Nicholas Litchfield

New York, United Kingdom, United States

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Editor of Lowestoft Chronicle. Writer for Publishers Weekly and Colorado Review. Former writer for Lancashire Post, syndicated to 25 UK newspapers.

Articles

Unveiling Bruce Elliott: A Master of Mystery and Magic

5 days ago | nicholaslitchfield.com | Nicholas Litchfield

Bruce Walter Gardner Lively Stacy Elliott (1914 – 1973) was an American writer from New York City known for his work in mystery and science fiction. He also had a career as a television screenwriter and was a practicing stage magician. Elliott served as the editor of the Phoenix, a popular magazine focused on magic, and authored several bestselling books on the subject, including Magic as a Hobby, published in 1948, which features a foreword by Orson Welles.
When The Actor Inspired Chaos and Bloodshed by Nicholas Litchfield - Reviewed by Karen Siddall

2 months ago | reedsy.com | Nicholas Litchfield |Karen Siddall

GUNFIRE rang out, dispersing the huddle of pedestrians congregating along the peripheries of the cordoned-off street. Blood splattered across the sidewalk, and the panicked movie executive gave a full-blooded shriek and clutched his left arm. The second bullet had found its mark, biting into the flesh just below his shoulder. A split second before the handgun barked a third time, the executive dived to the ground like a stuntman might.
Eighth James Hadley Chase Collection

Feb 5, 2025 | nicholaslitchfield.com | Nicholas Litchfield

Prolific novelist René Brabazon Raymond was one of the most famous thriller writers of all time. He adopted several pen names, but James Hadley Chase is the most well-known. His debut, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, caused a sensation upon its publication in 1939, selling so well that it became one of the biggest bestsellers of the decade. René authored numerous bestselling novels. While none matched the success of his debut, many were adapted into films and translated into various languages.
Bruno Fischer’s Wicked Fools

Jan 23, 2025 | nicholaslitchfield.com | Nicholas Litchfield

Bestselling author Bruno Fischer (1908 – 1992) was a highly prolific writer during The Golden Age of pulp magazines. I think he pounded out around five hundred stories in the 40s and 50s. And there were no AI-powered writing tools to help him out. He didn’t even have an electronic typewriter. His work could be found in magazines like Black Mask, Manhunt, and Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.
Review of Bandit Heaven by Tom Clavin

Nov 19, 2024 | nicholaslitchfield.com | Nicholas Litchfield

In Bandit Heaven, published by St. Martin’s Press last month, New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin offers an interesting analysis of three secluded hideouts nestled in Wyoming and Utah that for many decades provided a place of refuge and protection for hordes of robbers, killers, and fugitives.
Nicholas Litchfield A Séance for Wicked King Death by Coy Hall

Sep 26, 2024 | nicholaslitchfield.com | Nicholas Litchfield

Coy Hall’s largely overlooked series opener, A Séance for Wicked King Death, published by Shotgun Honey Books last November, is an engrossing 1950s crime story that flaunts scrupulously distilled prose and memorable rogues. Set in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Huntington, West Virginia, it introduces Royce Pembrook, a smart, articulate ex-con with a talent for deception. A decade earlier, Royce worked as a predatory medium, preying on those desperate to communicate with deceased loved ones.
A Conversation with Jerry Levy

Sep 1, 2024 | lowestoftchronicle.com | Nicholas Litchfield

As a longtime educator, book reviewer for The Ottawa Review of Books, and fiction contest judge for The Writer’s Union of Canada, Jerry Levy is very familiar with recognized and emerging Canadian fiction writers. He is also a fiction writer himself whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies over the past thirty years. Recently, his third collection of stories was published by Guernica Editions, one of Canada’s oldest and most prominent independent publishing houses.
A Conversation with Adam Berlin

Sep 1, 2024 | lowestoftchronicle.com | Nicholas Litchfield

More than two decades ago, writer Adam Berlin found success with his first book, earning a starred review from Booklist (which called it “A powerful debut novel with fascinating characters”) and favorable remarks in The New York Times.
Joey Piss Pot by Charlie Stella

Aug 6, 2024 | nicholaslitchfield.com | Nicholas Litchfield

Charlie Stella’s latest, Joey Piss Pot, his tenth novel, is a modern-day crime tale set in New York, focused on internal warring within a Mafia family and an FBI operation to topple a crime syndicate. Through multiple related storylines, we learn that Carmine Montalvo, an incarcerated mobster with stage four lung cancer who might not survive long enough to complete his prison sentence, wants to get his wife’s infidelity under control.
The Philosopher Stories by Jerry Levy

Aug 4, 2024 | nicholaslitchfield.com | Nicholas Litchfield

The impressive The Philosopher Stories, published a few months ago, is the third story collection from Canadian writer Jerry Levy. As with his 2020 collection, The Quantum Theory of Love and Madness, it’s released by the independent publisher Guernica Editions. Dissimilarity, this book might almost pass as a novel.