Todd Robinson's temple of bad-ass is my favorite place to get published. The first Thug Lit Anthology, Hardcore Hardboiled (featuring "Johnny Cash is Dead"), is out in June.

Less like a sawed-off, more like a sniper rifle.

Theme-based noir breathing its last breath. Check it while you can.

The online home of the nastiest, bloodiest print rag in the world.

The new Plots With Guns looks great. The first issue features Write Club member Justin Porter.

British crime fiction.

Crime fiction writer and nice guy Pat Lambe's website. Plenty of links to his short work within.

A great resource for keeping up with the world of crime fiction.

One of the originals, a good mix of commentary and reporting on true crime, mostly of the domestic violence kind.

Laura James loves to dig up moldy corpses you've never heard of. One of the best.

For all of your LA-Gang news. Essential.

Not just for crime enthusiasts, Ask Metafilter is one of the most valuable research tools on the web. Invaluable for writers and everyone else.

Kurt Sutter is a writer for The Shield, and also played Margos Dezerian on the program. He's got a new show about a biker gang that may get picked up by FX, at which time I need to get a job with him.