By Allison McKnight You find yourself at a campfire, abruptly and without warning. It was summer this morning but now, entering into the evening, a chill autumn wind nips at the back…
Anthology / Short Story Collection
MICKEY FINN: 21st Century Noir, Volume 2, the second entry of the hard-hitting anthology series, is a crime-fiction cocktail that will again knock readers into a literary stupor. Contributors push hard against…
By Allison McKnight “Perhaps I was destined to believe more in knives than angels.” To look upon the headshot included in Exploring Short Dark Fiction #6 is to see one’s favorite great…
This is the first collection of short stories by award-winning author Stephen Maitland-Lewis. Filled with international intrigue, suspense, mystery, and exotic adventures, escapades take readers to international locales such as Geneva, Paris,…
Whether it’s vintage Hollywood, the Florida Everglades, the Atlantic City boardwalk, or a farmhouse in Western Canada, the twenty authors represented in this collection of mystery and suspense interpret the overarching theme…
Thirteen original psychological thrillers including ONE by Eric J. Gates: A serial killer is operating in California, but one like no other. The Bureau of Investigation has no clues to the killer’s…
A bookstore owner who used to be an elite government agent working on deadly covert missions. She has left all that behind and become someone else, found a new, fulfilling life, even…
An Eye-Opening Collection Set in Nairobi By Michael Sears In their City Noir series, Akashic Books has been bringing out some eye-opening collections from Africa. The first sub-Saharan volume was Lagos Noir,…
By Basil Sands Everybody loves a good sequel to a good original—and hat is what Sarah M. Chen and E. A. Aymar have delivered with SWAMP KILLERS: A NOVEL IN STORIES. Following…
By Tim O’Mara According to author Beau Johnson, “Darkness is an attribute most of us rally against. It can consume. It can achieve. But if we so choose, it can also be…
Welcome to the world of Cockney rhyming slang, where what is said means something completely different than how it sounds. Originally, it was a coded language created by criminals for deceiving undercover…
Author of the fantastic and the bizarre, Jeffrey Ford’s work has won awards and acclaim across the globe for his stories of humor, horror, and unconventional beauty. “Powerful and disturbing in the…
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…
Clowns are like politics; everyone has an opinion on them. In this collection of short stories you’ll find numerous takes on the world of the painted harlequin entertainer. Often maligned in today’s…
By Austin S. Camacho We don’t often get the chance to support a great cause and get a great read at the same time, but the opportunity is here in DOWN TO…
Haunted. This word lurks within our deepest emotions. It’s a fear we can’t let go of, or that won’t let go of us. It’s a place we dream of going, or a…
The Go-Go’s made music on their own terms and gave voice to a generation caught between the bra-burning irreverence of the 70s and the me-first decadence of the 80s. Anthems like “We…
Welcome to the cool side of the 1950s, where the fast cars and revved-up movie monsters peel out in the night. Where outlaw vixens and jukebox tramps square off with razorblades and…
By Dawn Ius There’s often not a lot of discussion about horror writers outside of the horror writing community—and when there is, the same two names who are generally discussed with any…
The Day Mia Jensen Died, She Finally Got to Live WHAT IF… We’ve all played the “what if” game. For Mia Jensen, “what if” is a fact of life. Dissatisfied with her…
By George Ebey DEATH TOLL 3: END GAME is a powerful crime thriller anthology that brings together authors based in eight different countries, spanning five continents. Each of these authors are fan-favorites…
Life has never been easy. Life has never been kind. It is always hungry. It is never full. Enter the struggles within the pages of THE BIG MACHINE EATS. Where fathers clash…
By Dawn Ius Putting together a collection of short stories is no easy task —there’s a process the author goes through to determine the criteria. A theme, a genre, or even, in…
The “black car” has appeared both conspicuously and inconspicuously throughout the annals of fiction—its presence both mysterious and menacing, its appearance enough to pause your heart. It’s the sedan just within sight…