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J.B. Stevens

J.B. Stevens lives in the southeastern United States with his wife and daughter. He is a crime fiction writer, memoirist, and book reviewer. He won Mystery Tribune’s inaugural micro fiction contest. His work has been published by Thriller Magazine, Out of the Gutter’s Flash Fiction Offensive, Close To The Bone, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Story and Grit, Punk Noir Magazine, and many others. He can be found online at jb-stevens.com and on Twitter @iamjbstevens.

Book Review: Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby

By J.B. Stevens

July 1, 2021

Razorblade Tears is the newest book by rising super-star S.A. Cosby. It comes out in hardcover on July 6th, 2021. It is selling for $27 from Flatiron books. The review-world is going crazy for the novel, as shown by the following praise: “A powerful blend of pulsing action, sensitive and subtle character interaction, and uncompromising…

Q&A with Chris Offutt, Author of The Killing Hills

By J.B. Stevens

June 14, 2021

I recently had the good fortune to do a short question and answer with Chris Offutt. Chris is a widely accomplished author across numerous formats—TV, comics, memoir, and fiction. He is a highly-skilled writer, and someone I personally look up to. As a fan, I was delighted to speak with him. His new novel The…

Book Review: City on the Edge by David Swinson

By J.B. Stevens

May 21, 2021

“In Beirut, death’s unremitting light shines bright for all to see, brighter than the Mediterranean sun, brighter than the night’s Russian missiles, brighter than a baby’s smile.” ―Rabih Alameddine, I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters City on the Edge, to be released by Mulholland Books on May 25th, 2021, is the latest from…

Q&A With Craig Terlson, author of Manistique

By J.B. Stevens

May 14, 2021

I recently did an email-based Q&A with Craig Terlson, author of Surf City Acid Drop, the forthcoming Manistique, and numerous other works. Craig is an immensely talented writer. His next crime novel, Manistique, is coming out in early Summer 2021. Tell us about your writing history: Becoming a serious writer was always in the back…

The Voice, The Hands, and Rattlesnake Rodeo

By J.B. Stevens

November 4, 2020

The Voice, The Hands, and Rattlesnake Rodeo is the story of Nick Kolakowski. Many of you know Kolakowski from his loveable online persona and his exciting, fast-paced fiction. Unfortunately, that could not be further from the truth. This public face is a mask. The majority of Kolakowski’s crime fiction is autobiographical. Below is the story…

Book Review: When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

By J.B. Stevens

August 18, 2020

David Joy returns with a fierce and tender tale of a father, an addict, a lawman, and the explosive events that come to unite them. Opiates steal thousands of souls every day. A modern pestilence, that feels biblical. In North Carolina, in 2018, an estimated 79% of drug overdose deaths involved opioids. During the same…

Book Review: Lost River by J. Todd Scott

By J.B. Stevens

June 19, 2020

Lost River by J. Todd Scott is a blistering crime novel on the opioid epidemic—featuring its cops, villains, and victims—written by a 25-year veteran of the DEA. As a crime-fiction aficionado, have you ever hoped Don Winslow and James Ellroy read Hillbilly Elegy and then decided to co-write a police procedural that is an exposé…

Book Review: Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic

By J.B. Stevens

June 15, 2020

“COVID-19 promises to alter us all in strange ways. It’s a paradigm-shifting event that divides lives and cultures into a before and after. We will emerge changed, though how those changes will manifest is far from certain. The sensory details of this outbreak—the masks, the faces of doctors and nurses creased with worry and fatigue,…

Book Review: Stone Cross by Marc Cameron

By J.B. Stevens

March 30, 2020

Stone Cross by Marc Cameron opens in a remote Alaskan village where Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter searches for a stone-cold killer amid a hotbed of corruption, lies, and long-buried secrets.  As a boy, I loved playing cops and robbers with my brothers. We ran through the pine trees, shooting finger guns, and wearing paint-thinner-scented…

Audiobook Review: The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan

By J.B. Stevens

October 18, 2019

My new commute is long and painful. The only positive aspect is that my auditory crime-book consumption has shot through the roof. Recently I picked up The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan, narrated by Aoife McMaon. This is a novella from the Cormac Reilly Series, technically number .5. It is a prequel to McTiernan’s bestseller The…

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