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Congratulations to Fritz Wetherbee of WMUR-TV and author of seven Plaidswede books.
At the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters’ Annual Meeting, Appreciation Night and Granite Mike awards, Fritz won Granite Mikes in three categories:
– TV Air Personality,
– TV Station Promotional Announcement: “Fritz Wetherbee’s Haunted New Hampshire”
– TV Local Special Program/Event: “New Hampshire Chronicle: Flat Fritz”
Great news, great work, Fritz!
Murder , Suspense, Mayhem and Fiction is HERE just in time for Halloween… oh, and Christmas, too! Live Free or Die, Die, Die! Volume 2 of the NH Pulp Fiction Anthology Series are collections of short stories known as the New Hampshire Pulp Fiction series. The first anthology, “Live Free or Undead: Dark Tales from the Granite State,” was published by Plaidswede Publishing last fall .
Stories featured in the series are written mostly by New Hampshire authors but they will always be embedded firmly in the Granite State.
“The state is rich with fascinating lore and compelling locales,” says Broussard. “With our combination of deep, rugged nature and fast-growing urban complexes, any writer seeking a setting for fiction can find ample inspiration here.”
Authors selected for THIS anthology include:
Rob Azevedo
Robin Curtis
Jeffrey DeRego
Brendan DuBois
Brian Edmonds
Judith Green
Simon Harling
John Hirtle
Margaret Bobalek King
Rebecca Leeb
Gregory Nicoll
Susan Nye
David O’Keefe
Lorrie Lee O’Neill
Douglas Osterhoudt
Adi Rule
J.E. Seymour
Philip Soletsky
Tom Sweeney
Dan Szczesny
Stories featured in the series are written mostly by New Hampshire authors but they will always be embedded firmly in the Granite State.
“The state is rich with fascinating lore and compelling locales,” says Broussard. “With our combination of deep, rugged nature and fast-growing urban complexes, any writer seeking a setting for fiction can find ample inspiration here.”
Authors selected for THIS anthology include:
Rob Azevedo
Robin Curtis
Jeffrey DeRego
Brendan DuBois
Brian Edmonds
Judith Green
Simon Harling
John Hirtle
Margaret Bobalek King
Rebecca Leeb
Gregory Nicoll
Susan Nye
David O’Keefe
Lorrie Lee O’Neill
Douglas Osterhoudt
Adi Rule
J.E. Seymour
Philip Soletsky
Tom Sweeney
Dan Szczesny
A new publishing venture will use familiar New Hampshire locations and landmarks as the setting for twisted tales of hardboiled detectives, femme fatales and two-bit thugs in a style inspired by the classic pulp fiction of the early 20th century. “Live Free or Die, Die, Die!: Granite State Murder, Mystery and Mayhem,” will be released by Plaidswede Publishing in the fall of 2011, but editor Rick Broussard wants to get the investigation started now. He’s seeking submissions for his anthology, and he’s offering local writers a chilling challenge.
“All the best detective fiction is endowed with a sense of place,” says Broussard, “Think about Robert B. Parker’s “Spencer” books, based in Boston, or Raymond Chandler’s tales of Los Angeles crime. I want writers to use New Hampshire like that.” As encouragement, he’s offering the book’s title, “Live Free or Die, Die, Die!” to be affixed to the one mystery tale that creates the most immortal characters, either criminal mastermind or plucky private eye. “I think New Hampshire deserves its own Philip Marlowe,” says Broussard.Writers need to get busy. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2011. Anyone, whether a seasoned author or a new talent, is invited to submit a story of less than 8,000 words, but with three requirements: “It’s got to be set in New Hampshire and it’s got to be have that special atmosphere you find only here,” says Broussard, “Oh, and it ought to have a mystery.”All entries will be considered but the editor and publisher reserve the right to select the one that will appear in print. Other efforts may be posted on the NHPulpFiction.com Web site with the authors’ permission.The mystery anthology is the second is a series of collections of short stories to known as the New Hampshire Pulp Fiction series. The first anthology, “Live Free or Undead: Dark Tales from the Granite State,” was published by Plaidswede Publishing last fall and is available at most N.H. book sellers and from nhbooksellers.com. Volumes featuring science fiction and historical romance are planned as well. Stories featured in the series will be written mostly by New Hampshire authors but they will always be embedded firmly in the Granite State.“The state is rich with fascinating lore and compelling locales,” says Broussard. “With our combination of deep, rugged nature and fast-growing urban complexes, any writer seeking a setting for fiction can find ample inspiration here.”Submissions should be sent to Rick Broussard at nhpulpfiction@gmail.com.
