It’s a very good review by John Pistelli. An excerpt: …the dominant sensibility of Thirteen Girls is one of mordant compassion. Its intense empathy for those who have suffered saves it from true-crime exploitation, but its unsentimental and sometimes even darkly humorous accounts of routine violence, enacted at all levels of society and invading every  Continue Reading »

They just arrived today, a bit late due to weather-related delays. If you ordered a copy, you will receive it soon. Apologies for the wait. Thanks for your patience.

Nine-Banded Books is now accepting advance orders for Peter Sotos’ Tool. The book will be released in February, 2013, and autographed copies will be reserved for the first 20 orders placed through 9BB.

Nine-Banded Books is now on Twitter.

Bret McCabe has an insightful profile of Mikita Brottman and Thirteen Girls in Baltimore’s reigning alt-weekly, City Paper. An excerpt: Most of us first experience death as a natural part of life—the loss of a grandparent or parent, the childhood death of a beloved pet. Murder is an act often experienced at a remove: as  Continue Reading »

The author of Geek Love writes: “Mikita Brottman takes terrifying risks but never puts a foot wrong. These stories begin with delicate precision and build stunning pace and power. This is fiction that is truer and more penetrating than the savage facts at its core.” Click here to order a copy of Mikita Brottman’s Thirteen  Continue Reading »

Drop what you’re doing and check out this fascinating dual commentary at the Chronicle of Higher Education blog in which Thomas Doherty and Mikita Brottman cerebrate over the state of scholarly discourse in relation to “true crime.” The discussion was prompted by the release of  Thirteen Girls, and Mikita provides some insight into the “fascination  Continue Reading »

A pretty good chat, touching upon horror movies and, of course, Thirteen Girls. Check it out here.

Don Noble files an enticing review of Tito Perdue’s The Node for Alabama Public Radio. Read — or listen to — the whole thing here.  

Harold Schechter, perhaps the greatest true crime writer working today, was kind enough to offer a few words of advance praise for Mikita Brottman’s Thirteen Girls. We couldn’t fit the entire blurb on the cover, but here it is: A baker’s dozen of harrowing, often heartbreaking, stories—each based on a notorious real-life murder case and  Continue Reading »