a little success here and there. I've got an MA (not MFA) in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama Birmingham. Being from the South I tend to write stories that might be considered Southern gothic or Southern crime. Either way, most of my stuff edges into what most people would consider horror.

I'm in a long standing writing group called Snutch Labs (heh). It's got some supremely talented folks in it that are going to be big one day, and I feel pretty lucky that they haven't kicked me out yet.

In 2010, I landed an agent, Beth Fleisher, of Clear Sailing Creatives. She's a wonderful agent and editor and is currently shopping my dark young adult novel, Slip.

In March, my first collection of short fiction will be published by Chizine Publications. It's called Shoebox Train Wreck, and you can now find it on goodreads.

That's about it. Looking forward to getting to know you guys and reading some interesting posts.

-John Mantooth

[Autumn]

Hi! My name is Autumn, and I am from Alabama. After reading your posts, I would say I am new to the pulp genre. I have always loved detective shows, and grew up reading detective books. It all started with Nancy Drew and the love affair grew. These days I love Karin Slaughter and Val McDermid. My mother asked me last week, “Why do you like this kind of stuff?” I laughed because it is so different from my personality. I am bubbly and outgoing, but I love books that are dark and, at times, grisly. I look forward to seeing all the discussions and finding new books to read.

[John]

Autumn wrote: "Hi! My name is Autumn, and I am from Alabama. After reading your posts, I would say I am new to the pulp genre. I have always loved detective shows, and grew up reading detective books. It all star..."

Hey, I'm from Alabama too. As for reading dark stuff, I've long stopped trying to explain my fascination to people who just don't get it. I think it's just the way I'm wired.

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Welcome to the group, John and Autumn.

Great news about your books, John. I'm reading Knockemstiff now.

[John]

Melki wrote: "Welcome to the group, John and Autumn.

Great news about your books, John. I'm reading Knockemstiff now."

Thanks, Melki. You've got a lot to look forward to with Knockemstiff. Let me know what you think.

[Stephen]

New here. Glad to have found such a group. I'm an actor and author. You can find out about me best through my website -- www.stephenjared.com -- and I look forward to getting to know some of you as well. Thanks!

[Melki, Femme fatale]

Hey Stephen. Glad you found us. Hope you enjoy the group.

[Chuck]

Greetings, members! I have learned that I have been nominated in the Best New Writer category in the 2012 Pulp Ark Awards, and the Black Centipede has been nominated as Best New Character.

Here is a link to a free, complete Black Centipede short story:

http://theblackcentipede.blogspot.com...

And a sample chapter from "Creeping Dawn":

http://theblackcentipede.blogspot.com...

[Melki, Femme fatale]

You had me at the name Black Centipede, Chuck.
Welcome to the group.

[Chuck]

Melki wrote: "You had me at the name Black Centipede, Chuck.
Welcome to the group."

Well, thank you!

[Vincent]

I am an author with some crime short storied to my credit and soon to be released, "The Anonymous Man."