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This page lists novels, short story collections and non-fiction by Bill Crider.

Collaborative novels and novels published using the pen names Jack Buchanan, Jack MacLane and Colby Jackson are included. Books edited by Bill Crider are also listed.

No doubt the list is incomplete and it is likely that some pseudonyms have been missed.

Cover images are, when possible, of the first US edition and a more recent paperback or digital edition.

Written by Bill Crider:
- novels, story collections
- non-fiction

Edited by Bill Crider:
- anthologies

Nick Carter: The Coyote Connection

Bill Crider / Jack Davis

1981

"On a mission of assassination, a group of Mid-East terrorists begin their underground journey in the U.S. The point of entry: Brownsville-Matamoros region of Texas. Method: Slip in with the masses of illegal aliens that make it across the border daily. Identities: Unknown! And if Nick Carter does not stop them dead. The legislative powers of the U.S. will grind to a halt. With panic no far behind!"

Too Late to Die

Bill Crider

Ivy

1986

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Jeanne Clinton was a pretty and well-liked woman - though in her younger days she'd been known to be a bit wild. But she married an older man and settled down to a quiet, respectable life. Now she is dead, brutally murdered in her home. Dan Rhodes, the thoughtful, hard-working sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, has enough to worry about already: a rash of burglaries in town and an election coming up against a hot-shot opponent. Now he's got to find a killer among the residents of his little town—a wily killer, bound and determined not to be caught. The deeper Rhodes digs into the hearts and minds of his neighbors, the more secrets he turned up...and the more violence he encounters. But Rhodes doesn't give up easily. And neither does the killer."

Shotgun Saturday Night

Bill Crider

1987

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"…. Then Bert Ramsey is shot to death, and serious crime takes over. A tattoo on the body discloses that Ramsey was once a member of Los Muertos, a violent motorcycle gang from the city, and current members of the gang turn up in Blacklin County. There are questions: Where did the town handyman get the money to buy two color television sets, two VCRs, and a houseful of new furniture? Not to mention six thousand dollars in cash rolled up in a sock in Bert's dresser drawer. Dan Rhodes doesn't have access to the high-tech detection methods of city police—and probably wouldn't use them if he had. Dan has to talk to people and sift the facts from the lies. If he is careful, he believes, and keeps it up, he'll usually get results. "Keeping it up" involves tangling with Wyneva Greer, Ramsey's former girlfriend now living with a mysterious newcomer to the town, Buster Cullens. Buster becomes the next murder victim—of the same killer? Rhodes isn't sure. He soon tangles with the bikers, sustaining a certain amount of damage in the process."

Cursed to Death

Bill Crider

1988

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"In tiny Blacklin County, Texas, a curse is nothing more than a four-letter word hollered in a barroom or muttered in the heat. So Sheriff Dan Rhodes is more curious than concerned when he dutifully responds to a complaint of witchcraft. When Dr. Samuel Martin, the local dentist - and unpopular landlord - claims he's been hexed by a tenant, Rhodes does his best to smooth things out between the distressed D.D.S. and the would-be witch. But in two shakes of a black cat's tail, the good doctor disappears... and his wife turns up bludgeoned to death. For Rhodes, it means there's a bad moon rising over Blacklin County. And now he's got to do the voodoo he does best - asking pointed questions and extracting the painful truth from some tight-lipped suspects who also bite."

One Dead Dean

Bill Crider

1988

A Carl Burns novel.

"Hartley Gorman College, in Pecan City, Texas, is hardly a bastion of serious scholarship. The little Baptist school is more interested in shielding its students from the evil influence of The World, The Flesh, and The Devil than in turning out future Nobelists. But its staff, by and large, is worthy of a more demanding institution; they are victims of a glutted market in PhDs and they do the best they can. So it is they who are most upset at Dean Elmore's "secret plan" to award credit hours for 'undirected study' by 'independent scholars' - in plain words, to turn the school into a diploma mill. Which may be why Dean Elmore, shortly after unveiling his plan, is found bludgeoned to death at his desk. It is certainly why, at his funeral, there is not a wet eye in the house. Or so observes Carl Burns, Hartley Gorman professor of English literature, through whose eyes we see both the crime and the larger picture of this wacky denominational Texas school."

Ryan Rides Back

Bill Crider

l988

A western novel.

"Bill Kane was going to hang for murdering Ryan's sister... After three long years, folks were shocked Ryan would show his face after abandoning his sister to her bloody fate. Others were amazed - and frightened - that he was back at all. No man could have survived that night in Shatter's Grove. But Ryan was no ordinary man, and Tularosa was in for more shocks and surprises, because Ryan was back for justice - and the real truth behind his sister's betrayal and murder."

Keepers of the Beast

Jack MacLane (Bill Crider)

l988

A horror novel.

"Something strange is stirring in Bayou City. Screams in the night. Mutilated animals. The murder of a college student. Barry Shannon wants to know why, and he he wants to know what's happening in the strange house on the edge of town, the one everyone avoids. He should have let well enough alone because it was better never to have found . . . the Keepers of the Beast."

Galveston Gunman

Bill Crider

l989

A western novel.

"Lee Strate has been shot and left for dead by two men who stole every penny of his $5000 fortune. His life is saved by Jack, a freed black man who agrees to help him track down his money. Heading to Galveston, they discover the thieves are working for the powerful Colonel Benson. Lee and Jack discover that Colonel Benson is involved in agitating racial tension among Galveston’s dock workers, the Cotton Jammers. Telling the white workers that the blacks are trying to take over, and telling the blacks that the whites are taking unfair advantage of them, Benson has worked both parties into a frenzy. The unrest is likely to come to a head just when President Grant is due in town. The hunt for the thieves becomes deadly, and Lee and Jack begin to realize the shattering implications of the sinister political plot that has enmeshed them all."

A Time for Hanging

Bill Crider

1989

A western novel.

"Lizzie Randall, the preacher's daughter, is murdered. The men of the west Texas town are set on lynching Paco Morales, a Mexican teenager who happened to be in the vicinity at the time. No proof, but, after all, he is only a Mexican. Reason and/or conscience work on most of the would-be lynchers, so that, in the end justice is served. The list of suspects grows to include almost everyone in the story, thus providing an agreeable tangle of clues."

Dying Voices

Bill Crider

1989

A Carl Burns novel.

