Bombshell Plus is a mix of political insights and whimsy, with Ed Kurtz's usual unique, New Jersey-born look on the world. His direct interaction with friends and relatives on the 9/11 tragedy has given him a personal connection to the disaster. You will find everything from commentary on the election process, to ostriches (as it relates to politicians sticking their heads in the sand), to personal reflections on life in the 21st century.

Bombshell Plus: Action 911

Politics & Social Sciences

Kurtz, Ed

Politics & Government

Westview Pub Inc

A Tale Of Two Countries

Biographies & Memoirs

It’s 1979 in New York City and Charley McCormick loves the Deuce—42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues—more than anything in the world. He loves the peculiar low-budget movies. He loves the bizarre all-night circus of it all. But when a pretty girl sits beside him at a horror double feature at the Harris and ends up dead before the lights come back on, his scene is turned upside down…and Charley is thrown into whirlwind of murder and betrayal where no one is what they seem. As he winds through a network of sex workers, gangsters, and B movie producers, Charley gets himself in so deeply there is no choice but to unravel what started on the Forty-Two and might very well end in the city morgue.

The Forty-Two

New Pulp Press

When Walt Blackmore moves into an old gable front house on the outskirts of a small town, things are really looking up for him; he has an adoring girlfriend to whom he plans to propose, a new job teaching English at the local high school, and an altogether bright future. His outlook and destiny are irreparably changed, however, when an unusual dark red spot appears on the ceiling in the hallway. Bit by bit, the spot grows, first into a dripping blood stain and eventually into a grotesque, muttering creature.  As the creature grows, Walt finds himself more and more interested in fostering its well-being. At first he only feeds it stray animals so that the blood-hungry monster can survive, but this soon fails to satisfy the creature’s ghastly needs. It is gradually becoming human again, and for that to happen it requires human blood and human flesh. And once Walt has crossed the line from curiosity to murder, there is no going back.  "Page after stunning page, Ed Kurtz gets it right. This book was like memory lane for me, its luminous prose and unstoppable tension taking me back to the great small town horror novels of the '70s and '80s. I didn't think they made 'em like this anymore, but thankfully, I was wrong. For, with Bleed, Kurtz has not only written an intensely scary tale, but a timeless one as well." - Joe McKinney, author of Apocalypse of the Dead and Flesh Eaters  "A fun, gory creature novel by a really fresh and original voice. Highly recommended." - Scott Shoyer, Anything Horror

Bleed

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

<p>Like a shotgun blast of harsh words and mean intentions right to the eyeballs, THUGLIT is back once again to fill your face with white-hot pellets of today's best crime fiction. IN THIS ISSUE OF THUGLIT: THE FIRST DAY OF HELL WEEK by J.D. Hibbitts REDEMPTION by Terrence McCauley RED EYED RICHARD by Paul Heatley DOING THE JOB by Hector Acosta IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Ed Kurtz PEEK-A-BOO by John Hodgkins LUCKY FOR ME by Rob Brunet WAKEY WAKE by Nathan Pettigrew PLUS: Part III of Thuglit's exclusive first look at the upcoming novel by Todd Robinson, THE HARD BOUNCE from TYRUS BOOKS</p>

THUGLIT Issue 3

McCauley, Terrence

Heatley, Paul

Pettigrew, Nathan

Hodgkins, John

Acosta, Hector

Brunet, Rob

Hibbets, J.D.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Cinch up your panties, Mary. THUGLIT is back with eight brand-spankin' new tales from the deepest depths of hardcore noir. Are you ready? ARE YOU READY??? If you don't know the answer, THEN YOU'RE NOT!!! It's THUGLIT, baby. GET SOME!!!!! A GOOD MARRIAGE by Ed Kurtz HAPPY ENDING by Rob W. Hart GATO NEGRO by Chris Murphy WITH ONE STONE by Brian Leopold KILLER, DUCK AND THE BOYS by Shannon Barber ONE MORE DAY CAN'T HURT by Justin Porter VIDALIA by Edward Hagelstein JERRY'S DEAD WIFE by Chris Mattix

