Lucy Ramos is out for blood—she needs to kill a man, but she has no clue how. Lucy calls on the help of aged hit-man, Tito Garza—also known as El Perro of Pedro. Garza’s signature method of killing? Using dogs to maul his targets to death. Now, in his golden years, Garza lives a mundane life in San Pedro, a port town south of downtown Los Angeles. With a backpack full of cash, Lucy persuades Garza to help her murder her mother’s killer, Assistant District Attorney Victor Soto. Together, the forgotten hit-man hungry for a comeback and the girl whose life was shattered as a child set out to kill the man responsible. But killing Victor Soto may prove to be an impossible task. The newly elected Assistant District Attorney’s wealth and political clout keep him well-insulated. Lucy and Garza’s plan is further complicated when Lucy begins to develop feelings for Victor Soto’s son, Martin. With their romance threatening to derail the mission, Lucy fights to keep Martin out of Garza’s cross-hairs when his violent urges become more unpredictable. Will Lucy’s feelings for Martin jeopardize everything she’s worked for? Will Garza’s unchecked rage cause innocent people to die? Lucy Ramos and Tito Garza are furious, deadly, and driven by vengeance—but vengeance comes at a price.

The Furious Way

Clark, Aaron Philip

Literature & Fiction

Shotgun Honey

Coal Black is unfiltered mountain crime. Set in the hills of eastern Kentucky, these tales lay bare the dark realities of the region. Sometimes the backdrop is the opioid epidemic and all the human detritus and bloodshed that comes with it. Other times it's poachers or petty thieves who take center stage, people whose wild desperation invite danger everywhere they go. High in the hills the action takes place, alongside the rarely seen animals who hunt up there, and sometimes alongside the "haints" and spirits of popular folklore. The stories are full of action, twists and turns, and characters on both sides of the law who navigate the treacherous, often violent terrain that spares so few. Coal Black is a collection of gritty crime stories--cleverly drawn tales with sometimes savage surprise endings. Praise for COAL BLACK: "Chris McGinley's aptly named Coal Black grabs the reader by the shirt collar and doesn't turn loose. These stories are as dark as the coal that is no longer in the mountains McGinley writes about, channeling the haints of Donald Ray Pollock and Frank Bill while speaking in a hard-edged voice that is undoubtedly the author's own. These are tough tales about tough people and I can't imagine someone picking up this book and not being impressed. I know I was." --Charles Dodd White, author of In the House of Wilderness "Mesmerizing and intense, the stories in Coal Black are a treat to read, every honed sentence reminding us that we're in excellent hands as we travel into the darkness of haunting crime and equally haunted countryside. This collection rocks." --Rusty Barnes, author of The Ridgerunner and The Last Danger "Brutal yet beautiful, sparse but with moments of lush emotional resonance, Chris McGinley's debut collection of short fiction, Coal Black, heralds a new and necessary voice in crime fiction. The prose is so sharp that it begs to be read slowly, to linger with the reader, as McGinley's stories explore the effects of a lost industry and the devastation of opioids in rural Appalachia. Rarely have I come across a debut so assured. This is a book that deserves an audience, and stories that deserve to be remembered." --E.A. Aymar, author of Unrepentant "These stories offer some of the best rural noir you'll ever read. They are a pitch-black journey into the heart of America." --Nick Kolakowski, author of Maxine Unleashes Doomsday "Oh. My. God. Have y'all read Chris McGinley's Coal Black: Stories? If not, hasten to them. This shit is brilliant, this shit is real. It launches with 'Hellbenders' and doesn't slow down. Lord, this is great story telling. It's Appalachians trying to survive, trying to get past the mines. If that means drugs, so be it. As McGinley writes in 'These Hills, ' 'All this shit around us. Drugs, poverty, sickness. The forest is the only good thing left around here.' Beautifully written stories; this is a stunning collection." --Rob Peirce, author of Tommy Shakes "Artfully crafted crime and horror set in Appalachia's mountains--with prose that hits like Thor. McGinley mines the veins of early American bedrock writers like Irving, Poe and Hawthorne. His tales burn hot and dark." --Jesse "Heels" Rawlins, crime writer and editor at The Flash Fiction Offensive