"Pecan City, Texas, is a quiet, uneventful town. Hartley Gorman is a sedate, fundamentalist college. English professor Carl Burns is about to begin yet another year in such a place, with only the eccentricities of his fellow teachers to entertain him. Even Burns, perpetual worrier that he is, envisions the worst of his problems to be the pigeons that have roosted in the attic above his office and the uninspired students that have enrolled for his classes. But what Burns hasn't counted on is the Edward Street Seminar, a conference that Burns has been assigned to run, which honors one Edward Street, former HGC professor and, lately, Hollywood celebrity. When Street comes back to Hartley Gorman and proceeds to offend everyone in town, and then turns up dead in his motel room, there is no shortage of suspects and Burns really begins to worry!."

Death on the Move

Bill Crider

1989

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Someone in Blacklin County, Texas, is being disrespectful of the dead, and Sheriff Dan Rhodes must put a stop to it. First, there's the matter of the bodies at Ballinger's Funeral Home and the apparent misplacing of their valuables; the bereaved are beside themselves. There'd best be immediate action or the bell could toll again, this time for Sheriff Dan's reputation as the guardian of justice and decency in these parts. As if that weren't enough to contend with, yet another body tumbles into Sheriff Dan's path—out of a closet this time, and trussed up in most unsavory fashion. More disrespect, but obviously a separate case from the funeral home. Or is it? Tough questions on every side, and guess who's expected to come up with the answers before he gets carried away by Death On the Move?"

Goodnight, Moom

Jack MacLane (Bill Crider)

l989

A horror novel.

"Harry never cared for reading or writing. He never showed any interest in baseball or TV. Harry lived for other things - like the pleasing sound of living creatures screaming in agony. And the soothing feel of warm blood running through his fingers. But when his grisly experiments progressed beyond stray pets and farm animals to classmates, Harry’s dad decided to lock the boy away for good in the family basement. After all, the neighbors might begin to talk… In the solitude of the dank, musty cellar, Harry waited and grew… and grew… and GREW! And while he waited, he was counseled by his one and only friend - the bright silvery orb in the inight sky that he called 'Moom.' Harry spoke to Moom. And Moom spoke to Harry. Moom told Harry what he should do when he finally broke out of his subterranean prison … Moom told Harry to kill… and Kill… and KILL…."

Blood Dreams

Jack MacLane (Bill Crider)

1989

A horror novel.

"Hubert is a killer. He loves the sport of it - the thrill of the hunt - and Hubert can feel and share in the pain of his victims as they breathe their final breath. Larry is a young boy who dreams about death before it happens. He can't remember his dreams by day, but by night he is haunted by the faces and words of the dying. When the two end up in the same town, and become aware of one another, a classic battle of good and evil ensues."

Evil at the Root

Bill Crider

1990

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"In this latest Sheriff Dan Rhodes investigates the apparent theft of a set of false teeth from one of the elderly residents of the Sunny Dale Nursing Home. The case, which begins as one merely embarrassing (Ah ain't got no TEEF!) quickly turns serious when the owner of the missing dentures, one Lloyd Bobbit, is found suffocated with a plastic grocery bag. The prime suspect is a fellow Sunny Daler, Maurice Kennedy, who was known to have had no love for the cantankerous Bobbit—a feud that originated way, way back in the youth of the two men. Now Kennedy is missing—but is he the killer or another victim? Meanwhile, Rhodes and his two attenuated jailers have been hit with a lawsuit claiming dangerous and inhumane conditions at the local jail. There's not much of a case, considering that the town's best cook provides the prisoners' meals. With all that's going on, Rhodes scarcely has time to pay proper attention to his fortunately ever-patient fiancée, Ivy Daniel."

Medicine Show

Bill Crider

1990

A western novel.

"Ray Storey joined the Colonel's Authentic Indian Medicine Show with one thought in mind: he'd travel every small East Texas town until he'd find Sam Hawkins. Then he would kill him. During a bank robbery, the Haekins brothers had killed his kid brother.Now he was out for revenge and he fantasized about the way he would get it. While he was hunting Hawkins, Storey enjoyed taking on the Kit Carson role, wearing a fringed frontier costume and dazzling the crowd with his trick shooting. But when the showdown with Hawkins finally happened, Storey wasn't prepared for it. The reality of his revenge wasn't quie what he'd planned on and Storey knew he had to throw away his act and fight with real bullets. This time he had to fight for his own life."

Rest In Peace

Jack MacLane (Bill Crider)

1990

A horror novel.

"Danny West knew that something was wrong from the first day his folks moved into the rundown house next to the creepy graveyard. The neighborhood kids would never come over to play. At night, he saw weird shadows prowling around the crumbling tombstones, and heard strange gurgling sounds. But his parents wouldn’t listen to him. They said he had a good imagination… Then bad things started to happen. Terrible, gruesome things that even scared his dad. There was something in the graveyard. Something in the graveyard. Something that no kid could ever have imagined. Something that should have been left alone to Rest In Peace."

Just Before Dark

Jack MacLane (Bill Crider)

1990

A horror novel.

"It’s just an old junkyard, a place where Lane Hamner loved to play among the rusty old car bodies. But you never know what you might find in a junkyard, especially when your uncle isn’t the kindly old gentleman you think he is. He’s actually the kind of man who would put someone into a car that’s about to be run through the crusher, just to get rid of him. Frank Castella isn’t so easy to get rid of, however. When his spirit takes over the junkyard, bent on revenge, a lot of people are going to die, and Frank isn’t going to make it easy on them."

A Vampire Named Fred

Bill Crider

1990

A young person book.

"When someone finally moves into the old, dark, musty house next door, two boys make an unusual friend. 'I always thought that vampires had to have names like Dracula or Vlad or Lestat, but that was before Fred moved into the house next door. In fact, I had a lot of wrong ideas about vampires, but Fred set me straight about most of them.' In a funny, lively story the boys set out to help Fred lead a 'normal' life."

Dead on the Island

Bill Crider

1991

A Truman Smith novel.

"PI Truman Smith has become a loner after failing to find his sister Jan during a recent search of Galveston Island. He jogs on the Seawall, plays with his cat, and reads lots of Faulkner books. He is pulled from his self-imposed retirement when his old high school football buddy Dino asks him to find a young girl named Sharon. As Tru begins his investigation, dead bodies begin to appear and Tru himself is attacked. His search for Sharon takes him to all sorts of interesting places on and near the Island."

Blood Marks

Bill Crider

1991

"He's smart, he's attractive, and he has a special vision: whenever he sees the blood marks on a woman--marks only he can see--he knows what he must do. Kill her. Brutally. And not leave a trace of himself behind. Nine women have died so far. And pretty Casey Buckner may be next. A young divorcee who's recently moved into an apartment complex near the Astrodome, Casey's already met three men in the building: a married accountant, a single writer, and a psychologist. One of them is a serial killer. But which one...?"

