Author Archives: Christa Faust
Scene of the Crime and Reign of Terror
Before I get to the full write ups, I have to share a deeply traumatic experience from last night. Witness: Hipster Charles McGraw! Anyone who follows this blog knows how much I love McGraw. I love him because he’s a… Read More
Caged and Big House USA
”File out, you tramps!” I absolutely love this movie. As host Alan Rode mentioned in his intro, this film tends to get unfairly categorized as “camp,” often lumped in with cheesy brain-dead sexploitation flicks because of it’s subject matter; women… Read More
T-Men and Strange Impersonation
I’ve seen T-Men before. In fact it may have been the first Film Noir I ever saw. If not the very first, then one of the first for sure. But any chance to see hot, sweaty, nearly naked Charles McGraw… Read More
Naked Alibi and Suddenly
Switching gears from pretty little Alan Ladd to the big, butch slab of manliness that is Sterling Hayden might have given me testosterone whiplash. In a good way, of course. Hayden isn’t much of an actor, but he’s still one… Read More
The Great Gatsby and This Gun for Hire
It’s that time again, Faustketeers. Noir City, Hollywood. This year’s big kick off was a real challenge for me, something I probably never would have chosen to watch on my own. The Great Gatsby. Yes, really. For starters, I have… Read More
The Haul (no legs)
Several readers have asked about my haul from the paperback show. Here you go: (Sorry, no legs in this photo.) I wound up with a mix of beater reading copies and nicer stuff, several of which were gifts. Since the… Read More
You talkin’ to me?
Check out this article in the Wall Street Journal about vintage Hardboiled novels. I’ll wait… Plenty of excellent suggestions for your reading list, but I have issues with the author’s claim that “…the genre used to be a lot more… Read More
Hardboiled Bootcamp
Want me to whip your sorry-ass fiction into fighting shape? Now’s your chance. This month I’ll be teaching my first class for LitReactor – Tough Dames: How to Write Believable Hardboiled Heroines. AKA Round One of Mistress Christa’s Two-Fisted Finishing… Read More
Considering Kickstarter
I’m considering using Kickstarter to help fund the next Butch Fatale novel: MY TONGUE IS QUICK. This series is a real labor of love for me. A sexy, edgy, queer, and truly indy project with little mainstream appeal, and so… Read More
On Cynthia Nixon, Bisexuality and Sexual “Likability”
After all the online hullabaloo, actress Cynthia Nixon has clarified her recent controversial “gay by choice” comments in the Advocate. As a fellow no-respect-getting bisexual, I’ll admit I was stung by her statement: “I don’t pull out the ‘bisexual’ word… Read More