Coal Black: Stories

McGinley, Chris

Short Stories & Anthologies

Meet Kraj—pronounced krai—a low-level errand boy and hitman masquerading as a bouncer for Tricky Ricky Gutierrez, nefarious owner of the Twist, a club in upstate Elmira NY. A place that has both a LGBTQIA night and a cowboy country night, this cockeyed corner bar in northern Appalachia supports Ricky’s illegal schemes, and serves as a rural balm for Croatian-war refugee Kraj. Kraj plies his trade over a short span, moving from petty theft to strong-arming tips from people at the door, breaking up redneck fights, protecting the club’s nubile female staff and collecting gambling debts owed Tricky Ricky. Kraj eventually gets sucked further and further into Ricky’s underworld plans, where he wants to be seen as a man on the come-up, but he has problems moving up in Ricky's organization will never solve. His sister Ana, missing since the Croatian War for Independence, never strays far from his mind. Kraj, together with his sometime girlfriend Cami, newly become manager of a franchisee McDonald’s, and his manager Mikael. negotiates his way through underground fight clubs, prostitution rings, drug deals, petty thievery, and of course, murder. Tricky Ricky gives Kraj a great deal of rope and autonomy to operate. Will he hang himself with it or swing? Praise for KRAJ THE ENFORCER: “Kraj is a human wrecking ball, hiding a tactical mindset, along with his sense of humor. Barnes’ Croat knockaroud guy is masterfully subtle, yet amplified by the colorful characters around him.” —Scotch Rutherford, Switchblade Magazine “Rusty Barnes leads us on a pulpy underworld adventure populated by toughs, scumbags, henchmen, double-crossers, pimps, and con men of the first water with his latest collection The Kraj Stories. Opening the book is stepping into the cage and each turn of the page is a quick jab to the face. You’ll close the book and find yourself with a bloody nose, a crushed larynx, and, if you’re really lucky, that you’ve been set on fire.” —Eryk Pruitt, author of What We Reckon

Kraj the Enforcer: Stories

Barnes, Rusty

Former Miami, Florida, homicide detective Eldon Quick is comfortable in his position as chief of police in the picturesque Gulf coast town of Deemer's Inlet. Now he has more time to devote to his passion-fishing. The first murder, the first in his seven years on the job, and subsequent killing a week later puts an end to his easy-going lifestyle. With no homicide detective on staff, he is forced to call upon his years of investigative experience. Day to day operations with an undermanned force, and dealing with a meddlesome, micro-managing mayor hampers Quick's progress. Those people he chooses to interview are of no help. And having no evidence or witnesses in either case, the question of whether the incidents are related continues to trouble him. Quick wonders if and when another murder will take place in his town. Waiting is all he can do. Successive murders in neighboring communities lead Quick to believe that a serial killer has taken up residence along the stretch of coastline. When a stranger enters the life of his Administrative Assistant/Dispatcher, Marty Bevins, he feels it's his duty to delve into the background of the new arrival. In doing so he walks a difficult path of trying not to tip his hand, and at the same time protect her. As the body count continues to rise in the ensuing weeks, he agrees to join forces with a sheriff's office detective as determined as he to put an end to the slaughter. What they come to realize during their attempt to uncover the identity of the killer surprises both of them. An overlooked piece of evidence from the first crime scene surfaces, and its discovery puts Quick in the unpleasant position of having to consider that their suspect may be hiding in plain sight. Praise for DEEMER'S INLET: "With wit and humanity, Chief Eldon Quick faces a series of gruesome killings among a handful of characters, some who make his job harder, some easier, but people aren't always who they seem to be. Capturing life in a small beach town on Florida's Gulf Coast, Burdick brings an engaging new voice to this swift and gritty crime story-one that will keep you guessing." -Jeffery Hess, author of Beachhead, Tushhog, and No Salvation "Deemer's Inlet- a sleepy coastal town woken wide awake by a serial killer with a pocketful of matches. From the flames leaping sky-high on the first page to the tight, satisfying conclusion, Burdick keeps the pace and pulse pounding. Deemer's Inlet is classic crime writing at its best." -Steph Post, author of Lightwood "Serial arson becomes serial murder becomes a bewildering game of cat and mouse. Burdick's Eldon Quick uncovers a criminal cabal in his sleepy town of Deemer's Inlet." -David Tromblay, author of As You Were and Sangre Road "Stephen Burdick has crafted a fabulous murder mystery with layers of tantalizing clues that made me feel as though I were working the case " -Johnnie Clark, author of Guns Up

Deemer's Inlet

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Burdick, Stephen

Mystery

Misdeeds

Coomer, A.S.

Desperation. Violence. Broken homes and broken hearts. Fathers, junkies, and thieves. In this gritty new collection, one bad choice begets another, and redemption is a twisted mirage. An ex-addict takes a detour with his young son and comes face-to-face with an old drug dealer and an unsettled debt. A down-on-his-luck gambler visits his estranged sister while figuring out his next play. An Iraq War vet fights a personal battle to reconcile life as a civilian. Three boyhood friends stumble upon a dark secret in a rural dump. These and the other troubled characters that inhabit the streets and alleys of these stories continually find themselves at the mercy of a cold, indifferent world as they hurtle downward and grapple for hard-won second chances in a life that seldom grants them. Praise for HOUSES BURNING AND OTHER RUINS "In Houses Burning and Other Ruins, William R. Soldan spins epic tragedies on a domestic scale. His characters struggle to survive their own poor choices in a world of limited opportunities. This makes their glaring flaws both familiar and heartbreakingly real. Inside these stories are your friends, co-workers, cousins, and neighbors hiding the shame of addiction, abuse, and extreme desperation behind an ordinary weekday mask. And it's done so effortlessly, the urgency of the words connects with the reader immediately. Soldan is a unique, gritty literary voice in noir fiction." -J.D. Graves, EconoClash Review "The pages bound together in Soldan's Houses Burning and Other Ruins are jaw-dropping. Rendered in unflinching prose, these are haunting stories in which we witness the scandalous undoings of unusually deep, conflicted people that, on any given day, most would bustle right past. Soldan is the kind of writer we need right now." -Robert Vaughan, author of Funhouse, Editor-in-Chief, Bending Genres "My gawd, these characters, these lives-on-fire characters-Soldan's Houses Burning and Other Ruins is a stunning collection full of hardscrabble folk, written with such honesty and care that one can't help but be reminded of the late Larry Brown." -Adam Van Winkle, author of While They Were in the Field and Hardway Juice, Editor-in-Chief, Cowboy Jamboree "If you like your fiction atmospheric, bleak, and visceral, then Houses Burning and Other Ruins is obligatory reading. It's a treasure trove of noir gems, which will stay with you, seared into your brain, long after you've turned the last page. In the manner of a great artist, Soldan's tight and spartan prose paints a human landscape denuded of hope, but crawling with humanity, or what's left of it-souls at rock bottom and spiraling even further down as they seek escape. Soldan delves below the façades, lays bare the trauma and disconnection that is the reality for too many and invites us into the ruinous playground of those evil twins, desolation and desperation. This is the dark side of the American Dream. Read it: you won't forget it." -A.B.Patterson, author of the PI Harry Kenmare novels and short stories.