Gator Kill

Bill Crider

1992

A Truman Smith novel.

"After he failed to find his missing sister, whose remains finally turned up in a bag in an overgrown field, Texas PI Truman Smith retired to become a housepainter on Galveston Island. But when an alligator is killed and its carcass left on display on a family friend's property, Tru is persuaded to search for the culprit. Soon the brooding gumshoe is stumbling over the bodies of dead humans, is shot at and run down by a souped-up four-by-four as he's embroiled in a plot complete with crooked police, a possible land-grabbing sheme and assorted bad guys."

Booked for a Hanging

Bill Crider

1992

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Sheriff Dan Rhodes is confronted with what seems at first to be a suicide: the body of a man newly arrived in the county is found hanged in the dilapidated building he has taken over for his business. Simon Graham was a rare-book dealer. If it seems unlikely to find such an arcane entrepreneur in this extremely rural and sparsely populated part of Texas, it becomes less strange when it turns out that Graham was more con man than bibliophile. The presumed suicide begins to look more and more like murder when several newcomers swoop down on the scene and try to beat out one another to find a reputedly valuable rare book that Graham was rumored to have among his collection of hardly worthwhile items. Although Rhodes's two attenuated and eccentric jailhouse employees have gone overboard for the magic of the department's new computer, the steady, if put-upon, Rhodes and his clear-eyed observations of human nature have invariably been more useful to the solution of a crime - and that is still true in the case of the hanged book dealer."

The Texas Capitol Murders

Bill Crider

1992

"It's the end of the '80s. The Texas capitol building is being remodeled, and there's a body dumped in the trash. There's a witness who needs to be eliminated, and there's a slightly strange governor who wants the Texas Rangers called in. Political intrigue, murder, romance, and humor with a Texas twang."

My Heart Cries For You

Bill Crider

1992

Published as a limited edition signed hardback and slightly larger edition paperback.

Murder Most Fowl

Bill Crider

1994

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"For an officer of the law, Blacklin County, Texas, used to be pretty peaceful, but now, what with the emu-rustling, cockfights, and protests at the new Wal-Mart store — not to mention murder - Sheriff Dan Rhodes has his hands full. Hit hard by the collapse of his little hardware store, Elijah ('Lige') Ward has taken to chaining himself to the Wal-Mart doors and generally making a nuisance of himself. And when Lige's dead body turns up, floating down a river in a portable toilet, Rhodes finds he has quite a case to investigate. What was the connection between Lige and chickens? Lige and the Palm Club? And was he involved in the area's emu thefts? It seems that raising emus ('taste like steak, not chicken') is a booming business, so much so that emu ('calmer than ostriches and more resistant to disease') are being stolen left, right, and center by would-be emu ranchers with little respect for the law. From theft to murder, the local crime spree seems unstoppable. But with a little help from the computer foisted on him by aging deputies Hack and Lawton, plus some good old-fashioned detective work, Rhodes just may be able to straighten out his county."

. . . A Dangerous Thing

Bill Crider

1994

A Carl Burns novel.

"Professor Carl Burns knew the new dean wasn't going to work out when she bought the two goats. And that was the least of the problems. Hartley Gorman College was being attacked - with a vengeance - by the forces of political correctness, and the new dean was an unreconstructed hippie. Courses would have to be rewritten, manners watched... and everyone knew Burns should have been the new dean, anyway. As if this weren't enough to contend with, Tom Henderson's fatal fall through a window definitely wasn't part of the planned curriculum. But figuring out whodunit is going to be a lot more interesting for Burns than grading papers for his developmental English class."

When Old Men Die

Bill Crider

1994

A Truman Smith novel.

"Truman 'Tru' Smith is a PI who'd rather be reading Faulkner or fishing on his beloved Galveston Island than solving mysteries, so when his friend Dino asks for help, Tru at first demurs. With some not-very-subtle arm twisting, Dino finally persuades Tru to investigate the disappearance of Old Harry, a homeless vagrant whom Dino and his family have 'adopted.' Tru makes some half-hearted efforts to find the old geezer--who Tru figures probably disappeared because he felt like it--but only succeeds in getting shot at, doused in the Gulf, and bopped on the head. Of course, these events not only make Tru cross, they also rouse his suspicions about why somebody is so determined to keep him from finding out the real reasons for Old Harry's disappearance. It's not long before Tru discovers that some very nasty business is going on."

Winning Can Be Murder

Bill Crider

1996

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"It's been a while since Sheriff Dan Rhodes's football days, but things haven't really changed, at least not with state playoffs coming up and excitement for the local high school team heating up to a fever pitch. But then coach Brady Meredith is found shot to death in his car, and his murder leads to troublesome rumors concerning illegal betting, black market steroids and the sheriff's old nemesis, a biker named Rapper, who has reappeared in Blacklin County. Too many coincidences for Rhodes's comfort. Especially when another corpse makes it a second down for a killer determined to lead Sheriff Rhodes into a game of sudden death."

The Prairie Chicken Kill

Bill Crider

1996

A Truman Smith novel.

"That Truman Smith was sitting in a frayed lawn chair reading an old paperback copy of Tobacco Road was not remarkable. And strange as it sounds, it wasn't particularly noteworthy that someone wanted Smith to look into the murder of a prairie chicken; after all, he'd investigated and solved the murder of an alligator, hadn't he? The Attwater's Prairie Chicken isn't really a chicken, it's a grouse. And there are only about 108 of them in the world. The murdered bird was on Lance Garrison's land, and part of his deal with the government was that the small flock would be protected. Garrison's wealth - and his radio station - made him a likely target for trouble, but this was unexpected. Also unexpected was the reason the prairie chicken was killed ... and all the deaths that were to follow, and not of other endangered species. Some people in Picketville, Texas, had decided that Truman Smith endangered them and that he had to be stopped. The result was a deadly game of chicken, with Smith everyone's favorite target."

Murder Takes a Break

Bill Crider

1996

A Truman Smith novel.

"In Murder Takes a Break, Galveston, Texas principal investigator Truman Smith loathes missing person cases because they either end up badly for his clients, or the person does not want to be found. So only as a personal favor to his friend Dino would Tru accept the case of missing college student, Randall Kirbo, who disappeared in the area while on Spring break nine months ago. After sifting the facts from the very minimal police investigation on the case, Tru tracks Randall to a house owend by a local vice queen, Big Al. Another kid who attended the same party was later found dead on the beach As the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that this is anything but a typical missing person's case, and the party - and it's attendants - hold the clues to a killer, and his case."

Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster

Bill Crider

1996

A young person book.

"When a pair of sewer monsters is discovered in the storm drains, a young boy and his friends blame the subsequent chaos on Mike 'Gonzo' Chilton and must save the town of Midgeville from certain disaster."

Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man

Bill Crider

1996

A young person book.

"When Mike Gonzo and his friends see an empty pair of Reeboks run into an alley, they decide to follow, and find themselves in deep trouble."

Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror

Bill Crider

1996

A young person book.

"Laughing at local reports of UFO sightings and the kid who claims he was abducted, Bob and Big T reluctantly follow the troublesome Mike Gonzo onto the UFO he discovers and are amazed when the ship takes off with them inside."

The Adventures Of Wishbone: Muttketeer!

Bill Crider

1997

A young person book.

"Locked out of the school while Joe and his friends are inside, Wishbone imagines himself as D'Artagnan, a young seventeenth-century Frenchman who achieves his dream of becoming one of the prestigious musketeers who guard the king and his court."

Death by Accident

Bill Crider

1998

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes' cases usually concern the bad boys of rural Blacklin County, or the slightly wacky citizens who are causing trouble that tends to be funny rather than criminal. But although at first the dead man floating in the old swimming pool at the edge of town seems to have been an accident victim - a staggering drunk tumbling into the water - Rhodes and his small but colorful staff soon uncover murder. It's the second strange death in two weeks (the other was that of John West, killed when he blew up carrying a gasoline can across a field). But where was the Cherokee wagon John was carrying the gas to? And why is his widow so jaunty? West was a solid citizen; Pep Yeldell, the swimming pool decedent, was a man with many enemies. In his quiet way, Rhodes goes about looking for a connection and a killer."

Murder under Blue Skies

Willard Scott and Bill Crider

1998

A Stanley Waters novel.

"After twenty years on the national airwaves, a renowned weatherman is looking forward to semi-retirement and a sunny future. About to realize his lifelong dream of opening up his own bed and breakfast in his old hometown in Virginia, there's not a cloud on the horizon. But at his gala grand opening, one of the guests drops dead, leading the police to suspect poison! As it turns out, the victim was on more than one person's hit list, but who went so far as murder? And why? As the meteorologist pursues these questions, one thing becomes clear as day - the killer will strike again, and a storm front is coming with a fifty percent chance of survival!"

Murder in the Mist

Willard Scott and Bill Crider

1999

A Stanley Waters novel.

"In the second mystery of their new series, celebrity weatherman Willard Scott and noted mystery-writer Bill Crider place retired weatherman Stanley Waters in jeopardy again. The residents of tiny Higgins, Virginia, are restaging the Civil War skirmish that put their town on the map, and Stanley, owner of the local Bed and Breakfast is determined to assist. Although none of the soldiers are given loaded weapons, real gunfire erupts, leaving Stanley injured and a local businessman dead. With quite a few suspects, Stanley cannot resist doing a little investigation of his own into the small town jealousies and resentments that surround him."

Murder Is An Art

Bill Crider

1999

A Sally Good novel.

"Dr. Sally Good, head of the English and Fine Arts Division of Hughes Community College in Texas, is forced to turn sleuth when the chairman of the Art Department turns up dead and the husband of a student the dead man had been accused of molesting becomes the prime suspect."

Outrage at Blanco

Bill Crider

1999

An Ellie Taine western novel.

"On a bloody day in 1887, death came to Blanco, Texas. Before the sun went down, the livery stable was torched, an outlaw gang robbed the bank, two men were killed, and young newlywed Ellie Taine was raped. One of the dead was the man who planned the robbery - the son of dying, legendary Texas Ranger Jonathan Crossland - the other was Ellie's husband, an innocent bystander. The dead don't know fear. Ellie is dead inside. She takes a gun and rides out after the desperadoes, cold-blooded and fearless, determined to kill the men who ruined her life. She's joined by Jonathan Crossland, who only has days left to live... but would rather die in his saddle making amends for his son than rot in his bed. Together, Ellie and Jonathan set out on a mission of vengeance and justice, one that neither of them expects nor hopes to survive."

Texas Vigilante

Bill Crider

1999

An Ellie Taine western novel.

"Ellie Taine thought she had put away her guns for good. But she hadn't counted on Angel Ware. Having sprung himself from prison, he now wants revenge on Lane Tolbert, the man who put him there, a man who now works as a hired hand on Ellie's ranch. Thirsty for blood, Angel tracks Tolbert to Ellie's ranch, wounding him and kidnapping his daughter Laurie. Childless herself, Ellie doesn't want to lose the girl that she had grown so close to. She knows that by the time the law can react, Laurie could be dead. Reluctantly, but knowing what is at stake, Ellie resolves to once again saddle her horse and load her guns, prepared to exact the only justice she can rely on."

A Ghost of a Chance

Bill Crider

2000

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"The Blacklin County Texas law enforcer is back to solve even more mysteries. Some of the most amusing sequences in Crider's Blacklin county mysteries are set in the jailhouse, and star the ongoing word battles between its two septuagarian denizens, Hack the dispatcher and Lawton, the jailer. This time no one at the jailhouse is laughing and Rhodes has a new problem. Not only is the jailhouse itself rumored to be haunted, but a mysterious corpse is found in an open grave in the neighboring town. Rhodes uses his laid back sleuthing skills to find the answers to these puzzling events."

The Nighttime is the Right Time

Bill Crider

2000

A short story collection.

"The Nighttime is the Right Time is a collection of short fiction from the author of the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. In these 11 previously published tales, we meet a detective who also happens to be a werewolf; investigate two separate missing-animal cases; tag along with series characters Carl Burns (the amateur-sleuth English teacher) and Dan Rhodes; watch Elvis Presley hunting a vampire; and check out a handful of other interesting puzzles."

• Gored
• Cap'n Bob And Gus
• Poo-Poo
• See What The Boys In The Locked Room Will Have
• The Santa Claus Caper
• It Happened At Grandmother's House
• The Nighttime Is The Right Time
• An Evening Out With Carl
• Blest Be The Ties
• King Of The Night
• How I Found A Cat, Lost True Love, And Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo

A Romantic Way to Die

Bill Crider

2001

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"When Vernell Lindsey, Clearview's newly published romance novelist, decides to hold a romance writer's convention, residents think this will finally get their town on the map. They are even more excited when they learn that former Clearview resident Terry Don Coslin will headline the event-Terry Don is now the most sought after male cover model for these very novels. Rhodes doesn't understand why so many people are interested in writing, but this becomes the least of his concerns when a local aspiring novelist is found dead in her room at the college. Was her death the work of a jealous rival? Or did her new book get a bit too close to certain people's real lives? As he investigates, Rhodes begins to learn more about the publishing industry and some sordid facts Terry Don. Is he at all connected to the murder? When another murder occurs, Rhodes receives the unwelcome aid of two aspiring novelists, eager to switch from romance to mysteries. Their theories are a little too far from the truth, but Rhodes does make some headway on his own."

