A tsunami-sized crime wave of hardboiled noir from some of the most enduring names in crime fiction, outside of the New York Five. This is the biggest, most robust issue of Switchblade yet. An all-star lineup, brimming with hard luck tales from some of the best outlaw fiction storytellers in print. Court Merrigan and Rob Pierce are in this issue. Indianapolis crime writer, and managing editor of Pulp Modern, Alec Cizak, has a story in this issue. Switchblade usual suspects Preston Lang, Jack Bates, Robb T. White, Rick Risemberg, and Lisa Douglass, are back and sharper than ever. New prospects Tom Andes, Tony Genova, E.F. Sweetman, David Rachels, Danny Sophabmisay, Chris McGinley, Timothy Friend, and Tom Barlow, have been jumped in to the fold. Sharp and deadly, quick and dirty; it’s the fast action gutter mag that fits into your back pocket. Featuring the soul-searing poetry of Lisa Douglass.

Switchblade (Switchblade Volume One)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Rachels, David

Cizak, Alec

Merrigan, Court

White, Robb T.

Douglass, Lisa

McGinley, Chris

Friend, Timothy

Sophabmisay, Danny

Andes, Tom

Mystery

Caledonia Press

Switchblade is going south—way down south, like a thong bikini in the Daytona Beach heat, where there’s no escaping the humidity. Half of these fifteen tales of vice and suspense take place in the sunshine state, the other half are the same potency of beloved filthy noir, from someplace else. Cult leaders, serial killers, private eyes, rock stars, cigarette boats, bare knuckle fighters, alligators, fugitives, strip clubs, mobsters, and government spooks; add in some stepped on lines of dirty white powder, and you’ve got Switchblade Issue Seven. Featuring the criminal minds of Nick Kolakowski, J.L. Boekestein, William R. Soldan, Mark Slade, Jack Bates, Stephen D. Rogers, Jon Zelazny, C.W. Balckwell, Arthur Evans, Bill Davidson, R. Daniel Lester, Bryce Wilson, Mathew X. Gomez, Scott Hallam, David Rachels, and Michael R. Colangelo.

KOLAKOWSKI, NICK

Zelazny, Jon

Slade, Mark

Bates, Jack

Rogers, Stephen D.

Boekestein, J. L.

Wilson, Bryce

Blackwell, C.W.

Lester, R. Daniel

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world's best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty. Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery. In our cover feature, "The Box" by Paul D. Marks, find out what happens when a cop gets tunnel vision and only sees one suspect: You. "Storey" by Eric Cline: Great artists sometimes have messy personal lives. But what if it becomes impossible to separate the art from its creator? In "Evidence" by Dennis Palumbo a Crime Scene tech steals incriminating evidence from a crime scene, then uses it to blackmail the criminal. In "Sergeant Spinge And The Locked-Room Mystery" by Rob Nisbet, Sergeant Spinge is the sole policeman in a town of gnomes. He longs to solve a traditional 'locked-room mystery' but first he must cope with a series of impossible thefts. "Hi! I'm Heather" by Thomas Millstead, follows Sergeant Hagen on his second day with the Computer Crimes Unit, when a disturbing email propels him into a journey to the painful past-and a murder on Skeleton Hill. "Gold, Jewels, Art, My Father" by David Rachels: David's father has hinted at family treasure buried in the backyard ... After David's father dies, he returns home to dig. In "The Search For Doctor Vane" by Jeffery Scott Sims, Doctor Vane ventured to Ironfang Island seeking pirate treasure and archaeological lore. Now Professor Vorchek has gone in search of him. What he finds justifies the infamous island's reputation.

Mystery Weekly Magazine: May 2019 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Cline, Eric

Palumbo, Dennis

Nisbet, Rob

Sims, Jeffery Scott

Millstead, Thomas

Marks, Paul D.

Literature & Fiction

Independently published

The award-winning crime fiction anthology series is BACK, jamming its literary finger straight up your readin' nose with EIGHT new original tales of love, losers, larceny, lacerations, and lunatics. THE LONG DRIVE HOME by William R. Soldan NUT LOBBY by Preston Lang BEING FRED by Travis Richardson THE NIGHT THEY BURNED OL’ BIG TEX DOWN by Christopher Fulbright VIRGIN SACRIFICE by David Rachels PARADISE by Rena Robinett A NICE PAIR OF GUNS by Nick Kolakowski MERCY by Dale Sandlin

THUGLIT Issue 21

SOLDAN, WILLIAM R.

Lang, Preston

Richardson, Travis

Fulbright, Christopher

Robinett, Rena

Sandlin, Dale

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Predators thrive on entropy. They're often the ones closest to us. They know where we're most vulnerable-where it hurts the most. They come in all types. They cruise the street anonymously, looking for victims; or they return to us like a lethal rash from an unresolved past. They might be ideological extremists. Or profit-driven sharply dressed parasites. They might even be megalomaniacs. But they all thrive on weakness-especially dysfunctional relationships. And they know when to strike, when you think the world's got your back-and then you realize it does: when it whispers softly that what you're about to receive is nothing more than a routine prostate exam.

Switchblade: Issue Eleven (Switchblade Volume One)

Garnet, George

Burnett, Misha

Wilsky, Jim

Graves, J.D.

JAYNE, SERENA

Beatty, Brian

Timm, John

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