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‘Welcome Back, Jack’ to be Released from Down & Out Books
In 2013, I completed my transition into full crime fiction with the finishing of my first hard-boiled detective novel, Welcome Back, Jack. For about a month, I released an early version of it...
View ArticleA Reading of the Short Story ‘Drifter’.
In the spirit of always doing the right thing at the worst possible moment, I decided to take a day out of my bronchitis-laden week to record a reading of my latest story, a little shit-kicker called...
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DIY Education in the 21st Century
When I was eighteen thru twenty-five, I paid for- and attended five colleges, where I majored in bong hits, binge drinking, hangovers and ditching class without being removed from campus. A young Liam...
View ArticleLitreactor Column gives Sweeny a Nod in Recent Article
I am very surprised and excited to announce that I was one of five crime short story writers in Keith Rawson’s column on Litreactor, 5 Crime Short Story Writers You Should Be Reading Right Now I was...
View ArticleTrigger Warnings – Do They Do More Harm Than Good?
When I first heard that college students wanted to put “Trigger Warnings” on books that would be read in a class’s curriculum, I was alarmed. As a writer, especially a crime writer, I saw, and still...
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Official Press Release for ‘Welcome Back, Jack’
DOWN & OUT BOOKS TO PUBLISH “WELCOME BACK, JACK” BY LIAM SWEENY Tampa, FL, May 26, 2015 — Down & Out Books will release Liam Sweeny’s debut police thriller WELCOME BACK, JACK in October 2015 in...
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‘Felicity at High Midnight’ Published in Pump Modern #9
Pulp Modern in one of the top crime fiction journals going, and I’m happy to announce that my story, Felicity at High Midnight was published in Issue 9, the Summer 2015 issue. The theme is Dangerous...
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‘Last Word’, Edited by Liam Sweeny, to be Released on September 1st
Last Word, a charity anthology, is a project by Joyride Press, publisher of Liam Sweeny’s short story collection Dead Man’s Switch, is set to be released on September 1st. The idea was to cull a short...
View ArticleThe Future of Our Work – Will Anybody Miss Us When We’re Gone?
Herman Melville began his writing career in Troy, New York, a city that has bee the basis for my own fiction. His story is interesting, and has resonated with me, and maybe a few others in the writing...
View Article‘Welcome Back, Jack’ Now Available for Pre-order!
“Welcome Back, Jack” is available for pre-order now on Amazon. Some of you know this book’s journey. Some of you don’t. Here are some kind words from a man the Irish Times proclaimed “The Godfather of...
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Outlaws and the Men Who Built America (Why I Write Crime Fiction)
I write crime fiction. It’s fun, it’s entertaining to my readers, and I know hundreds of other crime writers. But I’ve written other genres as well, and I, once and again, have to ask myself: why...
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