If there’s a bad idea in Tugalo County, chances are that Mack and Marshall Dooley are behind it. When the brothers heist a snake-handling church’s money-laundering operation, things go south in a hurry.\nThis part of the north Georgia hills ain’t much, just hardscrabble folks trying to get by. It’s the perfect place to wash a load of cash -- and an even better place to make your enemies disappear.\nWhen Mack goes missing, Marshall cuts a deal with a local crime boss to rescue his brother. Navigating a storm of wild women and a literal nest of vipers, the Dooleys can’t trust anyone other than themselves to get out of the mess they’ve made.\nPraise for A VIOLENT GOSPEL:\n“Let me be the first to sing A Violent Gospel’s praises. Mark Westmoreland’s debut is the literary equivalent of The Dukes of Hazzard driving onto the set of Elmore Leonard’s Justified. This book is filled with folks who know right from wrong but don’t like boring.” —David Tromblay, author of As You Were and Sangre Road\n“Mark Westmoreland’s A Violent Gospel is a down-n-dirty, rough-n-tumble romp where no punches are pulled, and Old Testament justice is the law of the land.” —Steph Post, author of Lightwood and Miraculum\n“In A Violent Gospel Mark Westmoreland stakes his claim as a powerful voice in the Neo-Southern Gothic Movement. Equal parts Flannery O’Connor, Harry Crews with a smidge of Gator era Burt Reynolds, A Violent Gospel is a visceral slice of existential cornbread.” —S.A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland\n“This book is rural crime fiction at its best. A bullet read that gets right down to the dark and dirty point. Westmoreland’s ability to play in the gray area between darkness and light is spot on word candy that is perfectly suited to the title of A Violent Gospel. Look out for this guy. He’s going to listed with Daniel Woodrell and Tom Franklin in no time.” —Brian Panowich, author of Hard Cash Valley and Bull Mountain\n“A Violent Gospel is one rollicking old testament ass whoopin’ of a debut. Westmoreland is an exciting new voice in southern noir, delivering 100 Proof Hellbilly Pulp and I can’t wait for more.” —Peter Farris, author of Last Call for the Living and Clay Eaters

A Violent Gospel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Westmoreland, Mark

Thrillers & Suspense

Shotgun Honey

Turn on any classic rock station, and you’ll hear Southern Rock tunes that will make you stomp your foot and sing along to. The hard-rocking pioneers of the genre left behind a legacy of hard living that endures today.\nThe stories in Trouble No More celebrate those pioneers. Find ramblers, gamblers, swindlers, and double-dealers within these pages, all striving to survive more than the Southern humidity.\nThe authors bring the rough living of the Southern Rock genre to the page, and communicate the ache of the blues. There are twenty-one stories of heartbreak, murder, robbery, and barnyard brawls.\nEdited by Mark Westmoreland with stories by Bill Baber, C.W. Blackwell, Jerry Bloomfield, S.A. Cosby, Nikki Dolson, Michel Lee Garrett, James D.F. Hannah, Curtis Ippolito, Jessica Laine, Brodie Lowe, Bobby Mathews, Brian Panowich, Rob Pierce, Joey R. Poole, Raquel V. Reyes, Michael Farris Smith, J.B. Stevens, Chris Swann, Art Taylor, N.B. Turner and Joseph S. Walker.

Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Down & Out Books

If there's a bad idea in Tugalo County, chances are that Mack and Marshall Dooley are behind it. When the brothers heist a snake-handling church's money-laundering operation, things go south in a hurry. This part of the north Georgia hills ain't much, just hardscrabble folks trying to get by. It's the perfect place to wash a load of cash -- and an even better place to make your enemies disappear. When Mack goes missing, Marshall cuts a deal with a local crime boss to rescue his brother. Navigating a storm of wild women and a literal nest of vipers, the Dooleys can't trust anyone other than themselves to get out of the mess they've made. Praise for A VIOLENT GOSPEL: "A Violent Gospel is the literary equivalent of The Dukes of Hazzard driving onto the set of Elmore Leonard's Justified." -David Tromblay, author of As You Were "A Violent Gospel is a down-n-dirty and Old Testament justice is the law of the land." -Steph Post, author of Lightwood and Miraculum "A Violent Gospel is a visceral slice of existential cornbread." -S.A. Cosby, N.Y. Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears "This book is rural crime fiction at its best. Westmoreland's ability to play in the gray area between darkness and light is spot on word candy that is perfectly suited to the title of A Violent Gospel." -Brian Panowich, author of Hard Cash Valley "A Violent Gospel is one rollicking old testament ass whoopin' of a debut. Westmoreland is an exciting new voice in southern noir, delivering 100 Proof Hellbilly Pulp and I can't wait for more." -Peter Farris, author of The Devil Himself