We'll Always Have Murder: A Humphrey Bogart Mystery

Bill Crider

2001

"Humphrey Bogart and down-and-out Hollywood private-eye Terry Scott team up to thwart a scheme to blackmail Bogie for murder and find themselves tangling with gangsters and trying not to trip over corpses. Their investigation takes them to glamorous restaurants like The Brown Derby where the stars go to be seen, and to other, darker, more dangerous places where names are changed and faces are hidden from public view. As Bogie and Terry dig deeper, they uncover too many secrets that someone doesn't want known, and they find themselves the targets of a killer. Getting through alive will take all the smarts, toughness and grit of a character in a Humphrey Bogart movie!"

A Knife in the Back

Bill Crider

2002

A Sally Good novel.

"Dr. Sally Good, Chair of the English department at Hughes Community College, is plunged back into a maelstrom of academic politics, intrigue, and murder when her date, fellow faculty member Jack Neville, is arrested for the brutal killing of one of the college's trustees."

Red, White, and Blue Murder

Bill Crider

2003

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Struggling with a series of frustrations including the cancellation of the Fourth of July fireworks display, an uprising in the local prison, and false accusations by a reporter, Blacklin County sheriff Dan Rhodes begins to wonder at the reporter's hidden agenda in the wake of a murder and arson case."

Dead Soldiers

Bill Crider

2004

A Carl Burns novel.

"First, someone steals several valuable toy soldiers from the collection of the dean of a small liberal arts school. The dean asks Carl Burns, Chair of the English Department, to look into things. Then a college board member is killed, and one of the stolen soldiers is found at the scene. After another attempted murder, another soldier is found, making a clear link between the stolen toys and the shooting. Burns begins asking questions and finds himself involved with a varied cast of characters, all of whom appear to have some connection to both toy soldiers and the murder."

A Bond with Death

Bill Crider

2004

A Sally Good novel.

"Her small campus community reputation compromised by rumors that she is a Salem witch descendant, professor Sally Good finds herself accused of murdering a rival instructor and must identify the true killer in order to clear her name."

A Mammoth Murder

Bill Crider

2006

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"One hot summer morning, big, tough Bud Turley brings an enormous tooth into the Blacklin County police station and asks Sheriff Dan Rhodes to keep it for him until the paleontologist from the community college comes up to examine it. Turley insists that the tooth is proof that Bigfoot roams the woods - unless it is from a prehistoric animal, which Rhodes thinks is more likely. But Turley's buddy Larry Colley has maintained for years that he's seen Bigfoot. Most inhabitants of Blacklin County have avoided those woods, but Colley and Bud are at home there, and Turley is ready to crow over his find. However, the next day his body is found in the forest, leaving Larry Colley more certain than ever that a monster is lurking there. Dan Rhodes is not sure that Bud's death is the work of an ordinary criminal. And he wouldn't be too surprised if somehow feral hogs were involved; Rhodes knows what many Texans don't - it is estimated that at least a million and a half feral hogs roam the state; many believe it could be twice that many. But when the sheriff is faced with the murder of an elderly woman in the small store she ran at the edge of the woods, he knows he has a human killer on his hands."

Murder Among the OWLS

Bill Crider

2007

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"When Dan finds Helen Harris' body on her kitchen floor, there is nothing to indicate that her death wasn't an accident. But why was the cat out? Helen had been active in a number of women's groups, one of which was the OWLS, the Older Women's Literary Society. She and some other women would also venture out with digging tools to look for ancient booty in the lands around the town. They didn't usually find much, but every now and then someone would dig up a coin or a piece of jewelry with potential. Could this have been the reason for Helen's death? The investigation becomes more complicated as Rhodes learns that she actually had a number of suitors. Also, a news-hungry reporter who smells a juicy story gives Rhodes more trouble."

Houston Homicide

Bill Crider and Clyde Wilson

2007

"Set in Texas in 1969, this is a fast-paced story of a man dedicated to his job and determined to bring a killer to justice - no matter what the cost."

Of All Sad Words

Bill Crider

2008

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Strangers are moving into Blacklin County, and none of them is any stranger than Seepy Benton, a math teacher whom the county judge suspects is a wild-eyed radical. Benton and Max Schwartz, who has opened a music store, are among the students in the Citizens’ Sheriff’s Academy, which seemed like a good idea when Sheriff Dan Rhodes presented it to the county commissioners. However, when a mobile home explodes and a dead body is found, the students become the chief suspects, and the commissioners aren’t happy. To make matters worse, there’s another murder, and one of Rhodes’s old antagonists returns with his partner in crime to cause even more trouble."

Murder in Four Parts

Bill Crider

2009

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"When Sheriff Dan Rhodes is asked to join the Clearview Barbershop Chorus, he suspects that there's an ulterior motive, mainly because he can't sing a note. He's momentarily distracted by a rogue alligator on the loose, but shortly afterward, Lloyd Berry, the director of the chorus, is murdered. Berry is suspected of embezzling money, and he's leaked the information that a member of the chorus ordered a singing valentine for a woman who isn't his wife. Later, Rhodes discovers that Berry has been gambling on eight-liners at Rollin' Sevens, a barely legal operation in a strip center on the outskirts of town. Rhodes sorts through clues that involve geocaching and barbershop singing with the help of a few oddball local characters before he solves the crime."

Murder in the Air

Bill Crider

2010

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"There’s a big stink in Blacklin County, and everyone seems to think Sheriff Dan Rhodes should do something about it. The smell is coming from the giant chicken farm owned by Lester Hamilton. Rhodes sees this as a matter for the state’s air-quality enforcement agency, not the county sheriff. That all changes, however, when Hamilton is found dead, floating in an old rock pit not far from the town of Clearview. Hamilton had probably been engaged in the act of noodling for catfish, which is not only highly dangerous but illegal in Texas. Rhodes suspects that Hamilton didn’t die by accident, though. There are plenty of suspects, including an eccentric community college professor and one of his colleagues, who lives near the chicken farm and has to wear a respirator mask to ward off the smell. Also, someone known in the county as Robin Hood is going around shooting arrows into utility poles as a protest. When semi-nude protestors arrive at the chicken farm, things really begin to get out of hand."

