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"Two novels you should get immediately are THE BASTARD HAND by Heath Lowrance and BEAUTIFUL, NAKED & DEAD by Josh Stallings. These two get talked about a lot and for good reason. One is noir as hell, the other hard-boiled as a bastard." - Charlie Williams
Beautiful, Naked & Dead "Comparisons to Chandler, for once, are apt. There's a secret world of crushed idealism just beneath the surface and a jagged, rough-edged poetry here that Ray would have understood." - The Thrilling Detectivehttp://www.thrillingdetective.com/mor...
Beautiful, Naked & Dead- "There's lots of guns, blood and bone-crunching badness" Fiona Johnson ""Exceptionally well -written, high –octane , debut novel" Paul D Brazill "I didn't call Moses hubba-hubba superlicious in a previous post for no reason, ladies." Sabrina E. OgdenOn 8 best of 2011 list. "Book of the year."-Eva Dolan
Thank you all!!!! Now its FREE for one more day!!!!!
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Eva Dolan of Loitering With Intent calls Beautiful, Naked & Dead - "tough, rambunctious bastard of a book... Book of the year."on 8 - best of 2011 list. Critics and readers alike agree it is a must read. For the next two days it is FREE, yes, FREE. Happy Holidays and thank you all for all you have done top support Moses world.
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Beautiful, Naked & Dead is on 8 - best of 2011 list. Critics and readers alike agree it is a must read. For the next two days it is FREE, yes, FREE. Happy Holidays and thank you all for all you have done top support Moses world.
Eva Dolan of Loitering With Intent calls Beautiful, Naked & Dead - "tough, rambunctious bastard of a book... Book of the year." Wow!
Guilty Conscience - AJ Hayes' Top 5 books of 2011 Beautiful, Naked & Dead "amazing first novel."
http://www.lucaveste.com/2011/12/aj-h...
In Pluck's Top 10 books of 2011, Out There Bad. "L.A. has a new crime boss, it just doesn't know it yet: and his name is Stallings."
http://www.pluckyoutoo.com/2011/12/gr...
Johnny Shaw rated Beautiful, Naked & Dead 5 of 5 stars "This is one of the best books that I've read this year. No question. If there are any publishers out there reading this, you should put that coke back in the drawer and call Josh Stallings. Trust me, you want to be in the Josh Stallings business. This guy has crazy skills..."
Beautiful, Naked & Dead --- "This story races along, no time to catch a breath, no time to take stock. Dirty and humourous, with deftly-handled darkness and very, very violent... Josh Stallings is a hell of a writer, and Moses is a hell of a protagonist. " - Christopher Black (Amazon UK)Yo UK readers. £0.86 !!!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Nak...
Out There Bad for less than a dollar. cheaper than a shot of McCallans and twice as smooth.http://www.amazon.com/Out-There-Moses...
"Stallings is the real deal.He started off hot with Beautiful, Naked & Dead, has downshifted into blazing in Out There Bad" - Elizabeth A. White
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED Beautiful, Naked & Dead and Out There Bad NOW .99 (Kindle and B&N Nook)http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Naked...
http://www.amazon.com/Out-There-Moses...
Out There Bad has 12 5star reviews at AMAZON - "An impossible book to put down." and 19 5star reviews at GoodReads. "Full tilt boogie that slams your head back and squishes your brain against the back of your skull and puts you in that place with your spine against the bricks of a dead end alley and a set of headlights coming at you at one hundrded and forty MPH and there ain't no way you can see you're ever gonna get out of this alive, but you just plain don't care if you do or not, because this is here and this is now and fuck all the rest." - AJ HAYES ...http://www.amazon.com/Out-There-Moses...
18 5star reviews at AMAZON for Beautiful, Naked & Dead. "I hope Stallings has a lot more books inside him."...... 30 5star reviews at GoodReads "I took my time with this one because I didn't want to finish it. Brutal and beautiful all at the same time." - Nickhttp://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Naked...
