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Steve M. over at the excellent blog, Western Fiction Review (a vital daily e-stop for me), has just reviewed my new novel, Dead Man's Ranch, and I am pleased to say he liked it. An excerpt from the review: "Matthew P. Mayo tells his story at a fast pace, his plot...

I'm pleased and proud, chuffed and puffed to announce the release of my new e-book, WRONG TOWN (Roamer Book 1), a revised version of my 2008 novel, WRONG TOWN. This time around, I've set it up as the first in a series featuring the protagonist, Roamer, a hulking,...

It's official, my new novel, Dead Man's Ranch, is up for grabs all over the west, east, north, and south--and online! DEAD MAN'S RANCH (A Ralph Compton Western) Mass market paperback, Signet, March 6, 2012 304 pages Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble |...

Dead Man's Ranch, my latest novel, is officially released March 6. It's my first for the Ralph Compton Westerns line for Signet and I'm already up to my elbows in my next one. The book's up for pre-order at all the usual spots, and can be found at most bookstores with...

A few months ago I was invited to contribute a brief memory about my discovery of Ed McBain's writing, in particular his excellent 87th Precinct novels, and their influence on my own work. It is a page put together by Amazon to coincide with their rerelease, in ebook...

It is with sadness that I write about the unexpected death of my friend and fellow Maine writer, Howard Hopkins, gone too young at 50. He was a prolific author of more than 60 books, including horror, Westerns (under his own name and the pen-name Lance Howard), YA,...

While we’re busy whipping up a batch of cocoa and cookies for Santa, and looking forward to a fine new year, I take a moment to thank readers and other friends for their support this year. It’s been a full one, and next year promises to be even busier. And if anyone...

Christmas Campfire Companion! Yes, sireebob, this is the jolliest jingle-iest collection of Western-themed short stories to gallop down the trail since (well, since this summer's blockbuster doorstop anthology from Western Fictioneers, The Traditional West, which, at...

in Newport, Vermont, at the fine bookstore, Twice Told Tales, in fact. So if you find yourself up north in the Green Mountain State, do stop in and support this fine independent bookstore (189 E. Main Street, Suite A, Newport, VT; 802-334-5506;...

Earlier in the year I had the good fortune to have a Jane Austen parody I'd written accepted for inclusion in the new anthology, Bad Austen: The Worst Stories Jane Never Wrote, by Adams Media. Well, it's out now and my story, "The Horrors of Expectation," is but one...