by Joe Clifford
First published 2013
This seventh issue of THUGLIT magazine delivers eight crime stories that hit hard and fast. Joe Clifford opens with "Mouthbreather," followed by Ed Kurtz's "Pegleg" and Justin Ordoñez's "The Last Job." Christopher E. Long contributes "Two Sides of the Same Coin" while Marie S. Crosswell provides "Cinders." Benjamin Welton takes readers back to "Quiet Dell, 1914," Edward Hagelstein explores suburban tensions in "The Neighbor's Dog," and Michael Sears closes with "Chum." Each story delivers the raw, uncompromising crime fiction that THUGLIT readers expect. The collection spans different eras and settings but maintains a consistent focus on characters operating outside the law or caught in violence they cannot escape.
Genres: fiction, short-stories, mystery, crime
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, raw, suspenseful
Tropes: characters-caught-in-violence, characters-operating-outside-the-law
Period: 1914, 20th-century, 21st-century
142 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: graphic-violence, violence