Cutting edge suspense under extreme tension. Quick &amp; dirty flash fiction and sharp &amp; deadly crime fiction at your fingertips; featuring a motley crew of 13 usual suspects, and new blood. This is it: the first cut of Switchblade. No-limit crime culture springs to life at the hands of Paul D. Brazill, Preston Lang, Liam Sweeny, Steve Liskow, Jim Wilsky, Larry Kelter, William Dylan Powell, Susan Cornford, Travis Richardson, Jack Bates, Tom Leins, Fred Zackel, and Scotch Rutherford.

Switchblade (Issue One)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Liskow, Steve

Kelter, Lawrence

Powell, William Dylan

Wilsky, Jim

Sweeny, Liam

Lang, Preston

Bates, Jack

Richardson, Travis

Cornford, Susan

Brazill, Paul D.

Mystery

Caledonia Press

The Jacket is off, and with one thumb jab at the button the blade is out; whitening your throat at the tip, just below the jugular. Switchblade is back for another stab at 12 sharp &amp; deadly hard luck-tales from some authors you may know, and a few you’ve yet to discover. It's coming at you; quicker than the eye can see, the second cut of Switchblade.

Switchblade (Issue Two)

DiChellis, Peter

Boekestein, J. L.

Roland,Charles

Pickup, Renee Asher

Jaramillo, Carmen

White, Rob T.

Erwin, Ashley

Greenberg,Paul

Bailey, S.E.

Literature & Fiction

You want award-winning crime fiction? Do ya? DO YA, PUNK??? Well, then—THUGLIT ISSUE 22 is here to knock your literary teeth out the back of your head with EIGHT brand new tales of misdemeanors, misdeeds, misanthropy and misbehavior. IN THIS ISSUE OF THUGLIT: THE JACKPOT by Tom Barlow LAST REQUEST by Rob Hart STRESS POSITIONS by Matthew J. Hockey FKAKTED by Robert Hart GAME DOG by Joshua D. Moyes THE EASTER ISLAND JOHNNY by Jon Zelazny CRANFILLS GAP by William Dylan Powell THAT DREADED UNDERTOW by Nolan Knight

THUGLIT Issue 22

Hart, Rob

Barlow, Tom

Zelazny, Jon

Hart, Robert

Knight, Nolan

Hockey, Matthew J

Moyes, Joshua D

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Houston was founded on August 30, 1836, after Texas became independent from Mexico, by brothers Augustus C. and John K. Allen and named in honor of General Sam Houston, who had just defeated the Mexican Army at San Jacinto. The coming of the railroad boosted the economy, but it was the 1901 discovery of oil at nearby Spindletop that made Houston’s fortune. NASA's Mission Control Center opened a few miles from Houston in 1963, and six years later the city's name became the first word ever spoken by a human being on the surface of the moon. Houston Then and Now matches historic images of the early city with modern photographs that show the city as it is todaythe fourth largest city in the US with a mass of high-rises, malls, and parks.

Houston Then and Now (Then & Now)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Thunder Bay Press

Twenty-first century Austin has a reputation as a quirky, hip, culturally-diverse town that’s home to the world-famous South-by-Southwest music festival and the University of Texas Longhorns. It’s come a long way since Spanish explorers arrived circa 1709. Austin Then and Now rounds up all of the hot spots in a unique photographic history of Texas’ capital city. When Mirabeau Lamar succeeded Sam Houston as the President of the Republic of Texas, he moved the capital from Houston to Austin. The State Capitol that was eventually built in 1888 remains the largest statehouse in the U.S. Students will get a kick out of the side-by-side then-and-now photos of the University of Texas Tower and Main building what was once a humble single building on 40 acres is now one of the largest public universities in the United States. Austin’s Driskill Hotel, one of the finest Victorian hotels in the west, has long been a destination for famous Texans. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson took Lady Bird to the Driskill on their first date! Austin’s most famous landmarks are featured, including the O. Henry House, the French Legation, the Governor’s Mansion, and other locations beloved by Texans.

Austin Then and Now (Then & Now)

History

Americas

Texas then was a cowboy state where men wore ten-gallon hats, boots, and leather chaps. Texas then boasted the famous Alamo in San Antonio, the regal Cotton Exchange in Houston, Austin’s imposing Victorian-era Travis County Courthouse, and the elaborate Adolphus Hotel in Dallas. Texas now sees these antique structures surrounded by modern marvels like the magnificent scarlet-colored Dallas Opera House, the sweeping headquarters of NASA, and impressive business districts like Congress Avenue. Texas now is a state of sophistication—as well as a state of men clad in riding boots and cowboy hats. See the old, the new, and the relics that bind them together in Texas Then and Now, a stunning pictorial that juxtaposes historic and contemporary photos of the proud state of Texas.

