Special offers on five unforgettable crime noir novels… Read more »

Well, among other things, you encounter Mahmoud Dowlatabadi’s moustache, Derek Raymond’s devilish grin, and one very lovely, very famous author dressed in drag … Go check it out. (Sorry if… Read more »

“The Factory novels are certainly the most viscerally imagined of their kind that I’ve ever read, or reread multiple times.  Derek Raymond wrote in a supposedly escapist genre in a… Read more »

“Holy s***” When asked in a recent GQ interview if he could recommend a good book, actor and comedian Patton Oswalt got our attention with this wonderful recommendation: “I’m also… Read more »

William Gibson on Derek Raymond In Saturday’s New York Times there was a great interview with writer William Gibson that touched base on the author’s many diverse interests. Naturally one… Read more »

This is the final post in our week-long celebration of the Return of Derek Raymond. It is also the most powerful. The audio recording below is taken from the final… Read more »

A black train. The brief selection of audio we have today comes once again from the series of interviews done by Cathi Unsworth (Bad Penny Blues, The Singer) on her… Read more »

In the late nineties, writer and Derek Raymond-protege Cathi Unsworth hosted a week-long radio series called “The Dark End of The Street,” which explored the story behind Raymond’s career. The… Read more »

The life of Robin Cook, aka Derek Raymond, in ten occasionally seedy slides.

  Thou’rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well, And better… Read more »