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Slang from Storm Waters, Part 2

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All Rung Up:

Continuing with the daily slang term from the 1920s and 30s. Will you be celebrating tonight when the election returns come in? Maybe you’ll be “All rung up.” No, you won’t be on the phone until you’re exhausted, nor will you and your party be on the trash pile of election history. Instead, you will be dressed to impress!

All rung up: (adj) dressed in fancy clothes or costume; may imply evening clothes.

This odd phrase shows up in plenty of pulp descriptions of the 1920s and into the early 1940s, when it faded out. Keep an eye out for this phrase when you read Storm Waters.

black and white charcoal sketch of people in many different fancy costumes

 

Slang from Storm Waters Part 1

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All Balled Up

So, Storm Waters comes out next week from Fairwood press, and since it’s set in Los Angeles in 1934, I thought I’d post a slang term from the period every day until the book is out. So let’s start with something that might be appropriate, considering that tomorrow is Election Day in the USA:

All balled up: (v) confuse; make a mess of; get something wrong. Eg: “You got it all balled up!”

Because no matter how this election goes, someone will claim it was all balled up. Whatever else you do, don’t ball up your chance to vote!

 

Noir At the Bar!

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Black, white and Red flyer for Noir at the Bar. Reads: Noir at the Bar. Ladies Night. October 24, 2024. 8PM. Hosted by Scotti Andrews & Bethany Maines

Tonight! (10/24)

I’m going to be reading first so, if you’re interested in hearing me read the first (or maybe the second) chapter from my upcoming Noir fantasy novel Storm Waters, be there early!

Tonight’s Readers: Kat Richardson (me), Lisa Liebeman, J.M. Phillippe, Laurie Rockenbeck, Bethany Maines, Kate Jackson, Roz Ray, and Scotti Andrews.

The Alibi Room, off Post Alley in Downtown Seattle, is located under Pike Place Market, just down from the information kiosk. Starting at 8PM, there will be swearing. There will be drinking. There will be women behaving badly. And that’s even before we start reading! See you there!

 

Signings, and Readings, and Cons, Oh My!

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Storm Waters novel cover: Above a sea green background the name "Kat Richardson" in Yellow deco-style font" with the title "Storm Waters" in white at the bottom and a quote from Cherie Priest saying "A pitch-perfect killer noir." Curling around three sides of the cover is a navy blue skeleton of some giant reptile lying beneath the water; a skeletal human hand reaches up from the creature, poised to snatch a small white speed boat from the surface as it races up the cover from the O in Storm toward the author's name above. at the very bottom of the cover are the words "A new thriller by the National Bestselling Author of Greywalker."

Events 2024!

Oh, my gosh! I’ve been so busy updating the Events page here! and there’s been so much happening all of a sudden that I’ve really fallen behind about posting. So let me round this up for all y’all:

Storm Waters is still on track for a mid-November release, but pre-release copies may be available in October at OryCon, October 18-20 (find me and I’ll tell you if we got any to the show and where to get them) and I’ll also be reading from the book on that Sunday. I’ll be reading from the book at Noir at the Bar in Seattle on October 24 at the Alibi Room under Pike Place Market. And I’ll be hanging out and signing books with author Tamara Kaye Sellman at Saltwater Bookshop in Kingston WA November 23. For more information, see the Events page!

Check back for more events, if I can wrangle some.

Oh yeah: and Storm Waters got it’s first review. A very nice little tease from Fran Fuller at Seattle Mystery Bookshop Newsletter. Scroll down to the “What We’ve Been Up To” section and look for Fran’s tag and the title “She’s Back!”

 

Free Short Story!

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a poker hand—two pair: aces and eights—is shown on a moody red background under the title "Card Sharp". Below the cards is the author's name: Kat Richardson

Featuring Marty F-ing Storm

So, with the help of the very wonderful John Hartness (owner/publisher/editor-in-chief of Falstaff Books), I have a Marty Storm short story up at Prolific Works. And it’s FREE! So if you want to know a bit about the notorious protagonist of my upcoming dark-fantasy noir crime novel, Storm Waters, go get it! Did I mention it’s free? Click this link: Card Sharp at Prolific Works. Or click the cover image on the left.

You’ll also get the Falstaff version of my Harper Blaine short story “Chemotherapy” from my collection Through the Grey that they published in 2022. Why? Because I want you guys to buy the books! But I’m also happy if you just like the stories and tell other people to read them. That’s always cool.

I hope you enjoy them!

 

Pre-Orders Available!

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Storm Waters novel cover: Above a sea green background the name "Kat Richardson" in Yellow deco-style font" with the title "Storm Waters" in white at the bottom and a quote from Cherie Priest saying "A pitch-perfect killer noir." Curling around three sides of the cover is a navy blue skeleton of some giant reptile lying beneath the water; a skeletal human hand reaches up from the creature, poised to snatch a small white speed boat from the surface as it races up the cover from the O in Storm toward the author's name above. at the very bottom of the cover are the words "A new thriller by the National Bestselling Author of Greywalker."

Storm Waters on Sale Soon!

I’m so excited! If I were a dog I’d be wagging myself silly. Preorders are now open at Fairwood Press for my new novel (and start of a new series) Storm Waters! Order soon, and make my publisher (and me) very happy. And save yourself $3.00!

Click this text to pre-order.

Yes, this is the book I’ve been talking about for a while now: Marty F-ing Storm will be on the loose in November. (And yes, the image on the cover is inspired by an actual action scene in the book, so it’s not just pretty, and thanks to Artemis for the lovely cover art!)

From the back cover:

 

A modern noir thriller with a paranormal twist set in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Prohibition has just ended, and the US is still struggling in the depths of the Great Depression. But for notorious playboy and ex-bootlegger Marty Storm, life couldn’t be better. Only his best friend knows about his knack for water magic—and for making “problems” disappear—though no one knows his family’s shipping business was built on sorcery and murder. When he’s accused of a gruesome killing, he knows he’s been framed, but corrupt cops and his conscience aren’t his only problem. Vengeful spirits, a little girl with a strange connection to the Los Angeles River, a crate full of trouble, and broken memories force him to unwind the horrifying secrets of his own past and return to the dark heart of his family in the bayous outside New Orleans. With some unlikely allies both new and old, Marty must confront the ugly source of his family’s fortune and power.

Murder, magic, love, death, and family: Marty Storm has come to the tipping point of his life, whether he knows it or not, and to control his destiny, he’ll take a desperate plunge into dark magic he swore he’d never use.