' Joe noose leaped out from behind the tree and heaved the weapon at the shooters head before Cisco could raise his gun the bottle of blazing whiskey hit him between his eyes with stunning force.' I feel that this quote summarizes the action in this book it is constant and always entertaining and in detail, it almost feels like you can picture it right in front of you. So because of the action and eerie feeling, the book lived up to my expectations furthermore the overall conclusion is a 4 star I would give it a 4.5 but I can't. There was a constant eerie feel the entire book it always felt like something was about to go bad right from the beginning. I would say the overall rating of the book is a 4 I lived up to my expectations it was a book that always had you on your toes and there was always action. Visit his website at I chose hanging fire as my choice book because it looked like a historical action book and that is exactly what it was. He created and wrote the sci-fi/horror comic series and graphic novel CONTAINMENT from SST Publications and the horror western comic series WILD WORK for Antarctic Press. His published horror and suspense short stories have been in Cemetery Dance magazine, Weird Tales magazine, Shroud magazine, Dark Delicacies III: Haunted anthology, Dark Discoveries magazine, Mulholland Books' Popcorn Fiction, among others. His original screenplays include THE HITCHER for Tri Star, NEAR DARK for DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, BLUE STEEL for MGM and THE LAST OUTLAW for HBO.

and 100 FEET for Grand Illusions Entertainment. Red directed and wrote the films COHEN AND TATE for Hemdale, BODY PARTS for Paramount, UNDERTOW for Showtime, BAD MOON for Warner Bros. The next two Joe Noose Westerns, BRANDED and THE CRIMSON TRAIL, will be published in 2021.

The first two of his Joe Noose Western novels, NOOSE and HANGING FIRE, are published in Mass Market Paperback and digital editions by Kensington Books and Pinnacle Books. Two other novels, a science fiction thriller called IT WAITS BELOW, and a mystery crime thriller called WHITE KNUCKLE are published by Samhain Publishing. His novels, an edgy Y/A book called DON’T STAND SO CLOSE and a dark fantasy called THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE and its sequel THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO are published in hardcover, trade paperback and digital editions by SST Publications.

Eric Red is a Los Angeles based novelist, screenwriter, and film director.

Hanging Fire by Eric Red