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FREE (& virtual) INDIE AUTHOR EVENT

Do you like Humphrey Bogart movies?
How about Raymond Chandler mysteries?

Join us online for a conversation with William F. Crandell, award-winning author of Let’s Say Jack Kennedy Killed the Girl, Book 1 in The Jack Griffin Detective Series.

In this hard-boiled adventure we find a young senator Kennedy’s personal and political future at risk when he’s set up to take the fall for a ghastly murder. Working against time, bureaucratic red tape, his own personal demons, and individuals who want him out of the way, Detective Jack Griffin must identify the real killer, assuming he survives long enough.

William F. Crandell returned home from the Vietnam War with a taste for adventure, a skeptic’s eye, and a hundred thousand stories. Awarded a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award for his private detective novel, Let’s Say Jack Kennedy Killed the Girl, Crandell has published short stories, book reviews, scholarly articles, journalism, state and federal reports, political analyses, and congressional testimony that he presented in Washington hearings. An Ohio native, Crandell received all his degrees at Ohio State University, completing his doctorate in American History with a study of the interaction of McCarthyism and Republican politics. Bill is a former DC speech writer for Veteran’s Affairs.
Click below to register for the Zoom link:

TALK WITH BILL CRANDELL

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LAST CHANCE FOR A FREE READ

We have a new book that is free for download today on Amazon. If you like hardboiled detective series, you won’t get too much better than Bill’s version. Bill, as an FYI, is a Vietnam vet, and he first wrote this when he was on a Maryland state arts grant. 

There are 3 more in the series too, so if you like this, more are coming. This one is free until midnight tonight, 11/29/2021.


You can download it to any device:  laptop, tablet, smartphone, and read it whenever, or share it (you can let another person read it, also for free). You do not have to read it today, but you can only “obtain” it today.(Amazon limits how much we can give away).

Get it now!

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I ATE ALL I CAN EAT! I CAN’T EATS NO MORE!

Oh-kaaaay.

How about some art?

Just what you need after Thanksgiving, a piece of art to take your mind off of food.

So let’s keep it light with a sneak peak at another new release from Instant Noodles, art, life, captured by the perceptive Alan Bern and his lens and very appropriately entitled “Late Night.”

But, keep it on the downlow; it’s a secret.

So here’s the password: INSIDEOUT

Why are we giving away art for free, and early?

Because you make all those late nights we spend working and editing worth it.

Thanks so much for your support.

Love~ Di and Dave

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I COULDN’T POSSIBLY EAT ANOTHER THING

But it’s only some noodles…

Well, maybe some noodles I could eat.

Just what you need after Thanksgiving, a recipe for more food.

So let’s keep it light with a sneak peak at another new release from Instant Noodles, a poem by Delaware’s own 8th wonder of the world, and a heck of a great writer, Robert Fleming. You’re going to want to try his Recipe for Hard Noodles.

But, keep it on the downlow; it’s a secret.

So here’s the password: NOODLESHARD

Why are we giving away poetry for free, and early?

Because you’re special to us.

Thanks so much for your support.

Love~ Di and Dave

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING…. WITH GRAVY

We at Devil’s Party Press really appreciate your support for older authors, and we want to thank you, especially those of you who follow this blog or follow us on social media, with a little gift…

A sneak-peak at Instant Noodles: Hot Buttered Holidays, opening officially on December 1st.

But for today, turkey day, enjoy a sneak peak at a saucy short story from Delaware author Maggie Claypool. However your holiday goes today, you’re gonna want some gravy with that.

Check it out here (click me).

But you’re gonna need the password to get in until it goes live on December 1st!

(The password is…. GRAVY).

So knock three times and tell ’em Joe sent ya, and thank you for all your support as we try to help these wonderful authors get the audience they deserve as much as your feast deserves some hot rich gravy.

And may all of us survive all of the wonderful togetherness of the season.

