Author: Todd Robins

Submission Guidelines – The Oswald in Mexico City Dossier

Editor's Picks

In the 1970s, when investigators for the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)—notably Edwin Lopez, Dan Hardway and Gaeton...

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The Vautrin Summer 2022 Dossier: What Kind of Mojo Do You Seek?

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This adventure begins with a wasp. It’s sunny and hot. You’re standing in the driveway, trading stories with the neighbor, who’s...

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Call for Submissions – Vautrin Summer 2022

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Don’t aim. Just shoot. (Jim Carroll even riffed on it in Forced Entries.) Vautrin is open to submissions from April 3, 2022, to May...

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A Preview of Saira Viola’s New Hollywood Novel, “Smoke Show”

Book Reviews, Featured

By Todd Robins / Think of what’s compelling about literary noir.  It depends on the writer’s approach.  Patricia Highsmith...

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The Vautrin Winter 2020 Issue Is Available Now (Order It Here)

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A good short story grabs you with a compelling voice while going where you’ve never been.  In the Winter 2020 issue of Vautrin,...

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Vautrin Summer 2020 Issue Available Now

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Balzac had Le Voleur.  Chandler had The Black Mask.  You’ve got Vautrin. Highlights of the summer 2020 issue include: A...

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The Man from the Golden Age

Editor's Picks, Essays

It comes through when you talk to him.  It’s reflected in the cozy, retro feel of his shop at Northwest 23rd Street in Oklahoma...

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An Exchange About Tarot and The Kabbalah with Vautrin essayist Paul Dee Fecteau

Essays

Chasing the mystery is decidedly different in the digital age than it was just a generation ago... ...

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