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Established in 2011 and becoming a premier crime and noir fiction website, Shotgun Honey has brought together 29 authors from around the world to produce our first anthology, Shotgun Honey Presents: Both Barrels. Featuring stories from: Patti Abbott, Peter Farris, Trey R. Barker, Hector Acosta, Cameron Ashley, Ray Banks, Frank Bill, Nigel Bird, Jen Conley, Paul D. Brazill, Thomas Pluck, Garnett Elliott, Matthew C. Funk, Chris F. Holm, Glenn Gray, Naomi Johnson, Nik Korpon, Kieran Shea, Julia Madeleine, Joe Myers, Andrew Nette, Mike Oliveri, Dan O'Shea, Tom Pitts, Keith Rawson, Holley West, Frank Wheeler Jr., Jim Wilsky and Steve Weddle.
For decades the blood-steeped Burroughs clan ruled Bull Mountain, Georgia. They ran moonshine across borderlines, farmed marijuana and supplied meth across six states. Now they're gone, leaving Clayton – the only good son born of a crooked tree – the last surviving member. As sheriff of Bull Mountain, Clayton wants to bury his brutal family legacy and call time on the savage feuds that built the Burroughs empire. But predators are moving in, wanting to re-establish the flow of drugs and cash through the town. And the death of a boy belonging to a rival clan brings the wolves straight to Clayton's door. To save his mountain, and his family, Clayton must choose between the past he can't escape and the law...
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.
She’s the best at what she does. She gets her client the weapon they need, where they need it, when they need it. Joanna Tan thought she was planting a gun for a simple hit. But when it’s used in a deadly prison riot, Joanna is forced to work with U.S. government agent Brook Barrow to hunt down the perpetrator, a deadly scarred killer with a shadowy past. But finding him won’t be easy – and bringing him down may cost Joanna everything. Created by the award-winning Hard Case Crime co-founder Charles Ardai and drawn by breakout artist Ang Hor Kheng, Gun Honey is a fast, sexy thrill ride for lovers of classic pulp and fearsome revenge thrillers. “Exciting… A timeless bit of pulp crime fiction.” – Comic Book Resources “A great read with a fantastic lead character, written in a way that engenders a sexy, violent and fun book.” – Comic Crusaders “Racy and action packed superb story with stunning visuals.” – The GWW “The powerhouse creation of a world-class criminal, a femme fatale, and James Bond, all rolled into one. The writing is grounded yet clever.” – Comical Opinions.
--Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2022 (Best Literary Work)-- --Co-Winner of the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize-- In 1890s Singapore, the formidable Miss Leda Cassidy arrives as paid companion to Sarah Jane Bendemeer, whose family suffers under the thrall of Southeast Asia's most terrifying hantu. But there's more to Miss Cassidy than meets the eye, and she's faced down worse in her life than a pontianak. However, she may have met her match in the indefatigable businessman, Mr Kay Wing Tong, whose large and constantly-growing family clearly requires female supervision—especially of the particular kind Miss Cassidy can provide. Ill omens and strange happenings surround Mr Kay and his colourful family, and Miss Cassidy must find a way to defend the ones she has learned to love.
Nominated for the 2017 Anthony Award for Best Anthology/Collection *** Proceeds from the sales of Unloaded will benefit the nonprofit States United To Prevent Gun Violence (CeaseFireUSA.org) *** For the first time, more than two dozen crime and mystery authors have joined together to use the strongest weapon at their disposal—words—in a call for reasonable gun control in the U.S.A. In this collection you get all the thrills and excitement you come to expect from a great crime story, but without any guns. From best sellers and writing legends to the brightest stars of the next generation of crime writers, the twenty-five authors here have taken pen in hand to say enough is enough. Gun vio...
After living for sixty years in the cabin of her birth, Nelda Pike is as resilient and self-reliant as she needs to be. Like other residents in the backwoods town of Treadwell, she guards her anonymity with a fierce tenacity and a shotgun. When she discovers a terrified young woman stumbling beside the country road, Nelda goes against her better judgment and offers temporary sanctuary. As the only witness to her mothers brutal murder, seventeen year old Laura is running for her life. Successfully tracking her to Neldas secluded cabin, the killers forcibly abduct Laura and disappear into the backwoods. Enraged, Nelda reaches out to her lifelong friend, Wosie Mae - a woman as irascible and indomitable as Nelda herself for help. Together, two old women with shotguns, and a geriatric hound, are now on the murderers trail.
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. Co...
After his girlfriend leaves and takes their young son with her, Joey Hidalgo is left alone in the trailer they formerly called home with nothing to do but get drunk and contemplate her reasons. Is he really as angry, as volatile, so close to constant violence, as she claims he is? No, Joey thinks, of course not, the real problem is money—or lack thereof. Joey’s a bartender, always struggling to make ends meet, unlike his most vile regular customer, the rich and racist fatboy. So Joey hatches a plan to get his family back by taking him for all he’s worth. But the fatboy isn’t going to make it easy for them. Neither is Joey’s temper. Things are going to get messy, and it’s gonna be...
Five hundred years from now, ex-corporate mercenary Koko Martstellar is swaggering through an easy early retirement as a brothel owner on The Sixty Islands, a manufactured tropical resort archipelago known for its sex and simulated violence. Surrounded by slang-drooling boywhores and synthetic komodo dragons, Koko finds the most challenging part of her day might be deciding on her next drink. That is, until her old comrade Portia Delacompte sends a squad of security personnel to murder her.