Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South is an anthology like no other. Featuring over 15 stories and poems by new and veteran authors, the writing reflects a diverse range of Southern experience. From the post-Katrina New Orleans of Rose Yndigoyen’s “Long Gone Girls” and the deep-rooted family of Hardy Jones’ “Visitin’ Cormierville” to the racial tension of Eryk Pruitt’s “Them Riders” and Shane K. Bernard’s “The Phrenologist,” the anthology represents a new interpretation of the long-established Southern Gothic genre. Each story is paired with original art by Nathan Mark Phillips. Phillips’ images pull at the underside of the stories and bring a thoughtful level of interpretation to each work. Poking at the heart of Southern distinctiveness, these writers and artists make a bold statement about the south in the 21st century.

Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South

Arts & Photography

Pruitt, Eryk

Adams, Heather Bell

Beacham, Charles J.

Bernard, Shane K.

Carpenter, A.G.

Cauley, Caitlin

Garrison, A.A.

Honey, Zachary

Isaacson, Emily Ruth

Jones, Hardy

History & Criticism

New Lit Salon Press

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

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

McCauley, Terrence

Cosby, S.A.

Nadler, Ben

Kurtz, Ed

Mellon, Mark

Fox-Lerner, Aaron

Hagelstein, Ed

Mystery

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

It's another issue of the multi award-wining crime fiction mag, THUGLIT! Filled with EIGHT brand new stories of crime and criminals that will bring you straight to the edge. Dig the nasty, kittens. It ain't gonna be pretty. IT'S GONNA BE THUGLIT!!! In This Issue of Thuglit: ANIMAL CONTROL by Don LaPlant THE LAST TIME WE SAW BEARS IN LAKE CASTOR by Eryk Pruitt THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT by J. David Jaggers MOMMA'S BOY by Mike Miner THE LAST DETAIL by Thomas Pluck OUR MAN JULIAN by Nikki Dolson BRUIN by Brandon Patterson CLEAN-UP ON AISLE 3 by Adam Howe

THUGLIT Issue Nineteen

Dolson, Nikki

Pluck, Thomas

Howe, Adam

Miner, Mike

Patterson, Brandon

Dave Jaggers

LaPlant, Don

Long time grifters Sam and Rachel love two things: each other and the grift. On the run from the mob, the two lovers move from one con to the next, winning some and losing others, but always finding a way to survive. Episodes 7-9 of Season Two begins with Gone Dead on You by Eryk Pruitt, a master of rural noir. Set in Pruitt's fictional Lawles County, this tale brings an element of the supernatural into play as Rachel portrays a medium who speaks to the dead partner of a dirty cop as part of a revenge ploy. Swedish paranormal romance author Asa Maria Bradley penned Episode 8, Upgrade. When Sam and Rachel target a rich mark in San Francisco, the con is high tech but the strain on their relationship is even higher. Faced with a challenge they've never truly encountered before, the pair realizes they are risking more than their freedom on this one. Episode 9, The Money Block by Holly West, follows a reinvigorated Sam and Rachel in central California as they work a variation of an old scheme, updated for the digital age. But when their mark realizes he's been taken, the repercussions are brutal, and Sam and Rachel lose more than they knew possible.

A Grifter's Song Vol. 3

Bradley, Asa Maria

Zafiro, Frank

West, Holly

Literature & Fiction

Down & Out Books

To catch the killer who eluded her detective grandfather fifty years ago, a true-crime podcaster must contend with outdated evidence, ulterior motives, and the dark family secrets that got in the way. 
True-crime podcaster Jess Keeler has returned to Deeton County, North Carolina, to pick up where her grandfather left off. Sheriff’s Deputy Big Jim Ballard, her grandfather, was a respected detective―until it all came crashing down during a 1972 murder investigation. 
For Jim, solving the murders of two teens should have been the highlight of his already storied career. Instead, he battled his own mind, unsure where his hunches ended and the truth began. 
Working from her grandfather’s disjointed notes, Jess is sure that she can finally put the cold case―and her family’s shame―to rest. Enlisting the help of disgraced reporter Dan Decker, Jess soon discovers ugly truths about the first investigation, which was shaped by corruption, egos, and a family secret that may be the key to the crime. 
Told in a dual timeline that covers both investigations, Something Bad Wrong explores human folly, hubris, and how sometimes, to solve a crime, you have to find out who’s covering it up.

Something Bad Wrong: A Thriller (Jess Keeler Thrillers)

Genre Fiction

Thomas & Mercer

Blood Red Summer: A Thriller (Jess Keeler Thrillers)

In the southern town of Lake Castor, the old mill closed, and jobs vanished. But Calvin Cantrell doesn’t care for those jobs anyway. Instead, he dreams of becoming a famous serial killer. When sleazy restauranteur Tom London hires Calvin to kill his ex-wife, Calvin’s dreams begin. And so do Lake Castor’s nightmares.

Dirtbags

Immortal Ink Publishing, LLC

NOMINATED FOR THE ANTHONY AWARD "Reminds me of a young Quentin Tarantino. Pruitt is one of our best Southern fiction writers." ―Bookreporter Meet Jack Jordan. He’s a smooth-talking con artist with a penchant for the fast life. He’s snuck into Lufkin, Texas, in the dead of night with little more than a beat-up Honda, a hollowed-out King James Bible full of cocaine, and enough emotional baggage to sink a steam ship. He’s charming, dedicated, and extremely paranoid. Summer Ashton, his partner-in-crime. She’s stuck by him through thick and thin, but lately her mind has begun to slip. They’ve told their fair share of lies and she’s having a devil of a time remembering what’s the truth. And recently, she’s been hearing voices. Unfortunately for both of them, she’s the brains of the operation. Furthermore, they have begun to tire of one another. For these two career grifters, the sleepy East Texas countryside is but another pit stop on their rampage across the American South. Will it be their last? In WHAT WE RECKON, Eryk Pruitt explores themes of identity, loyalty, and purpose with psycho-delic, transgressive, chicken-fried twists that read like Trainspotting cut with a couple grams of Helter Skelter.

What We Reckon

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Polis Books

From one of the freshest voices of Southern noir comes a gritty crime story with plenty of Southern flavor and a world and characters you’ll be clawing for more of.The repercussions are felt across the American South when a pizza joint in sleepy Lake Castor, Virginia is robbed and the manager, Odie Shanks, is kidnapped. The kidnapping is the talk of the town, but it's what people don't know that threatens to rip asunder societal norms. Odie chases dreams of Hollywood stardom and an explosive social media presence while his partner in crime, Jake Armstrong, pursues his own vengeful agenda.In the meantime, corrupt and lazy Deputy Roy Rains has a hard-luck time of covering up the crime in order to preserve his way of life.And college student Melinda Kendall has hit the highway in a stolen ride with nothing but a .22 and limited options, on the run from her drug dealer boyfriend, the Mississippi State Police and the media, trying to escape some bad choices by making even more bad choices.

Hashtag

United States

In the southern town of Lake Castor, the old mill closed, and jobs vanished. But Calvin Cantrell doesn’t care for those jobs anyway. Instead, he dreams of becoming a famous serial killer. When sleazy restauranteur Tom London hires Calvin to kill his ex-wife, Calvin’s dreams begin. And so do Lake Castor’s nightmares.

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