Mississippi Vivian

Bill Crider and Clyde Wilson

2010

"Private eye Ted Stephens is investigating a simple case of insurance fraud in Losgrove, Mississippi, but the case changes when a series of claimants are murdered and Stephens suspects the residents of the small town of keeping secrets."

The Wild Hog Murders

Bill Crider

2011

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Like most of the rest of Texas, Blacklin County is being overrun with feral hogs that destroy farmland and crops. There's hardly any defense against these pests, but they haven't been the cause of murder. Until now. A mother and son have opened an animal shelter in the county and they welcome even feral hogs. Someone's threatened them by slaughtering one of their animals and leaving it on their doorstep. Then Sheriff Dan Rhodes and Deputy Ruth Grady stumble across a dead man while searching the woods for a convenience store robber. The investigation into the man's death is complicated by angry hog hunters, a crusading talk-show host, a bounty hunter named Hoss, conflicts with the county commissioners, and the reappearance of Rapper and Nellie, the inept two-man motorcycle gang that's caused Rhodes considerable trouble in the past. By the time he's sorted through all the clues, Rhodes discovers that quite a few people aren't who they seemed to be, including those he's known for a long time. And some of them are killers."

A Werewolf Named Wayne

Bill Crider

2011

"Al's new next-door neighbors have just arrived in a smoke-belching DeSoto convertible. They may travel in style, but there's more to them than meets their strangely eerie eyes. Things are going to get hairy as Al gets to know these new additions to the neighborhood. He's ready to face any challenges they bring--secret construction projects and cravings for canned dog food included. But first Al may have to answer a tough question: is it harder being friends with a werewolf, or a girl?."

Dead Man's Revenge

Colby Jackson (Bill Crider)

2011

A Rancho Diablo western novel. Probably only published electronically.

"Western action explodes as Sam Blaylock fights to save Rancho Diablo. Has a dead man returned to take revenge against Sam, or is there something more human at work? Even the law doesn't seem to be on Sam's side as he takes on enemies that strike in the night."

Death's Brother

Bill Crider

2011

Electronic publication of a short story that was originally published in New Mystery Magazine in 1992.

"A poetry-loving professor, a beautiful young woman, and a plot for the perfect murder. What could possibly go wrong?."

The Girl Who Wanted to Be Sherlock Holmes

Bill Crider

2011

Published electronically.

"Shirley Holmes believes she's a descendant of another Holmes. Sherlock. You say he's a fictional character? Don't try to tell that to Shirley. When there's a murder at her high school, Shirley's determined to find the killer, along with Ralph, her willing Watson."

What a Croc!

Bill Crider

2011

Electronic publication of a short story that was first published in Urban Nightmares in 1997.

"A former pirate and his devoted minion pursue a rogue crocodile through time and space. Sewers! Shotguns! More pop culture references than you can shake a stick at! A short story with fun for all!."

Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen

Bill Crider

2012

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Dan Rhodes, sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, is called to the Beauty Shack, where the young and pretty Lynn Ashton has been found dead, bashed over the head with a hairdryer. The owner said Lynn had gone to the salon late to meet an unknown client. There was a lot of gossip going on about Lynn before her death, but no one seems to really know much about her, or they're not telling Rhodes. Lynn was known to flirt, and it's possible an angry wife or jilted lover had something to do with her death. The salon owner suspects two outsiders who have been staying in an abandoned building across the street. While he investigates the murder, Rhodes must also deal with the theft of copper and car batteries, not to mention a pregnant nanny goat that is terrorizing the town."

Carnival Of Death

Bill Crider

2012

A novel in The Dead Man series.

"Matt Cahill is working security at a traveling carnival, seeking a respite in the lonely battle against the supernatural entity known as Mr. Dark. But that’s not going to happen. He can sense something isn’t right, almost as clearly as he can see the evil in people as rotting flesh. Soon a series of violent, horrifying events rock the carnival…and, most disturbing of all, a fake fortune teller’s dark prophecies start coming true. So when she foresees imminent doom, Matt knows it can only mean one thing: Mr. Dark is here, and it’s not for the cotton candy. If Matt can’t stop him, Mr. Dark will destroy every last soul in this godforsaken carnival—and salt the earth with blood."

The Blacklin County Files

Bill Crider and Judy Crider

2012

A novel in The Dead Man series.

"Sheriff Dan Rhodes tackles five tough cases with compassion and humor. Killers, crooks, cats, cattle, cranks, and ice cream. Plus recipes!"

• Buster
• Gored
• The Man on the Cross
• Chocolate Moose
• Who Killed Cock Rogers?

Raining Willie & Cranked: Two Texas Tales

Bill Crider

2012

Two short stories published together electronically.

"Two rowdy Texas tales about meth labs, explosions, runaways, good old boys, and a good-time girl."

I am a Roving Gambler: Two Stories Of The West

Bill Crider

2012

Two short stories published together electronically.

The stories are:

• Wherever I Meet With A Deck Of Cards
• Lay My Money Down

The Slide-Rock Bolter: Gabby's Campfire Yarns

Colby Jackson (Bill Crider)

2012

A Rancho Diablo western novel. Probably only published electronically.

"Gabby Darbins heads for Pike's Peak country to find gold. He finds more than he bargained for, including gunfights, conniving women, and the terrifying slide-rock bolter!"

Wolf Creek: Book 2: Kiowa Vengeance

Ford Fargo (Bill Crider, Jackson Lowry, Kerry Newcomb, Troy D. Smith, Frank Roderus, Robert J. Randisi)

2012

Book 2 in the collaborative western novel series. Bill Crider wrote the first chapter.

"Welcome to Wolf Creek. Here you will find many of your favorite authors, working together as Ford Fargo to weave a complex and textured series of Old West adventures like no one has ever seen. Each author writes from the perspective of his or her own unique character, blended together into a single novel. In our latest adventure, Wolf Creek is threatened by marauding Kiowa warriors who seek to avenge the deaths of their comrades at the hands of buffalo hunters. While the town fortifies itself, and a cavalry detachment looks for the raiders, the stage from Wichita is attacked –leaving a handful of Wolf Creek citizens alone and on foot in hostile territory."

