New ebook box set!

Attention, internet shoppers! The first five books of the Holmes on the Range series are now available as a handy-dandy (and cheap-y) ebook box set collection. Check it out!

New stocking stuffer!

Ho ho ho! I have a Christmas story in the latest issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. You can read the first few pages free on the AHMM website. Check it out! (Update: The freebie preview of my story isn’t there anymore. You snooze, you lose, folks.)

New podcast!

Looking for something yuletide-y to listen to now that we’ve hit December? You can hear me reading my “Holmes on the Range” tale “My Christmas Story” on the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine podcast. It’s full of holiday spirit…and (bonus!) murder. Check it out!

New event!

I’ll be at the Redwood City Library Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. for a panel discussion tackling the topic “How Writers Scare Readers and Why Readers Love It.” Joining me will be fellow scribes Ellen Kirschman, Mysti Berry, John Billheimer and Margaret Dumas. There also might be candy. Come check it out!

New paperbacks!

My tarot mysteries Fool Me Once and Give the Devil His Due are now available in beautiful new editions! Check ’em out here and here!

New review!

Publishers Weekly has honored The Double-A Western Detective Agency with one of its much-coveted starred reviews! Check it out!

New story!

The July/August issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine features a brand new story by moi. “Do Not Disturb” is a World War II-era whodunnit with a teeny touch o’ noir. Check it out!

New interview!

The fine folks of the Dark and Stormy Book Club podcast have interviewed a writer you might have heard of. Me! Want to hear why I revived the “Holmes on the Range” series? What I’m writing next? What I think of heavy metal? Check it out!

New edition!

My tarot mystery The White Magic Five and Dime is now available in brand spankin’ new ebook and paperback editions. Check it out!

New website!

I’ve totally revamped my website!
Go to www.stevehockensmith.com to check it out!
Oh, wait. You’re already here.

New audiobook!

The new “Holmes on the Range” mystery, The Double-A Western Detective Agency, is now available as an audiobook. Check it out!

New novel!

The sixth “Holmes on the Range” novel is finally on sale! Check it out!

Plus there’s a new “Holmes on the Range” story in the latest issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine! Check it out!

New grill!

I just bought a new gas grill and I love it! Check it out!

Talented dog!

Dogs can water ski! Check it out!

Not-so-talented lady!

Holy crap — it’s Christmastime again already! Check it out! UPDATE: Looks like someone took down this video before you could watch it. Be thankful!

I'm alive!

I was just born! Check it out!