Bloodstains on the Wall: Three Stories from the Dark Side

by Mike Dennis

Overview

"Mike Dennis is a modern master of noir." -- MAX ALLAN COLLINS, author of Road To Perdition "Dennis writes true noir." -- VICKI HENDRICKS, author of Cruel Poetry "Noir with panache." -- CHARLIE STELLA, author of Johnny Porno From the other side of the human condition comes this collection of noir tales by Mike Dennis. 1. FULLY LOADED It's 1984 and Biloxi, Mississippi has seen better days. Sherry Lamar, used car saleswoman, is feeling the pinch. Then one day, a stranger walks onto her small car lot and ushers her into a world of steamy sex and murder. 2. THE DEVIL DRIVES A BIG MERCEDES An incident between a seven-year-old boy and his two younger sisters starts him on a downward spiral into self-doubt and later, depravity, that will last his entire life. 3. BLOCK A famous crime fiction novelist develops writer's block on her novel-in-progress and is unable to continue, until a mysterious early-morning phone caller claims to have the answers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615455389
Publisher:	Darqside Books
Publication date:	03/26/2011
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

After thirty years as a professional musician (piano), Mike Dennis left Key West and moved to Las Vegas to become a professional poker player. He turned to writing when his first novel, THE TAKE, was picked up by a publisher in 2009.

His next book, SETUP ON FRONT STREET, was the first in a series of Key West noir novels. The series is called Key West Nocturnes, and it will lift the veil on that town, revealing it as a true noir city, on a par with Los Angeles, New Orleans, or Miami.

THE GHOSTS OF HAVANA is the second book in that set. The third, MAN-SLAUGHTER, is now available, and the fourth, THE GUNS OF MIAMI, will be coming in 2013.

Mike started the Jack Barnett / Las Vegas series, centering around a reluctant ex-private investigator living in Sin City, USA. The first entry in that series is a novelette called TEMPTATION TOWN, currently available. The second entry, a novelette called HARD CASH, is also available, as is the third, a full novel called THE DOWNTOWN DEAL.

Mike also has a collection of short stories, BLOODSTAINS ON THE WALL. In addition, his stories have been published in A Twist Of Noir, Mysterical e, Powder Burn Flash, Slow Trains, and The Wizards Of Words 2009 Anthology.

In late 2010, Mike moved back to Key West, where he enjoys year-round island living with his wife Yleana, whom he married on a warm December night in 2012 on the rooftop of an apartment building in Havana, Cuba.

http://mikedennisnoir.com

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