LIVE FREE OR UNDEAD: WE’RE HEEEERE!
BUY ONE NOW… BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE…
Local horror invading New Hampshire bookstores: 20 stories of New Hampshire Pulp Fiction.
“Live Free or Undead” is the first volume in the “New Hampshire Pulp Fiction Series” of books that will use the state as a backdrop for action-packed storytelling and as an inspiration for new writing talent. The next volume, tentatively titled “Live Free or DIE, DIE, DIE,” will feature stories in the genre or murder and mystery, also set in New Hampshire.
In spite of the trend towards electronic media, “the book is still has great power and elegance,” says Broussard. “It’s the place where and writer can connect with a reader personally and tangibly.” He says he wanted to work with Plaidswede because of its ability to produce books that “really look great.”
Even if the cover is a picture of brain-eating zombies!
Scheduled readings & signings for ”UNDEAD” are now listed in BOOK NEWS section or CLICK here!
GUESS WHO’S BACK TO TELL YOU THE STORY?
NEW FRITZ BOOK SIX! “As Seen on TV”
In this SIXTH classic you will meet Civil War Heroine Harriet Dame, Powerful newspaperman Isaac Hill; Texas Jack, horsethief; Ken Burns the filmmaker of Walpole; Mary Sparhawk, saving Portsmouth; Ev Henry, Forester of 700,000 acres…
And oh the places you will go… to the Fatal Powder Hill Explosion; The Last Massacre; The Man Who Dug Up Dead Wives; Hampton Steers and Fritz’s ODD Thanksgiving!
It happened here… only here, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE!
Holman Stadium Hosted First Interracial Team
“Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H. hosted what is considered the first racially integrated U.S. team in modern baseball — the Nashua Dodgers. Steve Daly, author of Dem Little Bums, talks about the stadium’s role in integrating the game, and how it eventually fell on hard times.”‘
Please click here to read more!
NEW NEW NEW UNIQUE BOOK: MANMADE by JONNE — KNIT LIKE A MAN by Jonne F. Gomes
… its not handmade IT’S MANMADE!
“Don’t let the title fool you! Both genders- of ANY level of expertise WILL benefit by having Jonne’s book in thir library. 25 easy-to-read patterns- from simple to challenging.” Faith Wright Certified master knitter. $21.95
NEW BOOK: Roads Less Traveled: Visionary New England Lives by John Walters, 22.95
John Walters, the creator and former host of ‘The Front Porch’ on New Hampshire Public Radio, has published Roads Less Traveled: Visionary New England Lives.
In the course of his work as a writer and radio personality, John Walters has interviewed some of the most extraordinary people in New Hampshire and Vermont. For Roads Less Traveled he has written extended profiles of some of his very favorite people.
Including:
Bob McQuillen, Peterborough, N.H.: Contra dance musician and composer, and retired teacher at Conval Regional High School in Peterborough High School.
Kate Phillips, Keene, N.H.: Hollywood actress in the 1930s and ‘40s, screenwriter for television and film. Most notable work was The Blob, the original sci-fi quickie, starring Steve McQueen. (Phillips, now deceased, was a well-known and beloved figure in the Keene State College community.)
Walters writes of brilliance, talent, dedication, and persistence; of devotion to an art, craft, a cause; or simply of a life lived long and well. He writes of people who have, quite literally, taken a road less traveled. They have pursued their own visions. Their stories testify to the breadth of human intelligence and creativity, and the indomitability of the human spirit.
