Valentine's Day... the day of love.
The day of red roses and boxes of chocolate.
The day of romantic dates with beautiful flowers.
The day that belongs to Oscar Martello.
Yep, you heard me correctly. Oscar Martello... the older man that stole my heart. Oscar Martello... the man that can make my soul shiver with excitement while using a ceramic hunting knife. Oscar Martello... the man that has me wearing french maid outfits in my dreams. *sigh*
It probably won't come as surprise to many of you when I tell you that my heart still belongs to Oscar. I think out of all the characters I've read about and fallen in love with over the last couple of years, Oscar... Oscar stays at the top of my list 'cause he likes to play hard to get. I mean, really... this time last year, whenever I wanted my Oscar fix, I could head on over to Steve Weddle's blog and read close to a dozen short stories. Now? Well, now I have to search the Internet and hope that I stumble across a word or two... if I'm lucky, I'll stumble across an entire story available to the public.
Thankfully, Oscar landed on the Do Some Damage blog with a new short story just before Christmas. You can catch up with Oscar on a previous post ----->>>>> HERE.
And you can read the newest short story here ----- >>>>> THE RETURN OF OSCAR MARTELLO!
And since I'm a sucker for giving things away... one lucky commenter, chosen at random, will get a box of candy and a My Heart Belongs to Oscar Martello button! Now, really, who wouldn't want something like that?!
Steve Weddle is an editor, short story writer, and novelist. A former English professor, he holds an MFA in creative writing from Louisiana State University and currently works for a newspaper group. His fiction has appeared in numerous literary and crime/noir journals. In 2009, Weddle and six crime fiction writers created DoSomeDamage, where he blogs on Mondays. In 2010, Weddle and John Hornor Jacobs created Needle: A Magazine of Noir, one of the top journals for contemporary crime fiction. He lives with his family in Virginia.
6 comments:
Oh Brina, the month of luv would not be complete with Oscar. Thanks for share his links. Lol!! Happy Valentines to all XOXOXOXO!!
Lots of love to you, too, on this day of love, Sabrina. Glad to see Oscar's still around and kicking. Thanks for sharing the links where he can be found. Though we all know he can't be found unless he wants to be found.
Happy Valentine's Day!!
Ah, Oscar... the man who unseated Reacher.
Thanks Sabrina/Kate for sharing and bringing back “our OSCAR.” Really enjoyed his short story. Oscar Martello sounds like a good smooth drink. Yum!!
Got that right, Elizabeth! =)
Linda, "Though we all know he can't be found unless he wants to be found." So true. Why does Oscar have to be so difficult?
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