Here, you'll find the downtrodden and dirty. Because it's in the mud, in the dark-in mainlined misery-that truth reveals herself in all her filth-caked, blood-crusted glory.In this volume, you'll find 20 stories that explore the shadow side of humanity. Stories that might disquiet, upset, or even enrage certain readers. Outcast-Press believes that what you need most often lurks in the recesses you least want to tread: taboo topics, disturbing imagery, and that dreaded, murky "gray area." Outcast-Press doesn't cater to cries for censorship because we believe the best art isn't comfortable or comforting. Reading isn't a spectator sport. And since life doesn't come with a trigger warning, neither should literature.

In Filth It Shall Be Found: Outcast Press Anthology #1

Literature & Fiction

Golds, Stephen J.

Clevenger, Craig

Broder, Simon

Sapala, Lauren

Johnson, Paige

Vice, Sebastian

McKay, G.C.

Woe, Emily

Russell, Elyse

Witherkeigh, Victory

Literary

Outcast Press LLC

Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries

Self-Help

Relationships

Outcast Press

1949: Rudy, A Jewish New Yorker snatches a briefcase of cash from a dead man in Los Angeles and runs away from his old life, into the arms of the Boston mob. 1966: Hinako, a young Japanese girl runs away from what she thought was the suffocating conformity of a life in Japan. Aiming to make a fresh start in America, she falls into the grip of a Hawaiian gang dubbed 'The Company'. 1967: Rudy and Hinako's lives collide in the city of Honolulu, where there is nowhere left for either of them to run, and only blood remains to redeem them. Say Goodbye When I'm Gone is a gritty noir thriller with echoes of classic James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy.

Say Goodbye When I'm Gone: A Gritty Noir Thriller

United States

Red Dog Press

DO ALL SONS BECOME THEIR FATHERS? Ben Hughes is a corrupt Boston Vice Detective and bagman for the Southie Mob. Already desperately struggling with obsessive compulsions and memories of a traumatic childhood, his world begins to fall apart at the seams, triggered by the photograph of a missing child in the newspaper and the anniversary of his father's death twenty years earlier. 'I'LL PRAY WHEN I'M DYING' IS THE STORY OF A BAD MAN BECOMING WORSE...

I'll Pray When I'm Dying

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Los Angeles, California. 1949. Scott Kelly is a World War Two Marine veteran and mob hitman confined to a Tuberculosis sanatorium suffering from consumption, flashbacks and nightmares from his experiences of The Battle of Okinawa and a botched hit for Bugsy Siegel. When his movie actress girlfriend disappears, he bribes his way out of the sanatorium to search for her. What follows is a frantic search, a manic murder spree, stolen contraband, and a briefcase full of cash. A story that stretches from the war torn beaches of Okinawa, all the way to the playground of the rich and famous, Palm Springs, California. An exploration into the depths of L.A crime, PTSD and twisted love. A semi-fictional novel based around the disappearance of Jean Spangler.

Always the Dead

"Raw and smarting as a flesh wound, Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms simmers with a melancholic ecstasy that lingers long after the last mournful pages have been turned." - Chandler Morrison, author of #thighgap and Dead Inside"There isn't a Heaven for people like me. There's Limbo."This isn't a love story.It's not a story about the boy who gets the girl.The girl, Amelie, is dead. She killed herself.The boy, Vincent, has been committed to a mental health crisis unit in North London after his own failed suicide attempt. Now Vincent is refusing treatment and has given up on any kind of recovery, instead choosing to live in the memories of the time he and Amelie were together--trying to change his recollections in order to alter the past and save Amelie from the death he blames himself for. "Stephen J. Golds hits all the right steps and delivers a devastatingly beautiful love story. Raw, intimate, poetic, and haunting, Shadows will show you the darkest parts of the heart and bring light to every surface. This is one dance you don't want to miss."- Grant Wamack, author of Black Gypsies

Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

What could be more noir than a diner? From the greasy spoon to the gourmet sit-in, these 18 stories show why diners aren't family friendly. Diners are the place where heists are plotted, bodies get dumped behind, and police are tipped off. These eateries host every crime from domestic disputes and drug deals to premeditated murder and mob mutiny. It's all fluorescent-lit, fly-riddled entertainment to the drunk, recovering, or wish-they-were.Whether the characters are the cooks, criminals, customers, or somewhere in-between, these short works pack a gut punch on par with the saltiest, soggiest Grand Slam breakfast special. There're breakups and bruises, gambling rackets and gang warfare, butchering and familial dismemberment--even schmoes tapping into a parallel universe or two. No matter who enters or at what time, wet, weary eyes always seem to find a steaming cup of joe to cloud-gaze in--and cry.(Forewords by Nevada McPherson and Manny Torres, titled, "Get in, loser. We're Going to Waffle House!")1. Moths by LG Thomson2. Pluto's Place by Stephen J. Golds3. The Fragrant Flavor of the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie by Jhon Sanchez4. Honey Oil by Paige Johnson5. What's Left of the Sun by Michael J. Riser6. Ramblers, L.B.C. by Nolan Knight7. Vonyetta Mosley's Marzipan Palace by David Simmons8. Middle Men by Liv Strom9. Scar on Scar by Jon Gingerich10. A Confederate Engaged to a Jihadist by Nathan Pettigrew11. Two Boys in a Diner by Dino Parenti12. Atomic Getaway by Jesse Bethea13. Denim by Joseph S. Walker14. Watch Yourself by Gordon Dunleavy15. Stuck in the Middle by Karen Keeley16. The Eternal Flame Diner by Meredith C. Kurz17. The Bigger Man by Jim Thomsen18. Pickup At The Main Street Diner by Margaret S. Hamilton

Put Out the Lights and Cry: A Diner Noir Anthology (Outcast-Press Anthologies)

Pettigrew, Nathan

Simmons, David

Knight, Nolan

Thomson, LG

4:20 Noir: A Hoosier Noir Special Edition

Whitehurst, Patrick

Weiner, Rex

JAYNE, SERENA

Lester, R. Daniel

Stoll, Don

Jones, BF

Genre Fiction

Independently published

HOOSIER NOIR: TWO

Bracken, Michael

Walker, Joseph S.

Johnson, Zakariah

Blackwell, C.W.

Noir, Hoosier

Halbert, Marianne

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