Compound Murder

Bill Crider

2013

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests Ike Terrell, a student who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father is Able Terrell, a survivalist who has withdrawn from society and lives in a gated compound. He’s not happy that his son has chosen to attend the college, and he's even less happy with the arrest. Rhodes discovers that Wellington and Ike had had a confrontation over a paper that Wellington insisted Ike plagiarized. Wellington also had had a confrontation with the dean and was generally disliked by the students. As the number of suspects increases, it’s up to Rhodes to solve the murder while also dealing with an amusing but frustrating staff, a professor who wants to be a cop, and all the other normal occurrences that can wreak havoc in a small town."

Wolf Creek: Book 5: Showdown at Demon's Drop

Ford Fargo (Bill Crider, Wayne Dundee, Troy D. Smith, Cheryl Pierson, Robert J. Randisi, Cheryl Pierson, L.J. Martin, Try D. Smith)

2012

Book 5 in the collaborative western novel series. Bill Crider wrote the first chapter.

"The brutal Danby gang paid dearly for their raid on Wolf Creek. But some of them escaped, and their new leader Clark Davis is hungry for revenge -on the town, and on the man that he believes betrayed the gang, Derrick McCain. Seminole scout Charley Blackfeather, meanwhile, wants his own revenge on Davis for his actions in the war...at the Centralia Massacre."

Wolf Creek: Book 8: Night of the Assassins

Ford Fargo (James J. Griffin, Clay Moore, Matthew Pizzolato, Troy D. Smith, Bill Crider, Chuck Tyrell, Troy D. Smith)

2012

Book 8 in the collaborative western novel series. Bill Crider wrote the fifth chapter.

"Wolf Creek, Kansas, is not peaceful on a good day –but things really escalate when Tsu Chiao, owner of the Red Chamber, decides to edge out his competitors in the seedy part of town with the aid of Tong assassins sent from San Francisco. All-out war ensues, with peaceful Chinese citizens like the Li family caught in the middle. Can the lawmen of Wolf Creek hold the town together in the face of a threat they have never faced before?."

Songbird

Colby Jackson (Bill Crider)

2013

A Rancho Diablo western novel. Probably only published electronically.

"When Songbird came to Shooter's Cross, she brought trouble with her. Not there was a shortage of trouble in town already. Bank robbers, gunmen, martial arts, singing, and saloons: If you're looking for western action in the grand tradition, you'll find it here and in all the books in the Rancho Diablo series."

Among The Anthropophagai!: A Story of Gorillas and Gasbags

Bill Crider

2013

A short story published electronically.

"A fast-paced pulp adventure novella (about 9500 words) of exploring an impenetrable forest and the horrors that exist there. Zeppelins! Gorillas! Anthropophagai!."

Half in Love with Artful Death

Bill Crider

2014

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"The local community college and an antique dealer team up to have a workshop for artists. One local man, Burt Collins, isn't fond of the art, and he isn't fond of having the artists in town. Sheriff Dan Rhodes is called to the antique store because Collins has been accused of vandalizing some paintings. When Rhodes arrives, two men are restraining Collins. But before Rhodes can take Collins into custody, a near riot breaks out. Rhodes gets the situation under control with the help of college math instructor and wannabe cop Seepy Benton. Later that day Rhodes has to help the county animal control officer round up some runaway donkeys, and that evening there's a robbery at a local convenience store. After looking into the robbery, Rhodes goes by to see Collins and talk to him about the vandalism. Collins isn't talking because he's been killed, his head bashed in with a bust of Dale Earnhardt, Jr."

Piano Man

Bill Crider

2014

A short story published electronically.

"The piano man has one rule: Don't get involved. Just play the songs. But can live by that rule when he witnesses a horrific crime? And what price will he pay if he breaks it?"

Between the Living and the Dead

Bill Crider

2015

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Life is never easy for Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes. When he is called in the middle of the night to investigate gunshots at a haunted house, Rhodes finds the body of meth dealer Neil Foshee. Recently released from jail, Foshee has his fair share of potential murderers, including former girlfriend Vicki, her new boyfriend, the nephew of Clearview's mayor, and Foshee's criminal cousins Earl and Louie. Complicating matters is Seepy Benton, the community college math professor who has a new summer job. He's founded Clearview Paranormal Investigations and wants to solve the murder by communing with Foshee's ghost. But when he connects with something else instead and a second body is found, Rhodes is left with more questions than ever. Who's the dead person? How long has the body been hidden? Is Benton really able to communicate with ghosts? And most importantly: What, if anything, does the body have to do with Neil Foshee's death?"

Wolf Creek: Book 13: Massacre!

Ford Fargo (Jackson Lowry, Bill Crider, Jerry Guin, Charlie Steel, Troy D. Smith)

2015

Book 13 in the collaborative western novel series. Bill Crider wrote the second chapter.

"Fort Braxton has a temporary new commander, vainglorious Major Joab Putnam, whose determination to win personal glory will endanger the fragile peace the army has made with the Kiowas… and put the people of Wolf Creek in harm’s way."

Survivors Will Be Shot Again

Bill Crider

2016

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"Life is never easy for Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes. When he is called in the middle of the night to investigate gunshots at a haunted house, Rhodes finds the body of meth dealer Neil Foshee. Recently released from jail, Foshee has his fair share of potential murderers, including former girlfriend Vicki, her new boyfriend, the nephew of Clearview's mayor, and Foshee's criminal cousins Earl and Louie. Complicating matters is Seepy Benton, the community college math professor who has a new summer job. He's founded Clearview Paranormal Investigations and wants to solve the murder by communing with Foshee's ghost. But when he connects with something else instead and a second body is found, Rhodes is left with more questions than ever. Who's the dead person? How long has the body been hidden? Is Benton really able to communicate with ghosts? And most importantly: What, if anything, does the body have to do with Neil Foshee's death?"

Dead, To Begin With

Bill Crider

2017

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"In Clearview, Texas, a wealthy recluse has joined the community and is leading the restoration of an old opera house. When he falls to his death, Sheriff Dan Rhodes suspects that he’s been murdered, but there doesn’t seem to be a motive. Who would want to kill someone who’s helping the town and hasn’t been around long enough to make any enemies? The Sheriff’s suspicion proves to be true, however, and he begins to look for motives buried in the past, meanwhile having to deal with people fighting over baseball cards at a yard sale, writers who want to talk to him about his sex life, and the Clearview Ghost Hunters, headed up by Seepy Benton, who believes that the old theater is haunted. Clearview might be a small town, but there’s no shortage of excitement."

Eight Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Bill Crider

2017

A collection of eight Sherlock Holmes stories by Bill Crider plus one more by Patricia Lee Macomber & David Niall Wilson.

