Craig Hartranft, Author
Writing Fiction as C. S. Hart
Welcome. I am an author and writer of fiction. Crime, mystery, suspense, thriller fiction, and speculative fiction. And other writings: Op-ed, parody and satire, commentary on Christian theology and culture, and other
chaos and mayhem.
I don’t believe in writer’s block or waiting for inspiration.
If you’re a writer, you sit down and write.
— Elmore Leonard
Welcome to My Writer’s Life
News. Events. Current Projects. Novels. Stories and Story Samples. Thoughts on the Writing Craft and Life. Opinion. Commentary. Humor Parody. Commentary on Christianity, Theology, and Culture.
Coming Soon:
The Dead Husband
My first novel, introducing my intrepid and cheeky detective,
Romeo Jones. Most call him, Rome.
Missy Aldritch, whether planned or impulsive, kills her abusive husband, George. But murder was only the beginning. What to do with the body? Missy hadn’t thought that far ahead. Or his hidden criminal life and the cache of Cartel drugs and money hidden in a gun safe in the garage? With the help of her best friends, Dolly and Sonya, she must dodge the local mob, a Mexican cartel, and law enforcement including Detective Rome “Rome” Jones and partner Angela Ramirez. Where will it end?
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Explore my writing life.
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What’s in a Pen Name?
But I tip of the hat came to me, C. S. Hart like C. S. Lewis, the great lay philosopher and theologian. It has a ring to it. Why not? Not exactly genius but close. And it works for both fiction and non-fiction.
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Your Mission, If You Choose to Accept It . . . This Post Will Self- Destruct in 10 Seconds
In the American captivity of the Evangelical Church, every local body of believers, aka the local church, needs, apparently, a unique mission statement, like our secular, business and consumer oriented, culture. Like a local business or a major corporation has a mission statement,…
From Very Smart Readers …
Who wrote a review without buying or reading my novel.
Lots of great dialogue, humor, action, and dead bodies. What a hoot.
Sue Grafton
Dead Author
Rome Jones is my kind of modern day noir detective: shoot first, slip in a one-line, ask questions later.
Michael Connelly
Author, The Lincoln Lawyer
I want to kill C. S. Hart. His plots are crazy and his dialogue and prose entertaining. Reminds me of someone
who gave birth to me.
Peter Leonard
Son of Famous Author