Now Available from Down & Out Books: CRYSTAL ON ELECTRIC ACETATE by Richard Godwin

TAMPA, Fla. - April 24, 2017 - PRLog -- Down & Out Books is pleased to announce that CRYSTAL ON ELECTRIC ACETATE by Richard Godwin is published this week in trade paperback and ebook formats.

"I always look forward to a submission from Richard Godwin as I know it will be something I couldn't anticipate receiving," said Eric Campbell, Publisher of Down & Out Books. "This collection of stories is clearly representative of his talent as a writer."

About CRYSTAL ON ELECTRIC ACETATE …

Crystal on Electric Acetate is the first and ultimate original collection of short stories by crime and mystery novelist Richard Godwin. Comprising a fascinating and versatile range of stories previously published in great and ground-breaking cutting-edge paper and online magazines, this collection sums up his take on noir. From urban decay to Gothic explosion, at once revolutionary, iconoclastic, erotic and dark as that cellar next door.

"If you think this is one genre, think again. If you think you can work out what hybrid genre this is, think again. Mutation exists at all levels. Welcome to the mix of stories." —Richard Godwin.

"Godwin is truly one of our great authors." —Luca Veste, author of Dead Gone.

Meet the Author …

Richard Godwin is the critically acclaimed author of Apostle Rising, Mr. Glamour, One Lost Summer, Noir City, Meaningful Conversations, Confessions of a Hit Man, Paranoia and the Destiny Programme, Wrong Crowd, Savage Highway, Double Lives, The Pure and the Hated, Disembodied, Buffalo and Sour Mash, and Locked In Cages. His stories have been published in numerous paying magazines and over 34 anthologies, among them an anthology of his stories Piquant: Tales of the Mustard Man and The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime and The Mammoth Book of Best British Mystery alongside Lee Child. He was born in London and lectured in English and American literature at the University of London. You can find out more about him at his website RichardGodwin.net, where you can read a full list of his works and where you can also read his Chin Wags at the Slaughterhouse, his highly popular and unusual interviews with other authors.

About Down & Out Books …

Founded in 2011, Down & Out Books (DownAndOutBooks.com (http://www.downandoutbooks.com/)) is an independent publisher of crime fiction based in Tampa, Florida. For more information about the book, or to request an interview with the author, contact lance@downandoutbooks.com.