Come along, 7pm, at 303 High St, Northcote.

This film is batshit crazy in all the right ways, and gives you all the things you didn’t know were missing in your life until now. It’s like a teary reconcilliation with your father in filmic form.

Marvin plays Nick, a mob enforcer sent to collect debt from a crooked slaughterhouse operator called Mary Ann (Gene Hackman).

The following things ensue: people being literally turned into sausages; a bizarre human trafficking auction presented like a cattle auction; a recreation of the famous NORTH BY NORTHWEST plane scene, only now with a wheat thresher; and a young Sissy Spacek in the most inappropriate restaurant attire ever worn.

All that doesn’t even scratch the surface of this weird, hilarious, creepy and cool crime flick. Nothing can really prepare you for it. Somehow, by some mysterious, glorious means (ie. scroteloads of cocaine) some movie producers got this made. Do yourself a favour and check this one, and prepare for a month-long moisty afterwards.

For sale at the event will be Crime Factory Publications’ gonzo tribute to Lee Marvin, LEE – an anthology of stories telling the fictionalised life of one of the big screen’s greatest stars by one of the most insane arrays of talents we’ve ever had the pleasure of publishing (Scott Phillips, Heath Lowrance, Roger Smith, Johnny Shaw, Jenna Bass, Adrian McKinty, Jake Hinkson, Ray Banks, James Hopwood, Erik Lundy, Eric Beetner, Luke Preston, Nigel Bird, Ryan K. Lindsay, Andrew Nette, Cameron Ashley and Jimmy Callaway!)

As at all Cinecult events, gold coin donation is appreciated, unless you want to be turned into sausage.

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The bad news is, you probably had other things you wanted to do for the next few hours.

Oh, well – Mr. Timson can find a new damn Interrelations Coordinator! The kids can pick themselves up from school! That corpse can bury itself! Throw all responsibility away and purchase the new issue of CRIME FACTORY!

Purchase a PRINT HARD COPY HERE!

Purchase the KINDLE EDITION HERE!

Although we try to keep those editions as cheap as their respective websites will allow, you can right click and save the FREE PDF PRINT PROOFS HERE!

What’s in the issue? We thought you’d never ask:

Issue 13 of their award-winning noir journal features an interview with BLACK PULP creators Gary Phillips and Tommy Hancock by Michael A. Gonzales.

Lee Marvin expert and biography Dwayne Epstein talks with Andrew Nette about his book LEE MARVIN POINT BLANK.

Ruth Dugdall talks working with criminals and writing about them with Angela Savage.

Tom Darin Liskey gives true crime reportage from Indian Country.

Ozploitation icon Roger Ward is interviewed about his career by James Hopwood.

John Harrison flips through the Kennedy assassination as covered in pulps.

On the fiction front, we have new long fiction from Court Merrigan, and shorts from Mark Richardson, Stephen D. Rogers and Tom Pitts.

All this, plus reviews of the latest and greatest that’s shaking in the crime world.

Love ebooks?

Then you’re going to LOVE these ebooks! Perhaps not as sexy as their print counterparts, that you can purchase in our SHOP HERE for extremely reasonable prices.

However, these ebooks are an excellent choice for the discerning connoisseur of fine electrical signals.

LEE the Lee Marvin-based anthology, with an intro by Mike White, and fiction by Scott Phillips, Heath Lowrance, Roger Smith, Johnny Shaw, Jenna Bass, Adrian McKinty, Jake Hinkson, Ray Banks, James Hopwood, Erik Lundy, Eric Beetner, Luke Preston, Nigel Bird, Ryan K. Lindsay, Andrew Nette, Cameron Ashley and Jimmy Callaway, is now available in the Kindle format.

BUY THE LEE KINDLE HERE.

FIERCE BITCHES, Jedidiah Ayres scalding pot of noir is also available in the Kindle format.

BUY THE FIERCE BITCHES KINDLE HERE.

Don’t be afraid of these new electronic formats, afterall, it’s the same words you love, but now available digitally, partially thanks to a little technical futzing, and partially due to the editors of Crime Factory sacrificing a life to their dark lord Satan. Don’t let it be in vain.

Lee Marvin: one of the most coolly charismatic and extraordinary screen tough guys ever. Armed with a magnetic personality, a wild temper and major acting talent, he went from playing bit parts to starring in classics such as Cat Ballou, The Dirty Dozen and Point Blank, and winning an Academy Award.
Crime Factory celebrates Marvin’s life by making him the star of his own fictional adventures. From WWII hospital ships, mishaps in Mexico, the open seas and Oscar night, to on-set stoushes and much more, LEE ranges from the gleefully gonzo to the painfully personal.

The line up for this one is pretty stellar, with an intro by Mike White, and fiction by Scott Phillips, Heath Lowrance, Roger Smith, Johnny Shaw, Jenna Bass, Adrian McKinty, Jake Hinkson, Ray Banks, James Hopwood, Erik Lundy, Eric Beetner, Luke Preston, Nigel Bird, Ryan K. Lindsay, Andrew Nette, Cameron Ashley and Jimmy Callaway.

