“Paladin” by Tod Goldberg
As we end the year, a special gift for devoted readers: a free copy of the short story "Paladin" which first appeared in the amazing anthology Playing Games. If you're [...]
Gangsters Don’t Die Playlist
I'm always listening to music when I write. Sometimes it's just to get me into a mood, sometimes it's to serve as a defacto soundtrack for the scene I'm writing, [...]
Why Book Scammers Shouldn’t Call Me
There's a popular scam where a woman called "Julia Victoria" calls and offers you a book deal at Harper Collins. Well. I had some free time on my hands, so [...]
THE LOW DESERT Bonus Story!
Not every story I wrote during THE LOW DESERT period ended up making it into the final draft of the book, for any number of reasons...but the main thing was [...]
Out NOW in Paperback!
If, for some reason, you've been waiting the last year to pick up THE LOW DESERT in paperback...you're in luck! It's out now! Here's what people have been saying about [...]
Tod Interviews Steph Cha in Alta
Tod sat down with crime novelist Steph Cha to talk about Best American Mysteries & Suspense: None of the stories in this anthology feature a cop or a detective as [...]