In the introduction to Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott‘s classic book about the writing life, Lamott writes:
Mondays are not good writing days. One has had all the freedom over the weekend, all that authenticity, all those dreamy dreams, and then your angry mute Slavic Uncle Monday arrives, and it is time to sit down at your desk.
‘I’ve always been fascinated in the subject of conflict and power.’
Casey Stegman
If you’re into crime fiction with a dash of noir and grit lit, you ought to check out the writings of Casey Stegman. Not only does Casey write some of the genre’s most captivating short stories and flash fiction around, he also dives into the genre through a monthly column for MysteryTribune called Murder in the First. That’s where Casey introduces readers to “debuts within the genres of crime, mystery, grit-lit, and all things dark.”
Coming soon: you’ll find one of Casey’s short stories in At the Edge of Darkness, a special crime/horror anthology that comes out October 29, just in time for Halloween.