But what do other cool people have to say about it?

“This collection of short fiction puts legendary actor Lee Marvin smack dab in the center of the action where he belongs.”
— Dwayne Epstein, author of Lee Marvin: Point Blank

“This collection delivers. The writing is pungent, sly and muscular, dark and comic, and all of it has a tremendous energy. A love of film and love of noir is evident in every story. This does Lee proud.”
— Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap and Dead Europe

*RETAILERS: CONTACT US about wholesale rates for multiple copy purchases. Our margins are slim, but we want our books in your store, so we will do what we can.*

Individual orders:

Australia: $14.99(AUD) plus $2.90(AUD) postage.

Asia-Pacific: $14.99(AUD) plus $5.60(AUD) postage.

Rest of the world: $14.99(AUD) plus $7.30(AUD) postage.

Purchase the KINDLE edition HERE.

Check out what else we’ve got for sale in the Crime Factory SHOP.

You can order a HARD COPY of this thing for less than six bucks in  PRINT RIGHT HERE.

Or under a buck in KINDLE RIGHT HERE.

And for the budget conscious, you can of course grab Liam’s print proofs for FREE RIGHT HERE.

As was heard from the dying yawps of the blind madmen, this issue contains interviews with IAN RANKIN, discussing the return of his Inspector Rebus series; CHARLES ARDAI discussing the rescue of the lost JAMES M. CAIN novel; JOE ABERCROMBIE on noir and fantasy.

New fiction by KIERAN SHEA; FRANK WHEELER Jr.; TAYLOR BROWN; ROB W. HART; JOHN M. RADOSTA; RYAN SAYLES and MATTHEW C. FUNK.

BRENT ALLARD explores ABEL FERRARA’s New York.

JOHN HARRISON looks over the career of pulp writer LEO GUILD.

And the Crime Factory Crew (that’s the name of the tough posse we have) reviews the latest books.

Of course, check out all our old issues in our PREVIOUS ISSUES page, and our books in our SHOP PAGE.

Get on it, or face the wrath of the prophets of old.

If you’re in Melbourne (and really, you should be. It’s pretty nice. We cohabit with robots. Also, Liam promises to buy you a beer if you move here), you should get down to the JOHN CURTIN BAND ROOM (29 Lygon St, Carlton, 3053) on Sunday March 3rd from 4pm.

The launch will be kicked off by Melbourne band GREEN’S DAIRY ANGEL ENSEMBLE, feature talks from Melbourne film historian DEAN BRANDUM and closed by wonderful SONS OF LEE MARVIN.

What are we launching? Glad you asked.

FIERCE BITCHES (click to pre-order, hunk), by Jedidiah Ayres, kicks off Crime Factory’s new Single Shot line of novellas.

What’s it about? Well, here’s what it says on the back of the book: ”Across the border lies Politoburg: hell on earth, home to putas, punks and psychos. Escape is not in the stars, redemption is not in the cards, but reckoning might just be on the menu. Stand back. The pit is about to spit something back out.”

Sounds pretty great, right? But, did you know – the inside bits of the book are even better! These cool cats certainly think so:

“Powerful stuff. Somewhere between Blood Meridian and Neil Smith’s Hogdoggin’.” — Allan Guthrie

“One of the most beautiful and ambitious pieces of noir I’ve read in a helluva long time.” — Spinetingler.com

“Nietzsche was right: When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares right back — and Jedidiah Ayres miraculously manages to write about it.” — J.I. Baker

“Righteous, phantasmagoric and funny, FIERCE BITCHES delivers a fuckload of biblical fury.” — David Whish-Wilson

“Jedidiah Ayres proves with FIERCE BITCHES that noir has a new prince…” — @OzNoir

And what else? LEE, our anthology of stories inspired by the life of iconic actor Lee Marvin. It’s got a pretty stellar line-up, with stories from Scott Phillips, Heath Lowrance, Johnny Shaw, Jenna Bass, Roger Smith, Adrian McKinty and a whole lot more.

“This collection of short fiction puts legendary actor Lee Marvin smack dab in the center of the action where he belongs.” — Dwayne Epstein

So, come on out, buddy! That’s right – we refer to you as “buddy”! CAN’T YOU FEEL THE UNDENIABLE LOVE AND CAMARADERIE? You know that hollow place inside your heart? Well, that essential Lacanian-void can be filled with these books. It’s true!

See you Sunday March 3rd, buddy!

FIERCE BITCHES by Jedidiah Ayres is now available for order!

Across the border lies Politoburg: hell on earth, home to putas, punks and psychos.
Escape is not in the stars, redemption is not in the cards, but reckoning might just be on the menu.
Stand back. The pit is about to spit something back out.

