America may well be the official home of pulp and noir but the United Kingdom, long perceived as the land of tame Dame Agatha style cozies and stuck-up, Latin quoting police detectives, also has a grubby underbelly which has produced plenty of gritty crime writing. And there is a new wave of Brit Grit writers…
Personal Hell: Accept your fate with Emilio Estevez by Ken Price
The Hero’s Journey is for squares and Young Adult authors who sit in Starbucks clicking refresh on YA title generators. ‘Storm of Ravens?’ ‘Crown of Flames?’ ‘Road of Knaves?’ Hmmm. Consider the punk’s journey: Born guilty, gets drunk, no future, accepts his fate, coaches a hockey team. The end. May I present to you…
Fiction: Outlaws by Robert Ragan
So many people want to be outlaws. They want the adrenaline rush that comes with the gunfire. They don’t realize the blood remains on their hands long after it’s washed off. Devin would make fun of you for having a conscience. He had the best work ethic of any thief out there. Creative when putting…
Fiction: The Power of the Donk by Jim Shaffer
When Tommy slammed on the brakes of the ’56 Chevy Bel Air, two things happened: Ellie’s face bounced hard off the dashboard and the body on the back seat bashed against the front seat and collapsed on the floor. “Gonnamn it, Tommy!” She sounded like she was talking in a bucket. Ellie punched…
Noctorum – The Afterlife
“A breath of fresh air with just the right mix of upbeat instrumentation and an attractive tandem of male and female vocals. Gentle, mellifluous guitar lines are whisked about by a brisk drum beat, while Willson-Piper’s sweetly soft and fluid vocals offer up a bittersweet portrait of Londontown… superb and stands up to anything ever…
Poetry: What is punk ? by Ian Copestick
I’ve just seen a question on a Website, ” What is punk ? ” Well, it’s not an easy question To answer. Of course it’s some Of the best Rock-‘n’-Roll ever Made, but it’s also an attitude, A way of life. It’s as subjective as ” What is Art ? ” But, to me it…
Supernatural Noir Playlist by Paul D. Brazill
Supernatural Noir is collection of my short stories that I consider to be both supernatural and, er, noir. And of course, there’s music all over the place! Drunk On The Moon by Tom Waits It started with a song. Tom Waits’ Drunk On The Moon, to be precise. A neon soaked torch song with more than…
The Mike Hodges School of Writing School by K A Laity
“I create things out of boredom with reality and with the sameness of routine and objects around me.” ― Patricia Highsmith, Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction If films about writers are to be believed, all you have to do is live an interesting life, write it down, and change the names. Making things up always…
FICTION: REVENGE CAN BE SWEET BY PAUL MATTS
‘You there yet?’ Daniel’s voice is coming through clearly on my new Nokia mobile phone. ‘Not yet mate. Just met Kush in McDonalds.’ ‘Thought he couldn’t make it.’ ‘Turns out he can. Now saying he wouldn’t miss it for the world.’ We both laugh. ‘We’ll see Jake inside I s’pose,’ I suggest. ‘Yeah, I guess….
STOCKSNSKINS return with their third EP Free Speech – 4 tracks of beat poetry, electronica and social commentary
Bournemouth’s STOCKSNSKINS are Ade on vocals and Rich on bass. Beat poet commentators on the vagaries, victories and vicissitudes of life in modern Britain – the duo are back with the Free Speech EP – four fierce cuts of passionate, political electronica and spoken word. After forming in May 2016, the two began fashioning intricately…
