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Erase

Maudlin House The woods behind the Pike’s house, labyrinthine and majestic, but dark and secluded, held a fascination for Alan and Daniel. After school, they made it their kingdom, since high school was anything but.

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7 Heart-Pounding Heist Novels

Electric Literature Lee Matthew Goldberg recommends crime stories that subvert the expectations of the genre

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@WWWitch

Maudlin House I am over four-hundred years old, a Danish descendent who was burned at the stake (well, attempted) by Christian IV, a potato-headed man with a stupid beard that looked like pubes, who introduced an ordinance against witches and their accomplices during peak hysteria when the Protestant Reformation was in full force.

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Sublime Evil

Chicago Quarterly Review Chicago Quarterly Review #39

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The Great Gimmelmans

Mystery Tribune The 480 page Issue Nº22-23 edition of Mystery Tribune is a must-have featuring Reed Farrel Coleman, SJ Rozan, Sharon Hunt, Scott Miles, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Kevin Egan, and more.

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The Gim­mel in ​“The Great Gimmelmans”

Jewish Book Council In Hebrew, gim­mel is a form of the word gamol, which means to nour­ish, ripen, or bring to matu­ri­ty. From this comes the expres­sion gemulit ches­sud, mean­ing an act of kind­ness.

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A List of Jewish Crime Thrillers

CrimeReads My novel The Great Gimmelmans is about a family of Jewish bank robbers who lose all their money in the Stock Market Crash of 1987 and start robbing banks, kids and all, out of the only thing that hasn’t been repossessed: their gas-guzzling RV.

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Writing Recent Historical Novels

Writer's Digest Lee Matthew Goldberg shares his experiences and thoughts on writing historical fiction, especially recent historical novels.

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All 80s: Inspiration Behind The Great Gimmelmans

Nerd Daily Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of twelve novels including The Ancestor and The Mentor along with his five-book Desire Card series. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the Prix du Polar.

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Simulacrums

Mystery Tribune Ths 240 page Issue Nº17, Winter 2022 edition of Mystery Tribune is a must-have featuring Laura Benedict, Margaret Randall, Lee Matthew Goldberg, and more.

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Stalker Stalked Excerpt

Vol. 1 Brooklyn It took a bazillion years to get into 230 Fifth Ave and I blamed Pria. Fine, she looked better than normal. She combed her hair where it usually resembled a bird’s nest. But why did she have to wear a dress that screamed I’m going to prom?

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Grotesque

Maudlin House I missed the connection to some nowhere city on my route and wound up stranded in one even less appealing. Christmas season brought booked flights and little sympathy.

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The Art of Writing Novels and Screenplays

Pipeline Artists Palate cleansing is normally thought of as a food or beverage served between courses to prepare diners for the next course. But I like to apply it to my career as well. In imagining my career as a full-course meal, it’s necessary for me to break up the palate by switching from novels to screenplays.

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Finding Inspiration in Grief

Pipeline Artists Being a fiction writer forces you to deal with characters’ emotions on a daily basis. Oftentimes, an author’s life can filter through. We’re taught to write what we know, but since I specialize in thrillers, that tends to be difficult.

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The Unknown

Vol. 1 Brooklyn October 13th to October 21st, 1898 The weather decides to be as tortuous as the terrain once we leave the area surrounding Dawson City. Providence is telling us not to continue, and for a moment Frank and I remain hesitant.

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Join Us

Digging Press Rockabilly music about the Holy Ghost pumps through the windows of the Salvation Gateway Fellowship Church, a small, red shack with a giant neon cross on the roof, its buzzy light flickering in the dawn.

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Days of Ash and Smoke

Cagibi We got good at leaving blazes behind; Pop taught us well. A pot of tea left boiling on the stove until it bubbled and crashed to the floor, parchment paper eagerly swallowed up by the flames.

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Our Buick Stopped Here

Amazon In this short story, two young siblings in Nebraska are brought to live with their father’s mistress after their mother becomes institutionalized.

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Holding in the Dark Room

The Montreal Review I HAD RESERVATIONS ABOUT SPENDING EVEN TWO DAYS IN THE COLD. Five years in Gainesville only taught me how to get a kick-ass tan and hit three kegs before two in the morning. Julianne was different; she never took in the sun or parties and maintained her New England personality until the very end.

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Cookies

The Montreal Review The chosen movie to begin Janine Acorn's annual slumber party for her Senior Flower Patch Scout Troop was Glengarry Glen Ross, a pick from Janine herself, thought to be motivational required viewing for any young Flower Patchian.

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Detached

Amazon Nick is an intense filmmaker who keeps tabs on his wife by filming her every move until he begins receiving mysterious videos in the mail of someone filming him. A prequel to my debut neo-noir novel SLOW DOWN just released by New Pulp Press. Find it in paperback and Kindle.

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Street Hustle

Dirty Boulevard DIRTY BOULEVARD: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF LOU REED edited by David James Keaton (September 2018)

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Comprehending Kings

The Montreal Review "KING," MY SON CALLS OUT TO ME. We are on an old Greyhound bus that rocks back and forth through America like an unsteady amusement park ride. "King, how much longer?" He asks me, not in a whine like most children, but responsibly. It seems as if just yesterday he was learning to form real words.