A Violent Gospel (Dooley Brothers)

Genre Fiction

Shotgun Honey Books

Mack Dooley is a haunted man. 
After the events of A Violent Gospel left Mack at the bottom of a whiskey bottle, he’s back in A Mourning Song, forced to face his demons. 
When his brother resurfaces, Mack finds himself caught up in a turf war between the Bohannon crime family and a gang of white supremacists. 
Mack is furious with Marshall, but family is family, after all. In order to survive, he’ll have to set aside his disagreements with his brother so they can work together to run the Ghostface Devils out of Tugalo County. Praise for A Mourning Song 
“The wild ride of the rockabilly rollercoaster of the Dooley Brothers continues in A Mourning Song, where the fists swing wild and the shots go down smooth and the colors of the Southern landscape are dyed in shades of love, loss, and loyalty.” 
—Michael Farris Smith, author of Nick and The Fighter\n"A Mourning Song is a jubilant addition to the New Southern Gothic canon. A lyrically electric trip down the dark and dusty back roads that take you through the heart of the South. Mark Westmoreland is quickly establishing himself as a writer to watch. Cousin, this dog can hunt!" 
—S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland 
“ A violent tale laced with humor and surprising lyricism, A Mourning Song is a Southern Gothic noir as black as an abandoned church at midnight, with the promise of dawn hours away.” 
—Christopher Swann, author of A Fire in the Night 
“The second installment in Mark Westmoreland’s Dooley Brothers’ series is a doozy. A Mourning Song plays perfectly off the final note of his first book (A Violent Gospel), belting out a raucous chorus of over-the-top, southern-fried crime. But don’t let the shenanigans fool you. This book has heart. You won’t make it past the final page without shedding a tear.” 
—Eli Cranor, author of Don’t Know Tough 
“When we first see Mack Dooley in A Mourning Song, he’s a mess of a man—haunted by a ghost, drunk half the time, yet still lovable as hell. Maybe it’s his loyalty to his family or his violent morality or his determination to set things right when everything goes wrong, but his charm shines through even when he’s crawling his way out of a bender. Mark Westmoreland has penned a worthy sequel to A Violent Gospel, and it stands alone as a kick-ass Southern story of remorse, revenge, and redemption. I, for one, can’t get enough of those Dooley boys.” 
—Tiffany Quay Tyson, award-winning author of The Past is Never 
“Westmoreland’s A Mourning Song is deep-fried southern noir at its finest with equal parts brutal violence and tender yearning. Descriptions blast with sensory explosions one moment, then simmer with tension the next as the eldest Dooley brother reckons with his ghosts, both figurative and literal. Something tells me this won’t be the last we’ll see of the Dooleys. At least I sincerely hope not.” 
—Heather Levy, author of Walking Through Needles 
“Mark Westmoreland launched an absolute haymaker with his literary debut, A Violent Gospel, and with his stunning sequel, A Mourning Song, he follows up with a steel toe boot right to the teeth. Mack Dooley, as charming as he is hardheaded, now finds himself warding off the ghosts of his past while fighting the devils of his present. In this whiskey-soaked tale of revenge, family is everything, and law is whatever the Dooley brothers deem fit. Written with muscular, metaphoric prose, Westmoreland commands the page like a seasoned vet, further cementing his name alongside Southern noir’s biggest names.” 
—Scott Blackburn, author of It Dies with You

A Mourning Song (Dooley Brothers)

Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari (born 1966) uses a range of photographs, videos, films and documentary material to explore gender roles and expectations in the Arab world. The title The Uneasy Subject refers specifically to issues of the body in the Middle East but its ambiguity also addresses the artist's broader investigation into the nature of individual versus collective action.

Akram Zaatari: The Uneasy Subject

Arts & Photography

Comer, Stuart

Aliaga, Juan Vicente

Photography & Video

Charta/MUAC/MUSAC

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