reported by Robert Sperling, FictionFanatic.com

Double Dead, the debut murder mystery by Charlotte, NC-native Terry Hoover, has received more rave reviews from publications like Crimespree Magazine, BellaOnline, I Love A Mystery and Dorothy L.

"Hoover does a masterful job of drawing the reader into the Kennedy years, and has written a finely crafted, suspenseful mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page," says Crimespree Magazine.

Read more!

reported by Jeremy Polin, FictionFanatic.com

Fox News Fox & Friends announced yesterday that music and fashion mogul Russell Simmons is leading an effort to eliminate the "n-word, h-word, and b-word" from hip hop and rap music. This raises the question if urban fiction will be impacted by the controversy centered on hip hop language. Author Kevin M. Weeks found himself in the middle of this national controversy after releasing in September 2006 his debut Urban Fiction novel titled: "The Street Life Series: Is It Suicide or Murder?" A contributor to Wikipedia.org defines Urban Fiction as "a literary genre set, as the name implies, in a city landscape; however, the genre is as much defined by the race and culture of its characters as the urban setting." Urban Fiction is also known as Hip Hop Fiction or Street Lit.

Read more!