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NEW REVIEW OF Out There Bad"Praise the Lord (or Satan, maybe), only six months after the publication of the very solid Beautiful, Naked & Dead , there was already another Moses McGuire novel out... it's paced like a shotgun blast... A fun barnburner of a novel." -Benoit Lelievre - Dead End Follies READ REVIEW HERE - http://networkedblogs.com/oMKOJ
Praise for OUT THERE BAD "Don't have words to describe Mr Stallings style, 'effortless' may come close, just know that this fine novel really hit the nail on the head for me. Other reviewers have compared Josh to James Crumley or Joe Lansdale & I second those comparisons (maybe a bit of John D MacDonalds' Travis McGee, too ?) but he also has something of his own to offer as well. Plot, characters, action, honesty & integrity - all ticked the right boxes & any book that has you singing Coma Girl by Strummer & the Mescelaros as it downloads has to be a winner in my book. Quality " - Gareth Price
Palo Alto Guns - a flash of memoir from the '70, the disco years, the MY-O-MY years, the rolling hard years, the years we were lucky to survive. http://www.shotgunhoney.net/2011/10/g...
Ok MUST READ, I'm chatting at the Slaughterhouse SEX, NOIR, LIFE, GOD - we covered some wild terrain.http://www.richardgodwin.net/intervie....
Brian Lindenmuth 's review of Beatiful Naked & Dead is up over Spinetingler mag http://www.spinetinglermag.com/2011/1..."...what rises Beautiful, Naked & Dead above the fray is the strength of the narrative voice. McGuire’s voice, as written by Stallings, is infectious, tough, vulnerable and likable. It pulls the reader along until the end like the greatest bar story ever told." - Brian Lindenmuth
A brand new MOSES short story is posted at http://myfriendscallmekate.blogspot.c... Give it a read and let me know what you think.
"indie writer JOSH STALLINGS puts together one of the most refreshing interviews you'll ever see." Nigel Birdhttp://nigelpbird.blogspot.com/2011/0...
Guns, strippers, sex-trafficking, vengeance, Russian mobsters, Mexican hit men, a straight razor, Moses McGuire and Gregor, all rolling straight to hell in a V8 supercharged road beast. Oh My! ---- Must read - Josh Stallings interview: Out There Bad over at Allan Gutherie's Criminal-E - http://criminal-e.blogspot.com/2011/...Out There Bad
Out There Bad _ "This is one of the most deranged and depraved noirs I've ever read...and that's a good thing! For fans of Ellroy, BREAKING BAD and old-school noir, this book is a must-read.Hats off to Josh Stallings-one sick dude!" - DP
http://www.amazon.com/Out-There-Moses...
Josh wrote: "The ever wonderful Nigel Bird has reviewed Out There Bad over at Sea Minor - I'm proud as can be. "Don’t read this if you like sedate stories, hate violence or want to get yourself an early night." http://nigelpbird.blogspot.com/2011/0...
The ever wonderful Nigel Bird has reviewed Out There Badover at Sea Minor - I'm proud as can be. "Don’t read this if you like sedate stories, hate violence or want to get yourself an early night." http://nigelpbird.blogspot.com/
Sunday, July 17 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm-------------- Noir at the Bar comes to Los Angeles. Come hang out with L.A.'s best crime writers and our featured guest - Duane Swierczynski in his only L.A. appearance!
With readings by:
Josh Stallings (Beautiful, Naked & Dead / Out There Bad)
Holly O'Neill West (Diary of Bedlam)
Stephen Blackmoore (City of the Lost)
and Eric Beetner (One Too Many Blows To The Head / Borrowed Trouble)
http://la-noir.blogspot.com/2011/06/n...
"Josh Stallings might be one of the most talented newcomers in the literary landscape this year." - Writer & Pop Culture Critic Benoit LelievreA stellar review for Beautiful, Naked & Dead - thoughtful and literate - must read
http://www.deadendfollies.com/2011/07...
Amazon has lowered the price of OUT THERE BAD by $3.64 Paperback is now $9.35... Don't know how long it will last. So Now is the time to grab it. http://www.amazon.com/Out-There-Bad-M...
