Spinetingler Magazine Official Re-launch

For the last month or so, Spinetingler has been in the middle of a facelift and working in a live beta mode while doing so.  This week is our “official” re-launch, and we would like to invite everyone to stop by; we have a lot planned.  We made a decision to shift away from issue-based publications and towards a continuous publication format.

At the same time we wanted to split the mystery and crime fiction content off of the parent site, BSC Review, to give it room to breathe and bring it into greater relief.  Any questions, concerns or comments about the launch can be directed to me (Brian Lindenmuth).

What can be expected at Spinetingler?  One of our goals is to try and cover mystery and crime fiction in all of its forms.  Great crime fiction can be found in television, movies, comics, music, short stories, novels, and so much more.  Since talking about great crime fiction is the goal, we want to talk about all these mediums.

For the last few weeks Spinetingler has been reviewing the best that crime novels offer, and we will continue to do so.  In addition to all of the book reviews, we have been bringing you reviews and criticism of movies and weekly updates of some of the best crime shows on TV. We’ve even squeezed in some crime comics reviews.  This coverage is hopefully just the start and will continue to grow.

Spinetingler will be debuting two brand new original short stories this week.  For the next three months we will be featuring two brand new original stories a month and then we will switch to one new story a month.

Here is what you can look forward to for the next week at Spinetingler:

On Monday Spinetingler will post an original story by Hillary Davidson and we will kick off our annual Conversations with the Bookless series, which is a continuation of last year’s BSC Review series.  The Conversations series will run on weekdays for the next couple of weeks.

On Tuesday we will have a review of this week’s episode of Justified and an exclusive interview with P.D. James.

On Wednesday we will be debuting a new weekly column that focuses on crime songs, and we will be announcing all of the nominees for the 2010 Spinetingler Awards.  The voting polls will open also.

On Thursday we have an article on Asian crime fiction and an exclusive article by Adrian McKinty.

On Friday we will publish the second original short story, and we will have an exclusive interview with Robert Crais.

On Saturday we will be running two articles.  The first is titled “The Greater Bruen Mythos,” and the second is titled “The Wire: The Feminine Equation.”

On Sunday, in addition to our weekly wrap-up, our weekly coverage of Breaking Bad will continue.

We don’t want to talk to you or at you.  We want to talk with you.  So stop on by and talk to us.  We’d love to hear from you.  Come find us at http://www.spinetinglermag.com/.