THUGLIT Issue 5

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Murphy, Chris

Porter, Justin

Hart, Rob W

Hagelstein, Edward

Mattix, Chris

Barber, Shannon

Leopold, Brian

Mystery

A Wind of Knives is a 20,000 word novella about a quiet rancher in Civil War era Texas, Daniel Hays, who emerges from an alcohol-soaked haze to find his sole ranch hand (and lover) has been lynched—hanged by party or parties unknown. Left with virtually nothing but his failing ranch, Daniel takes it upon himself to seek out those responsible for his lover’s death, experiencing puzzling new relationships along the way, including repeat encounters with a ghostly coyote that leads him to the final stop on his odyssey for revenge.  PRAISE:  "A Wind of Knives dusts off the classic western’s most enduring motifs and gives them a shine. With no lack of gunplay and bloodshed, the book also has heart and intelligence. In short, Kurtz delivers an intense, gritty, and moving story that takes a new look at the Old West." –Lee Thomas, Bram Stoker Award and Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The German and Ash Street  “Many Westerns have explored the theme of revenge, but few have done so as provocatively as Ed Kurtz’s A Wind of Knives. And certainly none have approached it in quite the same way. On its surface, this is a familiar story: after his lover is brutally murdered, farmer Daniel Hays seeks revenge. The difference, from the start, is Daniel’s lover is… was… a man. And in Texas during the Civil War, justice for the slaying of a ‘sodomite’ is not a priority for the law.  “But if switching up gender roles in an otherwise traditional Western was all A Wind of Knives offered, it would be thin gruel. Kurtz gives us much more than that—sympathetic characters skillful plotting, and most notably a moving and insightful meditation on love and loyalty.” —Heath Lowrance, author of City of Heretics  "A western must be gritty and raw. The story must embrace not only the manifest destiny of the frontier but the loneliness of the land. Ed Kurtz does all this and more with A Wind of Knives. His rancher possesses a spirit for vengeance (if not justice) that drag readers deeper into the tale while the pages smell of gunsmoke." –Steve Berman, editor of the Wilde Stories annual series  "Daniel Hays is one of the most interesting characters to cross the western terrain." --Edward A. Grainger

A Wind of Knives

Createspace Independent Pub

New hardcore hardboiled tales from eight of the best crime writers on the planet. So sit back, gird your loins, and tear into some THUGLIT, punk! WE AIN'T YO MAMA'S CRIME FICTION! HOUSTON by Eryk Pruitt WALK UP by Ben Nadler OUR LADY OF MERCY by Edward Hagelstein DEATH OF A ONE-PERCENTER by Mark Mellon NOTHING YOU CAN DO by Ed Kurtz FOR WHOM NO BELL TOLLS by Terrence McCauley THE RAT AND THE COBRA by S.A. Cosby

THUGLIT Issue 10

Cosby, S.A.

Nadler, Ben

Pruitt, Eryk

Mellon, Mark

Fox-Lerner, Aaron

Hagelstein, Ed

The Rib from Which I Remake the World

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

EIGHT—count 'em—eight new tales of murder, misdeeds, mayhem, and misdemeanors coming your way from the multiple award-winning crime fiction magazine THUGLIT. YOU know you want some. WE know you want some. SO GET SOME, ALREADY!!! THE SPLIT by Eric Beetner ALCHEMY AND ATROPHY by Devon Robbins THE BEARD by Ed Kurtz IT BOTHERS ME by Erik Arneson BLOOD MAKES THE GRASS GROW by Bracken MacLeod DICK JOKE by Mark Rapacz THAT TIME by Scott Loring Sanders DRONE by Rob Hart

THUGLIT Issue 16

Hart, Rob

MacLeod, Bracken

Arneson, Erik

Sanders, Scott Loring

Beetner, Eric

Rapacz, Mark

Robbins, Devon

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