Bellingham author Rob Lopresti talks about his comic crime stories Oct. 7

Bellingham author Robert Lopresti has a new collection of comic crime stories, “Shanks on Crime,” featuring an intriguing character, Leopold Longshanks, a curmudgeonly mystery writer who just wants to create fiction, but true crime keeps interfering. Lopresti talks about his book at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Village Books, 1200 11th St.