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Skin Stories: Wendy Heard

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One of the things I love most about Twitter is that I constantly find new books and the amazing people who wrote them. Wendy Heard is one of them. I won’t spend the entire intro on fanboy stuff. Instead, I’ll say this: do yourself a favor and go read Heard’s latest, The Kill Club. You can thank me later. In any case, I knew Heard had some ink, so when I decided to bring Skin Stories back to life here at EconoClash Review, she was at the top of my list. Yeah, let’s kick things off in style with Wendy Heard, shall we?


Gabino Iglesias: Tell us a bit about you and your work!

Wendy Heard: I'm Wendy Heard, and I write thrillers for adults and young adults. My last book out was called THE KILL CLUB, and my next is a YA thriller called SHE'S TOO PRETTY TO BURN. I can be found on the socials at @wendydheard.

GI: What was your first tattoo and why did you decide to get more? 

WH: I got my first tattoo at age 21, and it was Very Bad. Here's the thing. I was in art school, and I wanted t…
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Shaken Not Stirred: 24 James Bond Films Ranked

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Attention Thrill Seekers: the 25th film in the billion dollar James Bond franchise is coming out very soon. Just not as soon as originally planned due to Global Pandemic. So we here at ECR have decided to take a moment and rank them all in order. This list has a license to kill other inferior lists. That's right thrill seekers! That means that this list is the official Econoclash Review Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 Eon productions franchise list. (we are not affiliated with the franchise) We will not include any movie not part of the Harry Saltzman/Cubby Broccoli/Broccoli Family Canon. (sorry, not sorry Never Say Never Again and 1967 Casino Royale as well as earlier made for tv Casino Royale with Americna Jimmy Bond) Enough of our monkey junk let's breakdown the winners (Connery, Lazenby, Craig) from the losers (Brosnan) And everyone in between, (Moore, Dalton)


I've been a life long Bond fan. Yes, I am aware that it is straight male wish fulfillment increased beyond th…
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Guest Article: What Crime Fiction Editors Want and Don't Want by Scotch Rutherford

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CHEAPEST THRILLS

Phillip K. Dick's Piracy of Influence

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Like a lot of folks, I knew the work of California’s mad genius Phillip K. Dick, well before I’d ever cracked open one of his books. Well before he began popping up in the zeitgeist of the 21st century.


PKD's literary world consists of trenchcoats, cigarettes, and brunettes. All surrounded by a cosmos full of powerful technology serving (or using) simple human beings, lulled into easy belief. Soon, dear Thrill Seekers, this reality--like a whipcrack--vanishes. At that moment, PKD unleashes monstrous paranoia by deploying psychic terrorists, deranged bureaucrats or omnipotent hallucinations. All usually backed by the quarterly earnings of the Corporation. These things have become hallmarks of most modern Science-Fiction. The films of Terry Gilliam, whether realized or not, have frequently mined PKD's mountain. 

Despite the inherent visuals in the language, PKD uses these genre trappings to elevate his stories into high art and examine the human condition. PKD's' character…
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Mission Statement & Submission Guidelines

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EconoClash Review(Quality Cheap Thrills) is a biannual print journal of Genre Fiction.

We accept only the best contemporary pulp submissions. Which includes quality Crime, Noir, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Weird, Humor and Other Words for Uplifting Gormandizers. 

EconoClash Review believes in free speech and wants to provide our readers with a much needed escape into other worlds. We like stories about Weirdos, Criminals and Pregnant Prom Queens going to great lengths to destroy or keep the status quo. HOWEVER, we don't want erotica, or pornography, or torture-porn-erotica between characters of any age, race, species both real or fictional. Nothing gratuitous. Avoid the tropes best you can. Just because we want GENRE doesn't mean we want STALE.

Above all else--EconoClash Review wants fictionfull of energy that feels real. 

We encourage our writers to submit short fiction between 1,500 and 4,500 words.

That word limit is FIRM and STRICTLY ENFORCED.

SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED. They…
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Beyond the Valley of the Drinking Game

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***DISCLAIMER***  All Thrill Seekers, currently under legal drinking age or in Recovery for Alcohol Abuse... DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!                
A recent trend on social media, tells you to start "X" movie at "X" time on December 31st. Doing so will cause a character to say their catchphrase directly as the clock strikes midnight, thus ringing in the new year. BORING!

 If you're seeking cheap thrills this New Year's Eve, look no further!


BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DRINKING GAME
ITEMS NEEDED:

1. A bottle (or two) of your favorite libation. 

2. A copy of 20th Century Fox's, "BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS"

3. A friend or two, so you're not laughing your ass off alone!


The GAME RULES are SIMPLE:
1. Open your favorite Libation. 
2. Start the movie. 
3. Every time you see TITS or ASS, take a drink.

4. Every time you see simulated Coitus, take a drink.
5. Any time you see an Actor BLINK, take a drink.
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Interview: Scotch Rutherford

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SWITCHBLADE Magazine, the sharpest Noir anthology this side of the big five, just released its fourth issue, featuring such yarn spinners as A.B. Patterson, Lisa Douglass, Keith Rawson, Max Sheridan, Pearce Hansen, Henry Brock, Nick Manzolillo, as well as others. Oh, Sugar, yours truly is lucky enough to be included in that mix too. SB continues to push the envelope of crime/thriller/noir ficition with each issue. Managing Editor, Scotch Rutherford, was gracious enough to answer a few questions about publishing in the indie world and offers advice on avoiding the honey-traps. So buckle up as Scotch encourages everyone considering to DIY to "Go BIG or GO HOME!" Congratulations on the release of Switchblade Issue 4 and making it through your inaugural year. Do you feel that you met your goal as an editor/publisher? How did you adapt your approach to succeed? Thanks. Sure. The goal was to make it through four issues. Also to innovate with each issue. Meeting the quarterly deadlin…
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