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Russel
D McLean is the editor and webmaster here at Crimescenescotland.com.
A crime and mystery enthusiast, he originally intended
crime scene to be a second hand book store but due
to a million and one reasons too boring to mention
here the idea never came to fruition. These days he
not only runs Crime Scene as an intermittent internet
journal committed to crime fiction but he also writes
a variety of fiction some of which has seen publication
in the small presses. He alternates between crime
fiction (some of which you can find on The
3rd Degree.com) and science fiction (you can find
his stories at demensions
ezine and also on
Planet Magazine).
If you want a more immediate fix of Russel's crime
fiction, you can read "Mrs
Datlow's Boy" and "Paternal
Affairs" right here on the Crime Scene and
other stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's
Mystery Magazine. He is currently working on his first
novel and is represented by Allan Guthrie at Jenny
Brown Associates, Edinburgh. He also has an MLitt
in Philosophy. He likes to mention that as it makes
him sound smart. Any nice letters can be sent to him
via the usual routes here at CSS.
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Douglas
Shepherd is the fiction editor. Douglas lives in Dundee,
Scotland. The right side of forty but the wrong side of
thirty, he used to dream of being a PI when he grew up,
but those dreams turned to ashes and he currently works
as a technical support assistant. He is unmarried, but
lives with his long term girlfriend and tolerates her
two pet cats. Naturally camera shy, he has elected to
include, in place of an image, a picture of his girlfriend's
cat... If you want a glimpse at Doug's own writing style,
check out the foul language and beer breath in "That's
Life" He also has stories appearing or due to
appear in Crime Spree magazine and Shots. |
| AUTHORS
- previously published by The Crime Scene |
| Brian
D. Rubendall
lives in Northern Virginia, where he is a federal agent
by day and moonlights as mystery writer. He is the author
of numerous short stories, including "Cybersex: A
J.D. Slade Mystery," which will appear in "Futures
Mysterious Anthology Magazine" this summer. Brian
is currently on the hunt for a publisher for the first
novel in an intended J.D. Slade series, entitled "From
Russia, My Love." More information about Brian and
J.D. Slade is available at
www.brianrubendall.com." Brian's
work, as published on Crime Scene includes the short story
"Traffic Court"
and the article, "The
Cosy Conspiracy" |
| James
McFarland
is a pub landlord from London. When he's not pulling pints,
he's reading mystery novels or persuading his long suffering
wife that he really is going to write that bestseller.
His work has appeared regularly on Crime Scene. You can
contact him by email on this address.
James' work here on Crime Scene has included the short
stories, "Sweetness",
"Champ"
and "The
Bracelet" as well as an article on serial
killers in crime fiction. |
| Ed
Lynskey's
short fiction has or will appear in such online venues
as SHOTS, 3 AM MAGAZINE, SOUTH OCEAN REVIEW, RICHMOND
REVIEW, PLOTS WITH GUNS, and JUDAS. His short stories,
"Diener"
and "Pawn"
and "A
Treeless Land" and "Goethe's
Needles", "Running
the Score" and "Shooting
Blanks at the Alamo" have all appeared on Crime
Scene. He has also written an article on the pulp writer,
Harold
Q Masur that appeared in the March/April 2005 issue. |
| Karl
Andrews
lives and breathes crime fiction: the more hardboiled
the better. Born in Northern Ireland, he moved to the
States in his early twenties when he met his wife. He'd
tell you what he does for a living, but then he'd have
to kill you. His short story, "Interogator"
was published in the August/September 2003 issue of Crime
Scene. We have also published his short article on Why
he reads crime fiction |
| Norman
A Rubin
is former correspondent (Israel) for the Continental News
Service, USA. and a free-lance writer for the past sixteen
years writing articles on subjects that include Near East
culture and crafts, archaeology, history and politics;
religious history and rites, etc.. Featured in publications
world wide - Jerusalem Post, Israel - Coin News, Minerva,
Oriental Arts, etc., England - Ararat, Letter Arts Review,
Archaeology, etc. USA - Spotlight, Japan - International
B, Hong Kong. Now retired the writings have turned along
with the informative articles to short story compositions
in of all genres, which has appeared in ‘WritersHood.com”,
‘storymania.com’, ‘Good All Days magazine’
and now www.crimescenescotland.com, where we published
his almost-cosy "Noble
and Sacred". |
| Colin
Conway
lives in Spokane, Washington where he works as a city
police officer. He spends his off time writing short stories,
working in an improv comedy group and collecting comics.
His current project, an independent comic book titled
Caveat Emptor, is in production now. He can be contacted
on colinconway@comcast.net.
His short story, "Stick"
appeared in the October/November '03 issue and the violent,
downbeat story,"Angel"
appeared in 2005. |
| Alan
York
is a high school drama teacher, like so many others who
believed they were destined to win oscars. He’s
happy, but he still has that acceptance speech tucked
away in a little folder, just in case. We published his
little ode to the Sopranos, Bada
Bing in the October/November '03 issue. |
| Dan
Smith is a writer from Connecticut,
who has had several plays produced over the years. He
has recently had fiction published in Epiphany Magazine
and Kudzu Monthly. His stories on Crime Scene Scotland
include, "The
Midnight Job" and Turtle
Island |
| Stephen
Paul
and his wife live in Rawlins, Wyoming, USA, with their
two dogs, Callie and Barney. After fighting fires for
the Bureau of Land Management he was a police officer
during the energy boom in Rawlins. Deciding to find employment
less hazardous, he went to work at an oil refinery where
he came closer to being killed there than he did as a
cop. He is now a shift supervisor with the same refinery.
