“Night Train to Mundo Fine” by Jimmy Callaway
12.02.12
Story 332/366
This is just a dazzling science fiction story that plays with tense in a way that’s dizzying. I missed this story when it first ran on A Twist of Noir, but snagged it for the Nightfalls anthology. You can read the story here.
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“The Wait” by Chris Benton
11.27.12
Story 326/366
This is an incredibly strong story that would be worth it just for the evocative phrase, “After her screams dried on the wall.” It’s a story of a family legacy. This story appeared on A Twist of Noir in September.
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“69/2″ by Des Nnochiri
10.21.12
Story 290/366
This is a cryptic tale but one thing is clear. You do not want to mess with mob money, you really, really don’t. This story appears at A Twist of Noir.
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“Sorry Bastard” by Hilary Davidson
09.17.12
Story 257/366
How far would you go for a friend? Even if you are a sorry bastard? You can read “Sorry Bastard” at A Twist of Noir. Check out her website here.
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“Future Past” by Christopher Grant
08.05.12
Story 214/366
I’d call this story “spec-noir” if I had to label it, but that’s what’s so great about pulp, it transcends labels and was mashing genre up before it was cool. This is a story of a woman wronged and a revenge served bloody. You can read “Future Past” at Pulp Metal Magazine. You can read more of Christopher’s work at A Twist of Noir. Illustration by Walter Conley.
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“Killing Hope” by Ron Earl Phillips
05.17.12
Story 137/366
A short and intense story, “Killing Hope” appeared on A Twist of Noir. You can read it here. Phillips also hosts the weekly Flash Fiction Friday and was one of the editors of the fine anthology Lost Children.
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“X-Rated Vision” by Malachi Stone
05.01.12
Story 121/366
A sleazy lawyer finds himself in a bad situation in this short story from Malachi Stone, who is himself an attorney. You can read this story at A Twist of Noir. You can read the Spinetingler interview with him here.
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“The Things We Do For Love” by Patti Abbott
04.14.12
Story 104/366
When it comes to Patti Abbott’s short fiction, it’s hard to pick just one story to single out. In the last year I’ve read her collection (Monkey Justice), her stories on Spinetingler and Beat to a Pulp, and A Twist of Noir and in the Grimm Tales collection. She is just all over the place spreading the awesome. And then there’s this story which rocks the second person POV in a perverse tale of kinky love. You can read this story at Shotgun Honey. You can read her “Dancing with Myself” interview with herself on Nigel Bird’s Sea Minor blog here.
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Published in the e-zine A Twist of Noir in February 2011
76/366
From the beginning of his career as a cop, Doug had been warmed about the bimbo-basement dilemma: You screw around on your wife, she’ll find out, and you’ll end up divorced and only being able to afford living in a basement. So when ya think about screwing around, you better decide if the bimbo is worth the basement. Well, Doug thinks he’s found a way around that …
This story is a finalist for this year’s Derringer Award in the flash-fiction category.
A humorous story about two cops in Ireland trying to rescue a missing vibrator from beneath poor dead, Tina. Great dialog in this one.
#33 Patti Abbott
