Hi Anthony,
I can't believe you caught hell over
this, but of course, no good deed goes unpunished. I got
stung from the demise of Blue Murder, probably more than most
folks did, but the mag was still a glorious venture and it
produced some marvelous material. Blue Murder is the
publication where I first read the work of Kevin Burton
Smith, Neil Smith, Charlie Shafer, Gina Gallo, Gary Lovisi,
Mat Coward, Kate Thornton, Kent Westmoreland, Michael
Mallory, and at least a dozen other fine crime writers.
Andrew Vachss wrote for Blue Murder as did G. Miki Hayden.
There was a wonderful series of columns on noir although I
can't recall the byline at this moment.
The fact that the mag went down in
flames and that many did not get books published (after they
had contracts that said it would happen) and many others
never got paid (for what had been published) doesn't diminish
the quality of the work that appeared there. Blue Murder, the
magazine, showed us what a web crime zine could be, both in
terms of the content and in terms of graphics, and Blue
Murder Press identified a path for low cost small press book
publication.
Thanks for remembering what went on
there and good luck with your issue. Your motives were pure
and your idea was a good one.
Jim
Blue
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