"Available for the first time in a single collection, eight stories featuring the World's Greatest Detective, Sherlock Holmes, written by award-winning author Bill Crider. Return to 221B Baker Street as Holmes and his trusty sidekick, Dr. Watson, investigate vampires, ghouls, ghosts, and other mysterious creatures"

• The Adventure of the Young British Soldier
• The Case of the Vampire’s Mark
• The Adventure of the Christmas Bear
• The Adventure of the White City
• The Adventure of the Venemous Lizard
• The Case of the Vanished Vampire
• The Adventure of the St. Marylebone Ghoul
• The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts
• Death Did Not Become Him,(Patricia Lee Macomber & David Niall Wilson)

That Old Scoundrel Death

Bill Crider

2019

A Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel.

"When a man is run off the road by a thug with a snake tattooed around his neck, Sheriff Dan Rhodes knows it's his duty to stop and help out. The grateful victim gives his name as Cal Stinson, on his way to the nearby town of Thurston to take a look at the old school building before the city tears it down. The next day, Cal Stinson turns up again. Only this time, he's dead. His body is found in the dilapidated school that's about to be razed, and the woman who let Cal onto the premises claims he gave his name as Bruce Wayne. Whoever is he is, he was shot in the back of the head, and a piece of chalk lies inches away from his hand, under a lone line on the chalkboard, his last words unfinished. Between not-so-bright hoodlums who can't seem to stay on the right side of the law, powerful families in town who are ready to go to battle over whether the old school should come down, and trying futilely to get private detective Seepy Benton to stop making mountains of mole hills, Sheriff Rhodes is beginning to wonder if retirement might be as good as it sounds."

Where the Hell Is Addis Ababa?: Tales from the Files of a Very Public Private Investigator

Clyde A. Wilson with Mike Cochran and Bill Crider

2005

"Amazing, but true, tales from the files of America's premier private investigator. Clyde Wilson recounts some of the most interesting and bizarre cases in his long and illustrious career as a fact-finder and problem solver. From international intrigue in faraway lands to checking up on Donald Trump to local searches for truth and justice, this recounting of incredible tales will have you alternately laughing at and pondering about life's vagaries from the fast land to the gutter."

Books to Die For

The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels

Editor: John Connolly and Declan Burke

2012

Bill Crider writes about The Woman Chaser by Charles Willeford in this collection.

"In a series of personal essays that often reveal as much about themselves and their work as they do about the books that they love, more than 120 authors from twenty countries have created a guide that will be indispensable for generations of readers and writers. From Christie to Child and Poe to PD James, from Sherlock Holmes to Hannibal Lecter and Philip Marlowe to Peter Wimsey, Books To Die For brings together the cream of the mystery world for a feast of reading pleasure, a treasure trove for those new to the genre and those who believe that there is nothing new left to discover."

Beat to a Pulp: Round 1

Editor: David Cranmer and Elaine Ash

2010

This collection of stories includes a foreword by Bill Crider

"A collection of stories from the online magazine BEAT TO A PULP."

• Maker's And Coke (Jake Hinkson)
• A Free Man (Charles Ardai)
• Fangataufa (Sophie Littlefield)
• You Don't Get Three Mistakes (Scott D. Parker)
• Insatiable (Hilary Davidson)
• Boots On The Ground (Matthew Quinn Martin)
• Studio Dick (Garnett Elliott)
• Killing Kate (Ed Gorman)
• The Ghost Ship (Evan Lewis)
• The Strange Death Of Ambrose Bierce (Paul S. Powers)
• Heliotrope (James Reasoner)
• The Wind Scorpion (Edward A. Grainger)
• Hard Bite (Anonymous-9)
• Crap Is King (Robert J. Randisi)
• The All-Weather Phantom (Mike Sheeter)
• Pripet Marsh (Stephen D. Rogers)
• Ghostscapes (Patricia Abbott)
• Off Rock (Kieran Shea)
• At Long Last (Nolan Knight)
• A Native Problem (Chris F. Holm)
• Spend It Now, Pay Later (Nik Morton)
• Spot Marks The X (I.J. Parnham)
• Hoosier Daddy (Jedidiah Ayres)
• Anarchy Among Friends: A Love Story (Andy Henion)
• Cannulation (Glenn Gray)
• The Unreal Jesse James (Chap O'Keefe)
• Acting Out (Frank Bill)
• A History Of Pulp (Cullen Gallagher)

Making Story: Twenty-One Writers on How They Plot

Editor: Timothy Hallinan

2012

Includes a chapter by Bill Crider with the title >b>Begin At The Beginning And Go On Until You Get To The End.

"It's often said that everyone has a book inside him or her - but how do you plot it? In Making Story twenty-one novelists - who have written more than 100 books among them and sold hundreds of thousands of copies - talk about how they go about turning an idea into a plot, and a plot into a book. Making Story offers practical, experience-based advice from people who have repeatedly sat down to write a good book and succeeded in doing just that."

Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying

Editor: Bill Crider

2010

"Senior citizens kick ass in this wildly original hard-boiled sequel to Busted Flush Press' first award-winning 'geezer noir' anthology."

• Sleep, Creep, Leap (Patricia Abbott)
• The Last Long Ride Of El Canejo (Ace Atkins)
• Stiffs (Neal Barrett Jr.)
• The End Of Jim And Ezra (C.J. Box)
• Out Stealing Buddha (Declan Burke)
• Love Story /Scott A. Cupp)
• All About Eden (Christa Faust)
• Flying Solo (Ed Gorman)
• Neighborhood Watch (Carolyn Haines)
• Memory Sketch (David Handler)
• Some Things You Never Forget (Gar Anthony Haywood)
• The War Zone (Cameron Pierce Hughes)
• Gilding Lily (Jennifer Jordan)
• Kids Today (Toni L.P. Kelner)
• The Old Man In The Motorized Chair (Joe R. Lansdale)
• Angel Of Mercy (Russel D. McLean)
• Miss Hartly And The Cocksucker (Denise Mina)
• Sometimes You Can't Retire (Marcia Muller)
• The Investor (Gary Phillips)
• Bill In Idaho (Scott Phillips)
• Zypho The Tentacled Brainsucker From Outer Space Vs. The Mob (Tom Piccirilli)
• Trade Secret (Bill Pronzini)
• The Summer Place (Cornelia Read)
• Warning Shot (James Reasoner)
• Cutlass (Kat Richardson)
• Chin Yong-Yun Takes A Case (S.J. Rozan)
• Granny Pussy (Anthony Neil Smith)
• Old Men And Old Boards (Don Winslow)