John Walters is a writer, editor and radio journalist. He was the creator and host of The Front Porch, an award-winning interview show on New Hampshire Public Radio. He is a former resident of Elkins, N.H., and now lives in East Montpelier, Vt. He is the managing editor of The Bridge, a weekly newspaper, and is the 2009 winner of the Donald M. Murray Outstanding Journalism Award presented by the New Hampshire Writers’ Project.
GREAT WRITERS WANTED!!!
Great writers wanted for New Hampshire book project with a local angle.
An anthology titled “Live Free or Undead: Dark Tales from the Granite State” will be published by Plaidswede Publishing of Concord, N.H. with an October 2010 shelf date.
Editor Rick Broussard plans this as the first in a series of short story collections under the theme “New Hampshire Pulp Fiction.”
Subsequent editions will treat the classic genres of mystery, science fiction, historical romance and adventure.
Submissions between 1,000 and 8,000 words will be considered. For longer stories, query first. Writers need not be from New Hampshire, but all stories must use recognizable locales, people and/or themes of the Granite State. Deadline for submissions is March 31.
Contact the editor at nhpulpfiction@gmail.com or visit www.livefreeorundead.com for details.
2/10/10: NH Booksellers welcomes Kendal Rautzhan- a magnificent syndicated columnist who writes and lectures on children’s literature! New column listed NOW!
New Hampshire Lithograph as featured in New Hampshire Magazine
NEW: Fritz Wetherbee: In Good Company
We never doubted Fritz would keep his promise to tell 1,000 remarkable stories about New Hampshire. In fact, with the publication of FOUR bestsellers and this FIFTH volume, he’s getting close!
For a complete listing of our books in alphabetical order, click here!
New Short Story Anthology of Combines Familiar New Hampshire Locales with the Devious Plots of Pulp Detective Fiction
A new publishing venture will use familiar New Hampshire locations and landmarks as the setting for twisted tales of hardboiled detectives, femme fatales and two-bit thugs in a style inspired by the classic pulp fiction of the early 20th century. “Live Free or Die, Die, Die!: Granite State Murder, Mystery and Mayhem,” will be released by Plaidswede Publishing in the fall of 2011, but editor Rick Broussard wants to get the investigation started now. He’s seeking submissions for his anthology, and he’s offering local writers a chilling challenge.
“All the best detective fiction is endowed with a sense of place,” says Broussard, “Think about Robert B. Parker’s “Spencer” books, based in Boston, or Raymond Chandler’s tales of Los Angeles crime. I want writers to use New Hampshire like that.” As encouragement, he’s offering the book’s title, “Live Free or Die, Die, Die!” to be affixed to the one mystery tale that creates the most immortal characters, either criminal mastermind or plucky private eye. “I think New Hampshire deserves its own Philip Marlowe,” says Broussard.
Writers need to get busy. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2011. Anyone, whether a seasoned author or a new talent, is invited to submit a story of less than 8,000 words, but with three requirements: “It’s got to be set in New Hampshire and it’s got to be have that special atmosphere you find only here,” says Broussard, “Oh, and it ought to have a mystery.”
All entries will be considered but the editor and publisher reserve the right to select the one that will appear in print. Other efforts may be posted on the NHPulpFiction.com Web site with the authors’ permission.
The mystery anthology is the second is a series of collections of short stories to known as the New Hampshire Pulp Fiction series. The first anthology, “Live Free or Undead: Dark Tales from the Granite State,” was published by Plaidswede Publishing last fall and is available at most N.H. book sellers and from nhbooksellers.com. Volumes featuring science fiction and historical romance are planned as well. Stories featured in the series will be written mostly by New Hampshire authors but they will always be embedded firmly in the Granite State.
“The state is rich with fascinating lore and compelling locales,” says Broussard. “With our combination of deep, rugged nature and fast-growing urban complexes, any writer seeking a setting for fiction can find ample inspiration here.”
Submissions should be sent to Rick Broussard at nhpulpfiction@gmail.com.
