Dale Phillips, writer

Dale T Phillips - Writer

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This is one rounded corner of the writing world of Dale T Phillips, New England writer-- novelist, poet, short story writer (with over 20 stories published). Short biography here.
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It's Here!

Book Two of the Zack Taylor mystery series, A Fall From Grace, is now out!

Buy on Amazon, on Barnes and Noble, or as an ebook on Smashwords in all formats
(no e-reader required, PDF and browser versions are available)

Debbi Mack, NY Times best-selling mystery author of Identity Crisis and Least Wanted says:

“Zack Taylor is back and ready to rumble. In A Fall From Grace, he digs in like a pit bull to exonerate a woman accused of murder and find the real killer. The answers lie buried within small town politics, dysfunctional family relations and crooked land deals, but finding the truth can exact a cost. Dale Phillips delivers a powerful and ultimately haunting sequel to his debut novel, A Memory of Grief.”

Great review for "A Fall From Grace" from Cathy Speight, of Cath 'n' Kindle Book Reviews!

And listed at Super E-Books, a great place to find good books,

along with "A Memory of Grief," the first Zack Taylor mystery.

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What else is cooking?

I had an interview with Don McCauley on Author Radio

The Zack Taylor mysteries are now listed at Kindle Mojo, a cool place to find indie authors.

My latest books out-- Jumble Sale, a collection of my first 20 previously-published stories!
And Strange Tales, stories of alternate reality. See the covers below.

I gave a talk at the Dunstable Public Library

I'll be featured as the monthly selection of the Groton Library Mystery Group on May 17th.

I'll be part of a multi-author night at the Danversport Yacht Club on Wednesday, July 18th.
Now that looks like a fun time!

Great interview with the folks from Sons of Spade, devoted to the Private Eye genre.

I was part of the Nashua Author's Night, at the Nashua Library.

I was featured on the Indie Author Spotlight on the blog of writer Ken Hoss, author of Storm Rising.

TV interview with me by Jane Bouvier on Around Town.

I was featured on the premier crime/mystery site Do Some Damage.

The cool blog Mysteries and Margaritas had me as a guest.

We had the Launch Party/Signing for A Fall From Grace.

Morgen Bailey did a terrific interview with me.
Great questions, and lots of insight and helpful information.

More publicity-- reviews, interviews and places that feature something about my writing world.

Here's some cool links, a couple of articles, some interesting quotes, and a few jokes.

Need something written, or a website? Freelance writing services and development available.

Check out the Writers and Writing page for info and people to read.

Ebook stories for sale: a 5-Story collection Fables and Fantasies --

or get 4 of the short stories as singles for only 99 cents each!

or try the 5-Story Mystery/Crime collection: Crooked Paths

or try Halls of Horror #1 or Halls of Horror #2

Jumble Sale-- a collection of my published stories-- over 20 so far. See below.

Strange Tales-- 5 stories of a different reality. See below.

This is part of my insane writing challenge for 2012!

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My first mystery novel-- "A Memory of Grief" (featuring Zack Taylor), is released by
Briona Glen Publishing

Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble

And as an ebook (in all formats), at Smashwords

With great reviews, including a 5-star review from Debbi Mack,
NY Times best-selling pro mystery author

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Pro mystery author David Daniel says:

"Zack Taylor is hot. With anger, grief, testosterone, muscle—and booze when he lets himself, though he tries not to. And he’s hot on a case of suicide that his gut tells him is murder. No pro, he acts out of some time-worn sense of honor—as Hammett might’ve said: When a man’s friend is killed, he ought to do something.
Wounded by life, Taylor is a loner who makes friends easily, and enemies even more easily. Beginning in the heat of Miami, he treks north to Portland, Maine, where things get way hotter.
Dale Philips writes a clean, efficient prose and spins a yarn that’s as gritty as any I’ve read in recent years. There’s humor, violence, ghosts, and sex—all the good stuff that has driven stories forever.”

– David Daniel is author of the prize-winning Alex Rasmussen series and, more recently, Coffin Dust.

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Click here to listen to an audio file of Chapter One of A Memory of Grief

Try before you buy!