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Where the blood runs black as oil…
14 Choice Cuts from Alberta’s best crime and genre writers, writing in their own back yard.
Canadian Crime at it's best!
Featuring new fiction from:
Jayne Barnard (The Evil Eye Of Africa)
Robert Bose (nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre)
Susan Calder (Deadly Fall)
Dwayne E. Clayden (Crisis Point)
Therese Greenwood (Dead In The Water)
Axel Howerton (Hot Sinatra)
Janice MacDonald (Randy Craig mystery series)
Randy McCharles (The Necromancer Candle)
Brent Nichols (War Of The Necromancer series)
Al Onia (Javenny)
R. Overwater (Tall Tales Of The Weird West)
Sharon Wildwind (Some Welcome Home)
S.G. Wong (Die On Your Feet)
and Kevin P. Thornton (World Enough And Crime)
Where the blood runs black as oil…
14 Choice Cuts from Alberta’s best crime and genre writers, writing in their own back yard.
Canadian Crime at it's best!
Featuring new fiction from:
Jayne Barnard (The Evil Eye Of Africa)
Robert Bose (nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre)
Susan Calder (Deadly Fall)
Dwayne E. Clayden (Crisis Point)
Therese Greenwood (Dead In The Water)
Axel Howerton (Hot Sinatra)
Janice MacDonald (Randy Craig mystery series)
Randy McCharles (The Necromancer Candle)
Brent Nichols (War Of The Necromancer series)
Al Onia (Javenny)
R. Overwater (Tall Tales Of The Weird West)
Sharon Wildwind (Some Welcome Home)
S.G. Wong (Die On Your Feet)
and Kevin P. Thornton (World Enough And Crime)
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288 pages, Paperback
First published August 6, 2015
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April 25, 2017
A solid little collection of short stories in the mystery and noir genres. I have the pleasure of being familiar with several of the authors because of a writers & readers conference that I attend here in Calgary each August.
With short stories, I often find myself wishing that they were longer and more detailed—several of these stories would, in my opinion, have been better suited to novel-length works, or at least novellas. As with most short story collections, some appealed to me more than others.
It was refreshing to read stories set in my home province and, in some cases, in my own city. I also give kudos for the very clever title of the volume (AB is the abbreviation for Alberta, dovetailing nicely with the blood group).
With short stories, I often find myself wishing that they were longer and more detailed—several of these stories would, in my opinion, have been better suited to novel-length works, or at least novellas. As with most short story collections, some appealed to me more than others.
It was refreshing to read stories set in my home province and, in some cases, in my own city. I also give kudos for the very clever title of the volume (AB is the abbreviation for Alberta, dovetailing nicely with the blood group).
August 20, 2015
I'd like to say right off that I enjoyed reading an all Canadian mystery anthology--and not just Canadian, but all Albertan.
Overall, an entertaining, gritty read. As with all anthologies, some of the stories worked better for me than others. Some of the mysteries have fantastical or science fiction bents--yay genre-mashing!--which just endeared this collection to me even more.
Overall, an entertaining, gritty read. As with all anthologies, some of the stories worked better for me than others. Some of the mysteries have fantastical or science fiction bents--yay genre-mashing!--which just endeared this collection to me even more.
December 28, 2015
Again, I wish they had half stars...
As with most anthologies, this one is hit and miss: some good stories, some not so good.
As with most anthologies, this one is hit and miss: some good stories, some not so good.
December 7, 2025
I loved this collection of short stories based in Alberta, such a fun read.
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