Houses Burning and Other Ruins

SOLDAN, WILLIAM R.

In its fourth installment, Shotgun Honey presents twenty-three tales of crime that will hit so hard that the recoil will be felt long after the stories are done. With new and established authors from around the world, Shotgun Honey Presents Volume 4: RECOIL delivers stories that explore a darker side of remorse, revenge, circumstance, and humanity.\n• “Tell the Man About Love” by Rusty Barnes 
• “The Ghost Road” by Susan Benson 
• “Hotelin’“ by Sarah M. Chen 
• “The Wrong Affair” by Kristie Claxton 
• “Victory in the Spring, 1987” by Jen Conley 
• “Avenues” by Brandon Daily 
• “Noise” by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett 
• “After the Bombs” by Hector Duarte Jr. 
• “Missing Persons Day” by Danny Gardner 
• “The Art of Negotiation” by Tia Ja’nae 
• “Dirty Devil Dance” by Carmen Jaramillo 
• “Beer Run” by Nick Kolakowski 
• “Turner’s Bar” by JJ Landry 
• “Johnny Still Goes to Atlantic City” by Bethany Maines 
• “Jericho” by Tess Makovesky 
• “Detour” by Alexander Nachaj 
• “Toothpaste” by David Nemeth 
• “The Thing I found Along a Dirt Patch Road” by Cindy O’Quinn 
• “Three Fingers” by Brandon Sears 
• “Too Many Mullets” by Johnny Shaw 
• “The Last Mistake” by Kieran Shea 
• “The Walk Home at Night” by Gigi Vernon 
• “Kerouac’s Second Scroll” by Patrick Whitehurst

Shotgun Honey Presents Volume 4: RECOIL

Phillips, Ron Earl

Detective Errol Coutinho of the Hawaii County Police faces the most difficult case of his career, when his wife's best friend is murdered. Eleanor Swieczak's current boyfriend is a man without a past, but Eleanor's own history turns up other suspects, and someone is trying to put Coutinho among them. And what do a legendary marijuana dealer, a rightwing militia, and the coldest murder case in Hawaii history have to do with the case? Must blood fall like rain before Coutinho finds out? Praise for BLOOD LIKE RAIN: "Another mysterious, bloody puzzle led by Hawaiian homicide detective Eric Coutinho. It's old-school stripped-down mystery, subtle and nuanced. Author Albert Tucher puts his library of crime-tale know-how to good use in Blood Like Rain. If you love mysteries that unfold like a game of chess, this one will satisfy." -Elaine Ash, inventor of the Bestseller Metrics novel-editing system "Albert Tucher's Blood Like Rain brings old-school sleuthing and thoroughly modern problems into sharp focus against the lush backdrop of some of Hawaii's most beautiful vistas. Intense, fast-paced, twisty, and ultimately satisfying, this is what crime fiction is all about." -Jamie Mason, author of The Hidden Things "Blood Like Rain is a terrific book! Set amidst the lush beauty of Hawaii, Albert Tucher takes us for a non-stop, white-knuckle roller coaster ride filled with twists and murder and betrayal. Homicide Detective Eric Coutinho must find the killer terrorizing this island paradise before he becomes the next victim. Think Hawaii Five-O on steroids. Highly recommended." -R.G. Belsky, author of the award-winning Clare Carlson series "Tense, taut, and thrilling, Blood Like Rain moves like a getaway car. Albert Tucher takes the conventions of classic police procedurals and remixes them with Hawaiian culture and settings to create a gripping mystery." -Hilary Davidson, bestselling author of Her Last Breath

Blood Like Rain: A Big Island Mystery

Tucher, Albert

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

Westmoreland, Mark

Thrillers & Suspense

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The Furious Way

Coal Black: Stories

Kraj the Enforcer: Stories

The Furious Way

Deemer's Inlet

Misdeeds

Houses Burning and Other Ruins

Shotgun Honey Presents Volume 4: RECOIL

Blood Like Rain: A Big Island Mystery

A Violent Gospel