All posts by Axel Howerton

Axel Howerton is a former entertainment journalist, and the author of the Arthur Ellis Award nominated detective caper "Hot Sinatra", the modern gothic fairytale "Furr", and the forthcoming "Wolf & Devil" urban fantasy series. His work, including short stories, columns, poetry and essays, have appeared the world over, in no fewer than five languages. Axel is the Prairies director of the Crime Writers of Canada, and a member of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, the Calgary Crime Writers, and the Kintsugi Poets. He is also the editor of the books "Death by Drive-In", "AB Negative", and "Tall Tales of the Weird West", and is the organizer behind one of Canada's first recurring "Noir At The Bar" events, #NoirBarYYC. Visit Axel online at www.axelhow.com to sign up for the GotHow? email list and receive free exclusive ebook collections, sneak peeks, and more.#AxelHow #GotHow

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Sneak Peek! Hot Sinatra Ch.1

September 19, 2011 Axel Howerton 20 Comments

So I’ve decided to post the first chapter of my upcoming novel, Hot Sinatra, on the ol’ blerrrgh for your edification. PLEASE, feel free to leave notes, comments and solicitations (O.K., maybe not solicitations). Be kind, this is still a work-in-progress.

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First Rule of Book Club?

First Rule of Book Club? Captain Nemo could kick your ASS!

September 18, 2011 Axel Howerton Leave a comment

This week’s book report comes courtesy of the good folks at Titan Books who have just rereleased Kevin J. Anderson’s Captain Nemo: The Fantastic Adventures of a Dark Genius, and you better believe a Victorian gentleman can pilot a Submersible! Read on, Book Clubbers!

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Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon

September 15, 2011 Axel Howerton Leave a comment

Over at Castle Macabre they’re hosting a “Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon” from October 3rd to 9th, wherein you just pledge your allegiance to Ye Gods of the Word and read some books during that specific week. Read one book or read ten, that’s up to you… but sign up on the site or through the Castle Macabre’s FB event page to put yourself in the running for prizes and to keep up with the party. I’ll be contributing two copies of A Career Guide To Your Job In Hell to the prize kitty (duly signed by one author) and there are plenty more prizes and surprises, thrills and chills in store! YOU WANT TO GO TO THERE!

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Second rule of Book Club?

September 8, 2011 Axel Howerton Leave a comment

Don’t turn your back on Book Club, that shit’ll creep right up on you…

Add to the list:

(Possibly) the new Lawrence Block thriller under the pen name Jill Emerson. “Getting Off is the story of a young woman who sets off on a quest to find every man she’s ever slept with – and to murder them all.”

And the new Sherlock Holmes adventure by Guy Adams, which has Holmes and Watson seeking out none other than Aleister Crowley in their attempts to thwart a mysterious killer of the world’s top Occultists. Biscuits and gravy, baby!

As previously mentioned, the only one actually in my possession is Kevin J. Anderson’s Captain Nemo, so the rest of these are potential reads at best. Still… a boy can dream.