New Crime Fiction Genre

First posted on New-Crime Fiction Association 7/18/2018 3.42 million reads.

New-Crime Fiction roots should not be confused with modern and Chinese crime fiction which is rooted from translations of foreign works from the 1890’s starting with Sherlock Homes introduced into classical and vernacular Chinese, where as New-Crime fiction focus on new or established thoughts, ideals, themes, and plots not indicative or ubiquitous to Crime fiction or sub-genre and may cross genres.

History & Development

New-Crime Fiction (NCF) was first developed in the 1990’s and coined in 2018. Inspired by The Godfather Part III and “We’re No Angels” Crime, Comedy (1989 film)

It's origins comes out of crime novels such as The Godfather, Scarface and films like A Bronx Tale, Good-fellas, New Jack City, Juice and the more recent water shed mark film, The Family.

The need to differentiate from Crime Fiction and it's sub-genres came about partly due to quite a number of websites dedicated to the genre would include Thrillers, Mystery, Spy, Suspense, and Detective, into their catagory list, with very little Gangster stories... hardly any to none taken precedence, this includes subgenres from other sites such as American Crime Fiction and Crime Novel, thus making it difficult to find the perfect read.

Complicating matters, search engines also yield poor results, and abandon in favor of other search terms.

Lost in the genre and search results, marginalized fans of this material.

As a collective whole these kind of sites, practices dirty genre-ism or better known as dirty popism.

New-Crime Fiction is for the gangster reader at heart, and readers who are interested in crimes against humanity literature, who wants in-depth three dimensional characters, creative storylines and plots tackled in a unique way and also diving into uncharted subject matters not explored, and rejects some of the traditional notions.

Max Stravagar considered “the Grand Master” of twentieth first – century Millennial New-Crime Fiction, with Garcia Gangsta series, as its crown piece, and the celebrated Cell Block God's, Wiseguys Shadow and Mirror Mafia on the wall series as some of its corner stone.

Tod Goldberg is another author who exemplifies with excellence New-Crime Fiction' Gangsterland and Gangster Nation, has given this genre some exposure level needed. The book received glowing reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Mystery Scene Magazine, the Orange County Register, and numerous other outlets.

Characteristics of New-Crime Fiction.

The main characters must have a redeeming quality or aspect to their nature, usually there are religious themes or overtones, In particular used as a cover to hide behind, sometimes set in the background.

The first few pages of any New-Crime Fiction typically will not reveal to much so as to giveaway the ending, with a surprise twist or a hard to guess finish in addition some are found to have an unorthodox approach.  

New-Crime confined or constraint themes set mostly in advance and undeveloped nations or other worlds, also in pre-modern era and poverty stricken society, one or more characters must experience an economical hardship situation, not typically found within Crime fiction. 

New-Crime Fiction has extended to encompass all of Crime Fiction sub-genres under one umbrella, with the same progressive and innovation, including unorthodox approach, and maintaining some of it characteristics.

New-Crime Fiction (nu), adj. (krim), n. 1. a crime committed in a unique or new fashion 2. a distinct theme, plot or motif not ubiquitous to crime fiction or its sub-genres and may incorporate elements or cross over all other genres.

Adding to the list New-Crime Scifi, and New-Crime Horror.

Link: New-Crime Fiction Association.

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