Dark Valentine Magazine & A Twist of Noir & Walter Conley & Mike Maclean

Well, aren't you glad that all that Christmas cobblers is over? Of course you are!

And look at all the smashing stuff out there on the interweb to help you recover!
 

At  Dark Valentine Magazine, the Twelve Days of Christmas series has kicked off with stories  from Andrew Douglas and Kat Parrish. There are more wicked tales to come from the likes of Cormac Brown, Nigel Bird, John Donald Carlucci, Christine Pope, Kaye George and me. 

The 600-700 word challenge continues over at A Twist of Noir. 

Look at this lot!

AJ Hayes’s SHARED PAIN

Richard Godwin’s THURSDAY MAN

Sandra Seamans’s BEST LEFT BURIED

Cindy Rosmus’s THE WIDOW GAME

Chris Benton’s NOCTURNE

Ian Ayris’s SUNDAYS

Matthew McBride’s SET YOUR HEAD ON FIRE
 
Jane Hammons’s THE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE
 
There's also some great new art from Walter Conley ,who tells us a bit about the pic and has an offer that you can't refuse at his blog. 

And Mike Maclean, hardboiled crimewriter and the man behind Sharktopus, has a great The Best Of Whatever over at Day Labour 

So, sorted?