Anyone wishing to contact Stephen may do so at bailey82301@yahoo.com
The Crime Scene published his short story, "Till
Death Due Us Part" in the December '03/January
'4 issue and we also showcased his story, "The
Great White Hope". He also has a novel, "Can
Horses Cry" recently published. |
| Christopher
Morrow
is a London based writer. His short fiction will soon
be appearing in The 3rdegree and Orchard Mystery Press
e zines. When asked about his stories he said "I
blame the Sweeny during my formative years entirely. DI's
in the front George." "Big
Boys Games, Big Boys Rules" was published in
the December '03/January '04 issue followed by "I'll
Give You Trick or Treat" and "Crappy
Trainers" |
| Karen
Lacross
was born in northern Michigan in 1961, Karen was educated
at Eastern Michigan University, and worked for several
years as an interior designer. She now enjoys substitute
teaching.
Karen started writing
about six years ago in the midst of her mid-life crisis.
Even though she finds new ways to burn the candle at
both ends, she still finds time to write daily and has
completed drafts of two novels and is working on a third
as well as a screenplay. She has also penned well over
100 short stories.
She was previously
published in Builder/Architect magazine and the Writers.net
anthology. Her short story, Fatherhood,
was published here on Crime Scene
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| Ian
Barker: Ian
grew up in the north-east, but now lives in Greater Manchester.
After a 20 year career in I.T. he became a born-again
writer and now works full time for a computer magazine.
The odd bit of fiction makes a change from reviewing graphics
cards and his short stories have appeared in print in
Evergreen and the WritersNet Anthology, and online in
the e-zine Starving Arts. An
eclectic collection of his writing can be found at www.barker-home.demon.co.uk
His
short stories, "The
Late Show" and "Rough
Justice" have been published on Crime Scene
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Scott
Leslie hails
from the Great White North. His fiction has appeared in
several publications including Planet Magazine, All Hallows,
Blue Murder
Magazine, Ascent, Writual, The New Quarterly and Starry
Night Review. His
noir story "A String Of Pearls" was recently
included in the audiobook
"Oscar's Hijack" by Blackstone Audio. His atmospherically
hardboiled story, "I
Remember California" has been published here
on Crime |
| Helene
Keough
lives with her husband and three ferrets. Its probably
worth noting that she asked us to mention only the ferrets
if we felt we had limited space. "The
Song" was published in issue #8 |
| Stephen
D Rogers: Over three hundred of
Stephen's stories and poems have been selected to appear
in more than a hundred publications. His website, www.stephendrogers.com,
includes a list of new and upcoming titles as well as
other timely information. Retrieve
was published in issue #8 |
| Patrick
Lambe:
The first time I heard my native state called New Joisey
was by some guy who didn’t know the difference between
the Dome at Rahway and the Dome of the Rock. I tried to
explain it to him, but realized I didn’t know the
difference myself. The ten people who can handle their
r’s in the state call it New Jersey. I’ve
lived here most of my life; busted my hump as a restaurant
worker, lumber yard dog, truck driver, dispatcher, college
scam artist, construction drone etc. I’m currently
working as a telephone technician while writing crime
stories. I've had fiction and non-fiction published or
soon to be published at Allan Guthrie's Noir Originals,
Plots with Guns, Shred of Evidence, Shots Magazine Crime
Scene and Hardluck Stories. Check out my web site http://patlambe.com
or e-mail me at patlambe@patlambe.com.
Crime Scene published "The
Goddamned State" in issue #8 |
| Mike
Markel
teaches writing at Boise State University in Idaho in
theU.S. "Settling the Score" is based on an
excerpt from a novel that heis showing to publishers.
You can reach him at mikemarkel@msn.com |
| Paul
Vidichwrites
short stories in the morning before leaving for work.
He is a senior executive in a large US media company and
has taken creative writing courses with Nahid Rachlin
at the New School and the 92nd Street Y. Several of his
stories have been workshopped on Zoetrope's website. His
stories have appeared in Fictionwarehouse.com, Electronpress.com
and TheRoseandThornezine.com. He actively supports the
arts and sits on the Boards of Poets and Writers and Intar
Theater. |
| Neal
Marks
is a law-abiding citizen who pays all his taxes, observes
every traffic regulation, and never bets with bookies.
Writing crime fiction is as close as he gets to lawlessness.
He and his wife live in Encino, California.
You
can reach him at nealmarks2000@aol.com. His short story,
"Down
and Out in Brentwood" was published by Crime
Scene Scotland in the Jan/Feb 2005 issue.
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| Karen
Pullen
is a former industrial engineer who owns a bed and breakfast
in North Carolina. To occupy her mind while making beds
and cooking eggs, she invents tales of greed, revenge,
and evil. She recently completed her first mystery novel.
"Pen
Pals" was published in the March/April 2005 issue. |
| Tim
Burgess
is a pessimist disguised as an optimist. While he enjoys
living in sunny southern California, even on the warmest
and most beautiful days he can be found inside his house
just staring out the window. Tim is happily married and
has two great daughters. His previous work can be found
at Thieves Jargon (thievesjargon.com). You can reach him
at tburgess01@aol.com. His story, "Nothing
You Can Leave Behind" was published in the May/June
2005 issue. |
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