Texas Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay)

Texas has it all, from bustling big cities to sleepy small towns, and law enforcement alone can’t solve every crime. That’s where private eyes come in. They take the cases law enforcement can’t—or won’t. Private eyes may walk the mean streets of Dallas and Houston, but they also stroll through small West Texas towns where the secrets are sometimes more dangerous. Whether driving a Mustang or riding a Mustang, a private eye in Texas is unlike any other in the world. The Eyes of Texas features seventeen original tales of Lone Star State private eyes from Trey R. Barker, Chuck Brownman, Michael Chandos, John M. Floyd, Debra H. Goldstein, James A. Hearn, Richard Helms, Robert S. Levinson, Scott Montgomery, Sandra Murphy, Josh Pachter, Michael Pool, Graham Powell, William Dylan Powell, Stephen D. Rogers, Mark Troy, and Bev Vincent.

The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods

Goldstein, Debra H.

Bracken, Michael

Vincent, Bev

Floyd, John M.

Murphy, Sandra

Pool, Michael

Hearn, James A.

Barker, Trey R.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Down & Out Books

This isn’t a book; it’s a lifestyle. And you can be a part of it starting right now. This second edition of 100 Things to Do in Houston Before You Die lays out all of the cool stuff you could be doing in H-Town today—from savoring BBQ at Killen’s and catching a Summer Chills showing at the Alley Theatre to upscale shopping at the River Oaks District or maybe catching an old fashioned drive-in movie at the Showboat Drive-In, these are the things you can’t do anywhere else. Just pick up a copy of this book and keep it handy. When you feel like spicing up your week, flip to a random section. Shouting “Let’s Go Dynamo” at BBVA Compass Stadium. Spending a cozy night at Marfreless. Maybe catching up with a friend over Thursday night happy hour at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Voila: instant plans. How easy is that?Don’t be the kind of Houstonian who only goes out when entertaining people from out of town. It’s important to go and do cool things for yourself, for no particular reason. And this is your go-to guide.

100 Things to Do in Houston Before You Die, 2nd Edition (100 Things to Do Before You Die)

Travel

United States

Reedy Press

Two thrilling detective novellas in one exciting volume! In William Dylan Powell's Dixon Guidry Gets Lost, Dixon Guidry trudged to a Deer Park refinery with his beat-up lunchbox every day for twenty years. Every day but his last day on the job, that is. With few friends, no family and no clue as to why he disappeared, Guidry seems to have gone up in smoke. And as his Happy Retirement sheet cake sits uneaten in the office refrigerator, his former employer is desperate to uncover Guidry's whereabouts. That's where oilfield-worker-turned-private investigator Roughneck Mike comes in.In Will Viharo's All Souls Are Final, a long-buried memory resurfaces in retired private eye Vic Valentine's tormented psyche, forcing him to reckon with a pivotal event in his past while recovering from a psychotic break in his present. Most of the action revolves around his erotic, erratic experiences with a secret satanic pornography cult in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Los Angeles, as he is seduced into a decadent den of delirious danger by a sexy client whose mysterious boyfriend Vic accidentally killed. Or did he? Discover the shocking truth in a sordid series of twists and turns down this rocky road to raunchy ruin.

Dixon Guidry Gets Lost / All Souls Are Final: A P.I. Tales Double Feature

Viharo, Will

P.I. Tales

In 1836 revolutionaries routed the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto and the nearby town took the name of the battle's victor, General Sam Houston. Since then Houston has become America's fourth largest city, and its magnificent cityscape of concrete, glass, and steel bears little resemblance to traditional Texas imagery. It was an entrepreneurial New York family who first promoted Houston's lush landscape and vast potential in the Northeast and Europe, and the town expanded from a handful of tents into a place of more than 10,000 residents by 1900. Oil was discovered nearby in 1901 and from then on Houston never looked back. Sites include City Hall, Carnegie Library, Houston Courthouse, Merchants and Manufacturers Building, Allen's Landing, Houston Chronicle, Main and Preston, Sam Houston Hotel, USS Texas, San Jacinto Monument, Congress Avenue, Houston Water Works, Hermann Building, Texas Capitol Building, Majestic Metro, Old Cotton Exchange, Gulf Building, Moorish Federal Building, Carter's Folly, Kress Building, Union Station, Esperson Building, Antioch Church, Houston Light Guard Armory, Magnolia Brewery, Grand Central Station, Rice University, Museum of Fine Arts, Hermann Park, Miller Outdoor Theatre, and Warwick Hotel.

Houston Then and Now®

Pavilion

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