Librarian note There is than one author in the GoodReads database with this nameEdward Joseph Gorman spent 20 years in the advertising industry before leaving to write full time in 1984 Since then he has been incredibly prolific averaging 2 3 novels a year in addition to many short stories editing anthologies and founding and editing Mystery Scene the new magazine of the mystery field He has written in many genres particularly crime mystery western and horror Most of his novels are set in Iowa His pseudonyms include E. Five great little stories by Ed Gorman Hardcover Solid stories from a good writer but horrible editing takes away from the experience The book is rife with typos and strange line breaks A shame because it frequently pulls you out of the stories Hardcover When Gorman writes crime mystery he does something pretty amazing When he writes science fiction or horror though he misses the mark Since the collection contains about half of one and half of the other this is a solid 3 stars Hardcover Very boring short stories but I got through them Hardcover This is copy 61 of 500 signed numbered copies Hardcover Ed Gorman has enjoyed a prolific award winning career in a variety of genres mystery science fiction thriller and horror He s published than 50 novels 8 collections 100 short stories and edited 12 anthologies His presence in the Little Books Series II is a welcome and honored one Collected in this volume are four of his cantankerous and hard nosed novelettes and stories If this is your first introduction to Gorman s work we re sure after reading these selections you ll be looking for of his tightly written tales A little Orange Book of Ornery Stories
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