She agreed and Monkey Justice came about. Knowing that I was looking for titles to include with the launch announcement I spoke to Patti and told her that I could help and we could publish the collection under Snubnose. Somewhere, on her blog maybe, Patti had expressed a desire to have a story collection e-published but said that the tech side scared her and she probably wouldn’t ever do it. We were getting ready to announce Snubnose Press so we were trying to figure out what some of our next projects were going to be so that we could have them be a part of the announcement. Spinetingler ultimately did publish the story (Father’s Day). So I asked her if I could consider it for the Speedloader collection depending on the other submissions. Spinetingler had accepted a story of Patti’s a long time ago and the publication date got pushed back. Elaine AshĮlaine Ash: How did the project MONKEY JUSTICE come about?īrian Lindenmuth: Monkey Justice came about as a convergence of a few things. I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Patti on several stories as an editor.īelow is a conversation with Brian Lindenmuth, Patti’s editor and publisher on this project, about MONKEY JUSTICE and Snubnose Press.

MONKEY JUSTICE is a collection by Patti Abbott, a writer destined to be remembered as one of the great short story writers in this golden age of shorts. Brian Lindenmuth is one of the founders of Snubnose Press, a natural offshoot of his other endeavor, Spinetingler Magazine, the bible of online crime writers, and a recognized (and praised) media outlet for all the majors in print.

Speedloader by Brian Lindenmuth