Love and gratitude from our family to yours~

Dave and Di

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THE PROOF, AND NOTHING BUT THE PROOF

It’s time for the final read-through before the curtain goes up on Let’s Say Jack Kennedy Killed the Girl, released by our imprint, Hawkshaw Press. As with every book we print, we check them once, we check them twice, and we check them a few times after that to be sure they’re clean, like Griffin’s case.

This book is getting great reviews and winning awards even in its proof phase. You’re going to want a signed copy.

And you’re going to want in on a chance to talk to Bill! 

And maybe you find yourself behind the 8-ball, and you need someone who believes you when you say you were in Montreal at the time. You know who to call:

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Balance of Fortune by Mel Lee Newmin – (signed bookplate)

On the centennial of the signing of the Balance Protocols, an intergalactic treaty that ended hostilities between humanity and two warring alien species – the Gunera and the Amaurau – a cryptic message is intercepted by Protocol Officer Nick Severin:

THE DEATH’S FESTIVAL, a Guneri deep-space merchant freighter, has been destroyed.

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THANK A VETERAN, LIKE WILLIAM F. CRANDELL

It’s Veteran’s Day in the US of A, and there are lots of things you can do to thank a veteran, like picking up the tab at Starbucks, or saying, “Thank you for your service,” or many other things.

One thing you can do is to read a man’s book. That’s right; there is nothing you can do that will make a writer happier than reading something he, or she, wrote.

William Crandell, who is a veteran of the Vietnam War, happens to be a really talented writer in addition to being a veteran. He won the best short story nationally in 2019, in addition to his win in the state of Delaware.

Bill is releasing his first novel, one in a series of four starring hardboiled detective Jack Griffin, and he has already gotten a stellar review for it from Midwest Reviews.

Am I using a post about Veteran’s Day to hawk a man’s book? I am. It is no small thing to have served in a combat zone. 

And, therefore, why not? What better gift could you give Bill than to read his book? He served; we should care, and while we have limited time and what-have-you, this is one way people who like writers and creative writing can also add in appreciation for veterans. 

And, aside from that, this is really a very well-written book. It’s gonna grab you and transport you. And it’s fun; it has all that Humphrey-Bogart-patter you love in a good noir mystery.

So, you know, get a copy. Or give a copy. Today.

Thanks for your service Bill.

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Balance of Fortune by Mel Lee Newmin – (signed bookplate)

On the centennial of the signing of the Balance Protocols, an intergalactic treaty that ended hostilities between humanity and two warring alien species – the Gunera and the Amaurau – a cryptic message is intercepted by Protocol Officer Nick Severin:

THE DEATH’S FESTIVAL, a Guneri deep-space merchant freighter, has been destroyed.

$ 16.99
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OH, THE HORROR, ON DELMARVA LIFE!

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RECAP OF DATE NIGHT PART 2: THE EQUINOX BOOK LAUNCH

On June 22, 2018, we held part two of our two-part book launch in support of the recently published EQUINOX literature anthology. The event, dubbed “Date Night,” took place at Milton’s popular Suburban Farmhouse coffee shop and eatery, located at 108 Federal Street. A sizable crowd showed up for the book launch, which featured live performances from several of the EQUINOX contributors including William Crandell and Carrie Sz Keane.

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Music was provided by guitarist David Ara, who performed a variety of original songs throughout the evening. Following the scheduled EQUINOX readers and a brief intermission, an open-mic session commenced. The session included poet Tara A. O’Brien Elliott of Salisbury, MD, who was recently awarded the first-place prize in the upcoming AURORA anthology. Ms. O’Brien Elliott read four original poems.

We have two readings scheduled for August in support of the AURORA anthology. The anthology is scheduled to publish in mid-July and the live events will also occur at The Suburban Farmhouse.

Our heartfelt thanks to those who turned out tonight, and, of course, to Kristin Heathcote-Latham and the entire staff at The Suburban Farmhouse.

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