Thomas Pluck rated it 5 of 5 stars
More from the king of bad-ass. I enjoyed Stallings' first novel, Beautiful, Naked & Dead but the sequel tops it in every way. Moses McGuire is in more trouble, has more firepower, more friends, and a lot more on the line. Stallings always takes us places no one would walk alone, but this time he goes further and shows us the naked truth of strip club life. Ex-con Marine Mo McGuire drags us kicking and screaming to the dark side and pays back the scum who've hurt his friends. This is one you won't be putting down until it's done.
You must, no really MUST read this review of Out There Bad by Elizabeth A. White http://bit.ly/mEuqLl Smart and insightfu. READ IT.
Dave White: posted to Amazon KindleOkay, folks, what's the best book you've ever read on your Kindle?
Elizabeth A. White: Probably would have said Beautiful, Naked & Dead by Josh Stallings, except I just finished the follow up, Out There Bad which has dethroned it.
"Out There Bad is another blood soaked, hard hitting mix of James Crumley and Joe Strummer and is highly recommended." - Paul D Brazill(Crumley and Strummer two my heroes, not bad.)
http://pdbrazill.blogspot.com/2011/06...
McDroll said...If you love Beautiful, Naked & Dead just wait until try Out There Bad....it's the hottest chili around!
Latest Review for Beautiful, Naked & Dead"This is visceral stuff, not for the faint of heart and an indication of the talent that the mainstream publishing houses are losing out on while digital grows in strength.
Fans of noir fiction take note. Josh Stallings is one to watch out for and he deserves a huge audience." - Michael Malone
http://mickmal1.blogspot.com/
CavalierEsq - (Tweeting 140 character crime and noir fiction book reviews since 2010. I get through @ 150 books a year. In real life, I'm an attorney.) says about Out There Bad --- "OUT THERE BAD by Josh Stallings: Outstanding second effort. Great characters, sweet writing and non-stop, balls-out action. Must read."
OUT THERE BAD available in Paperback/epub/kindle. Following up to critically acclaimed Beautiful Naked & Dead. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615... yummm now that's some good noir.
http://imeanttoreadthat.blogspot.com/..."such a volatile second novel where one wrong move will lead this ticking time-bomb to explode into a million razor sharp shards of violent energy in your hands, is more than I could ever have hoped for from the brilliant Josh Stallings." - McDroll
"Charlie Huston fans and Joe Lansdale aficionados should be rejoicing for Josh Stallings fits right into that category of dark, rough crime fiction with a sharp witted edge. BN&D is one hell of a debut novel and should open a lot of eyes to just how powerful this genre can be... For pure visceral beauty and excitement, this shoots up to my number one pick for best novel of 2011." Thanks Marvin!
TeenDiscos-APimpInAYellowSuit-TadWilliams-LapDancing-Writing.... BITCH SLAP by Josh Stallings - http://t.co/BhXuhu4 You know you want read it, go on. Thanks Ron Earl Phillips for inviting me over to his blog. Sorry about the stains.
wow Beautiful Naked & Dead Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #6,972 (#98 in Hard-Boiled) My jaw just dropped... thats ranked out of 950,00... wow. Beautiful, Naked & Dead
Mad Brush Fires - Heroin - Fatherhood - NEW NOIR-MEMOIR piece. http://www.joshstallings.net/noir-a-m... New writing... give it a read and as always I'd love to hear what you think.
“POWERFUL. VIOLENT. BONE-CRUNCHING. BAD ASS. HUBBA-HUBBA SUPERLICIOUS.” 5StarsAmazon- 5StarsGoodreads - .99 http://tinyurl.com/4y2mz9ahttp://tinyurl.com/3rmavfa
Kindle - Beautiful Naked & Dead - only £0.70 get the fck out of here! Anticipating the release of Out There Bad... http://tinyurl.com/3jlk3tn
In Preparation for release of OUT THERE BAD, Beautiful, Naked & Dead is now ONLY .99 cents over at Amazon and B&N. Whats stopping you?
The trailer for Beautiful Naked & Dead is up and working, go-go dancers and all. http://youtu.be/V1EBFTp-30I let me know what you think.
Midnight, East LA, barrio bar. I sit watching young ladies take their clothes off and dance on a Lucite stage while men toss dollar bills at them.... Today I guest blog and tell how I research a story... At Sabrina E. Ogden's web site.http://myfriendscallmekate.blogspot.c...
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