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That is what the elders believed and the others were certain that they were right. They climbed on the ramparts of the walled city and looked at the horizon toward the red desert; they listened to the shrill shriek of the birds and each one whispered as if just for himself: something must happen—.
People were born and passed away, attended schools and gathered skills, sung at weddings and wailed at burials. Sometimes they held their breath, listened to the unclear rumble of the desert and seemed to remember about something. …

Mircea PRICĂJAN talks to Dan SIMMONS
The future generations of readers will undoubtedly read Dan Simmons’ books with the same gusto the present generations read books by Dostoyevsky, Mann, or Dickens. His prose has the right caliber to penetrate years and years of time.
The following interview was occasioned by the imminent publication of the Romanian translation of his novel DROOD.
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Mircea PRICĂJAN: First and foremost, thank you, Mr. Simmons, for taking the time to do this interview. I know you’re in the middle of writing a new novel.
In a couple of …

What follows is the Introduction toRomania Noir. An Anthology of Mystery & Thriller Short Stories, a volume which was presented by Crime Scene Publishing at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, and which means to show the world some of the most representative Romanian mystery&thriller writers.
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In 1862 a book in two volumes “Misteries from Bucharest” by I.M.Bujoreanu appeared, a novel considered to be the first Romanian narration of detective persuasion. In its pages a society that was still living under the Turkish influence was presented (the complete release from under …

George ARION talks to Peter JAMES
Peter James (born 22 August 1948 in Brighton) was educated at Charterhouse School and went on to Ravensbourne Film School. He spent a couple of years in America, working as a screen writer and film producer. Today he divides his life between his home near Ditchling and his apartment in Notting Hill, London. His interests include criminology, science and the paranormal. He also enjoys motoring, having owned many cars over the years, most notably Jaguars and Aston Martins. Once a year he races, holding a racing driver’s licence.
Peter James has written 25 …

On 10th of March, J.D. thought to himself: “I should do something with my life.” It was ten o’clock in the evening and he was alone in the house.
He was watching TV when this idea came to him. The news was on. One husband had strangled his wife because she didn’t agree with his sexual desires. An airplane had crashed over a residential area of Amsterdam. Some animals were found dead in a zoo and no one knew why. There were other news—the shocking kind, of course—but this last one …

Mircea PRICĂJAN talks to Jack KETCHUM
Jack KETCHUM is the pseudonym of American author Dallas Mayr. Born in 1946, he grew up in Livingston, New Jersey. He is the author of eleven novels, four collections of short stories, and several novellas. He is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. Four of his books have been made into films (Offspring, Red, The Girl Nex Door and The Lost).
In his acceptance speech, when receiving the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award, Stephen King said: “Jack Ketchum’s …

Mircea PRICĂJAN talks to Sarah LANGAN

Sarah LANGAN received her MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University, where she studied with Michael Cunningham, Nicholas Christopher, Helen Schulman, Susan Kennedy, and Maureen Howard, among others. Her fist novel The Keeper (2006) was an immediate success and has been acclaimed by such high-esteemed authors as Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, and Jack Ketchum. Shortly after that followed The Missing (titled Virus in UK), which brought her the first Bram Stoker Award. The same award she was given this year, for Audrey’s Door, her third …

George ARION talks to Lawrence BLOCK

Lawrence BLOCK was born on June 24, 1938 (Buffalo, New York). He is one of the most acclaimed contemporary writers of thriller&mystery fiction. He is the four time winner of the Edgar Award; he also won four Shamus Awards, a Nero Wolfe Award, a Philip Marlowe Award, the Life Achievement Award (all in the US), two Maltese Falcon Awards (Japan), a Cartier Diamond Dagger (UK), two Societe 813 Awards, and received the title of Grand Maître du Roman Noir (France). His books have been translated …

He didn’t want to come here, she did. She was the one with the initiative, she was the one who couldn’t take it anymore and had to leave. Leave the country she was born in, the country which she said she loved but which didn’t love her back. ”We’re wasting ourselves here”, she used to say. “There’s nothing for us here, don’t you see? No opportunities, no new horizons, only obstacles. It’s like she wants us dead”. “Who, who wants us dead?”, he said. They were already talking in English. …