Review: Excellent
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2012
When I first was exposed to what I'll call this kind of "underground" genre of crime and hardboiled writing, one of the first publications I picked up was a copy of OUT OF THE GUTTER magazine; Cranmer's story "Blubber", which opens this collection, appeared there. I didn't know David at the time -- I didn't know any of the writers appearing in the magazine at the time, and over the years that has certainly changed -- but I liked the story then, and I like it now. Cranmer is mostly known for his work in westerns, and as a publisher, but his crime writing is solid as well. I like what he is doing with his BTAP imprint, his stories, and his support for other writers. Hell, the guy published my first story. Even if I weren't already a fan of the guy this book would get a solid rating; it's an excellent little batch of entertaining stories.