“Powerful stuff. Somewhere between Blood Meridian and Neil Smith’s Hogdoggin’.” — Allan Guthrie

“One of the most beautiful and ambitious pieces of noir I’ve read in a helluva long time.” — Spinetingler.com

“Nietzsche was right: When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares right back — and Jedidiah Ayres miraculously manages to write about it.” — J.I. Baker

“Righteous, phantasmagoric and funny, FIERCE BITCHES delivers a fuckload of biblical fury.” — David Whish-Wilson

“Jedidiah Ayres proves with FIERCE BITCHES that noir has a new prince…” — @OzNoir

The first in Crime Factory’s new Single Shot line of novellas, FIERCE BITCHES costs seven bucks, runs a lean 74 pages, packing in enough story for three times that page count, and features a beautiful 1920s-inspired cover by Nathanael Scott that you will want to repeatedly stroke lovingly.

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*Please contact us for multiple copies prior to purchase and we will adjust postage as best as we can.

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Individual orders:

Australia: $7.00(AUD) plus $2.20(AUD) postage.

Asia-Pacific: $7.00(AUD) plus $5.50(AUD) postage.

Rest of the world: $7.00(AUD) plus $7.20(AUD) postage.

Purchase your KINDLE edition HERE.

Check out what else we’ve got for sale in the Crime Factory SHOP.

Featuring interviews with champion Mojo storyteller Joe R. Lansdale; the “scariest guy in America” Jack Ketchum; and Lawrence D. Cohen and Tommy Lee Wallace discussing the making of ‘Stephen King’s IT with Lee Gambin.

New fiction by Ed Kurtz; David James Keaton; Andrez Bergen; Anonymous-9; Patti Abbott; Edward J. Rathke; Garnett Elliott; Matthew C. Funk; S.J.I. Holliday and John Hunt.

Clive Barker’s Harry D’Amour and the occult gumshoe phenomenon gets dissected by Ryan K. Lindsay; the life, death and career of the Maniac Joe Spinell is exhumed by Addam Duke; 10,000 pages of Japanese horror comics king Kazuo Umezu is injected into your brain by Cameron Ashley, and the Nerd of Noir, Peter Dragovich, plans your evening viewing.

Cover and illustrations by the immortal Nathanael Scott.

Come on in, we have such sights to show you.

Probably the best way to read this thing is in print. Order your print edition of the magazine right HERE.

For those of the ereading persuasion, get your Kindle edition HERE.

And for the budget conscious, the proofs of the print edition are available as a free PDF download below:

HORROR FACTORY

After the great launch night on Monday the 8th at Grumpy’s Green bar in Fitzroy, Melbourne, flanked by live music and readings, Crime Factory Publications is proud to make our new book, Hard Labour, available to the general public.

You can get the thing in a hard copy to go on your bookshelf right HERE (which is really the best way to appreciate Erik Lundy’s wonderful art) or download it for one of  those (almost certainly enchanted) Kindle devices HERE.

“But why buy this book when I could spend my time doing things that are not as cool?” you ask, theoretical internet person? Well, for starters, this one is STACKED with talent. Hard crime fiction from the land of convicts with seventeen dark criminal tales, including Garry Disher’s first ever Wyatt story (Wyatt is essentially the Australian Parker, having appeared in a number of great books over the years), unpublished for over a decade.

There’s new fiction from all-stars like Peter Corris, Leigh Redhead, David Whish-Wilson, Adrian McKinty, Angela Savage and Helen Fitzgerald. With the book rounded out by a who’s who of upcoming talent in Australian crime  including Greig Johnstone, JJ DeCeglie, Deborah Sheldon, Andrew Prentice, Finbarr McCarthy, Andrez Bergen, Amanda Wrangles, Cameron Ashley, Andrew Nette and Liam José.

Statistically, you are a better person if you read this book.

CRIME FACTORY PUBLICATIONS RETURNS WITH THE ALL-AUSTRALIAN HARD LABOUR

Following a festive book launch back in March of this year, Crime Factory Publications returns to Grumpy’s Green, Monday, October 8 2012, to debut Hard Labour – an all-Australian anthology.

Hard Labour continues CFP’s commitment to mix the best of the new with the established pros of the crime genre.  Brand new fiction from Peter Corris, Leigh Redhead, Helen FitzGerald, Angela Savage, David Whish-Wilson, along with Garry Disher’s first ever Wyatt story (unpublished in over a decade), rubs shoulders with contenders JJ DeCeglie, Andrez Bergen, Deborah Sheldon and many more, including CFP’s own widely-published editorial staff. Along with a brand new story by Melbourne-based Irish veteran Adrian McKinty, the story collection is topped off with a foreword by Sisters in Crime National Co-Convenor, Lindy Cameron.

Hard Labour will retail for $13.99 per hard copy and $2.99 per e-book, price points cementing CFP’s commitment to shaking up outdated local publishing and pricing models.

The Hard Labour launch evening will include readings by numerous authors from the collection in the loose, fun format of The First Shift launch back in March.

In addition to its book schedule, Crime Factory Publications also continues to publish its award-winning magazine, with issue 11 recently released, and has further books planned for 2013.

Entry to the Hard Labour launch is free. The purchase of many books and much booze is encouraged. Attendees should feel free to hang around for mingling, signings and drinks until closing.

Grumpy’s Green is located at 125 Smith Street, Fitzroy,3065. Doors open at 7pm, with readings beginning sometime around 8pm.

For all enquiries, please email crimefactoryzine@gmail.com.

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