Keith Rawson, Cameron James Ashley and Liam Jose have taken the original Crimefactory zine that was created by David Honeybone and resurrected like a Romero zombie. And make no mistake Barbara, Crimefactory is coming to get you.
Their hard work has paid off and the first issue went live sometime over night and it’s packed high and tight with all sorts goodness.
The Table of Contents for the first issue includes:
- Gordon Harries on Red Harvest
- Scott Phillips on Charles Willeford
- An excerpt from the unpublished Ken Bruen novel Killer
- The Nerd of Noir writes a double feature movie review of The Silent Partner and Straight Time
- Adrian McKinty does a chapter by chapter “commentary track” on Fifty Grand
New short stories include:
- “Trespassing Between Heaven & Hell” by Frank Bill
- “Nothing Personal” by Steve Weddle
- “The Suitcase” by Dave White
- “Good Bones” by Hilary Davidson
Book reviews include:
- Crime by Alix Lambert reviewed by Cameron Ashley
- The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
- The Good Son by Russel D. McLean reviewed by The Nerd of Noir
- The Grove by John Rector reviewed by Keith Rawson
- In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
- American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell reviewed by Patti AbbottThis Wicked World by Richard Lange reviewed by Keith Rawson
Comic reviews include:
- Trashman Lives! by Spain Rodriguez reviewed by Jimmy Callaway
- Daytripper #1 – 2 by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon reviewed by Kieran Shea
Movie reviews include:
- Harry Brown reviewed by Liam Jose
- Pontypool reviewed by Patti Abbott
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans reviewed by Liam Jose
Albert Camus said that “We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, and our ravages” and he was right on but when he said that “our task is not to unleash them on the world” he obviously wasn’t talking about the Crimefactory.
Even though there isn’t anything by me in it you should check out the first issue here.
