Bristol-Noir

Bristol-Noir Not for profit indie publisher of curiously dark fiction, poetry and dirty realism.

'CLASSIC CRIME NOIR FULL OF DIRTY REALISM'
Hard-boiled crime fiction, made in Bristol.

07/03/2025

The Pale Horse, interconnected short stories about assassin Owen Shrike, is now available on Kindle and in print from Close to the Bone. Some stories are als...

George C. Glasser, the magical late beat author, known for his unique and captivating prose:HAPPY HOUR by George C. Glas...
01/03/2025

George C. Glasser, the magical late beat author, known for his unique and captivating prose:

HAPPY HOUR by George C. Glasser

It was a typically dismal winter day in the city, and a steady drizzle dampened his clothes until the chill seemed to pe*****te to the bone.

WAKE ME UP (Before You Go-Go) by Brian John Feehan
27/02/2025

WAKE ME UP (Before You Go-Go) by Brian John Feehan

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Thumbnail and Other Poems by George Shusterhttps://www.bristolnoir.co.uk/thumbnail-and-other-poems-by-george-shuster/ ...
18/02/2025

Thumbnail and Other Poems by George Shuster

https://www.bristolnoir.co.uk/thumbnail-and-other-poems-by-george-shuster/

THUMBNAIL Asking myself will I outlive this nail fungus that’s persisted for a decade or will it burn with the rest of me in some basement crematorium beneath a suburban funeral home with a backlighted sign, will it smile its strange mushroomed smile in its victory, did this parasite that’s made...

Woman by Tom Stuckey
17/02/2025

Woman by Tom Stuckey



Why did this song have to come on the radio now? Every breath you take by The Police, I've never liked Sting. Now I am here and she is real, her head, with the hair parted neatly down the middle, and her unfamiliar eyes looking into mine at such a time as this. I remember a time when this was the ul...

Boston Noir by M. Benjamin Thorne
12/02/2025

Boston Noir by M. Benjamin Thorne



About a month ago I was in Boston, see? Staying in some over-priced wannabe-swanky pigeon coop by the seaport. I go down to the bar for a squeak of booze,

No Damn Wishes by J. Alan Nelson
07/02/2025

No Damn Wishes by J. Alan Nelson



No damn wishes Wish upon me, the first star says tonight. Nope, I say. I will not wish I may, I will not wish I might, I will not wish a wish on you tonight. You're a fraud. You’re a planet, not a star. Venus. Your light reflects from Sol the day star. Wish, meet fact. The star blinks out. The lep...

Wayward Horse by Laura Shell
07/02/2025

Wayward Horse by Laura Shell



She stepped out to her front porch to have a smoke. It was still dark at six in the morning. She leaned against the brick wall of her home on one side of said porch and took a drag. The motion sensor light came on. She looked to her right and heard a series of KA-LOMP, KA-LOMP sounds. It sounded lik...

Dosas in the Plaza by Mike Lee
07/02/2025

Dosas in the Plaza by Mike Lee



''Looks like there is going to be trouble in paradise.” Frank leaned over the rooftop railing, eyes unfocused on the opposing shore, trying to avoid thinking. Avoiding judgment. Pretending to ignore the problematic situation he saw ahead. Maybe it would go away on its own. Frank knew better. He ha...

Two Shades Darker by Shivani Sivagurunathanhttps://www.bristolnoir.co.uk/two-shades-darker-by-shivani-sivagurunathan/ ...
05/02/2025

Two Shades Darker by Shivani Sivagurunathan

https://www.bristolnoir.co.uk/two-shades-darker-by-shivani-sivagurunathan/

I crawl out of the jungle two shades darker. How does anyone get a tan in the dense p***c regions of the tropics? Nobody asks that question when I emerge. Why would they? Nobody here knows me. Nobody here has a Before & After shot of me. But I think about it and think about it. And I think about it....

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‘With an inner life complex enough to sustain future books. Noir fans will find a lot to like.’ – Publisher Weekly ‘…its 186 pages are packed full of deceit, human depravity and surprisingly dark humour.’ – STORGY ‘John Bowie’s ’90s set Untethered is a violent and inense read. Lyrical, moody, funny and as gritty as hell, Untethered is like a British blend of Jim Thompson and Nelson Algren.’ – Paul D. Brazill, author of Guns Of Brixton ‘It’s a loopy surreal fever dream of a novel, a dark, disorienting Moebius strip of people and places that are not always what they seem.’ – The Thrilling Detective ‘As a girl’s disappearance takes him through the pubs, clubs and the seedier side of the city, John discovers that the secret to the case might lie with him – his past and his very identity.’ – Crime Fiction Lover https://www.bristolnoir.co.uk/ John Bowie #noir #crimefiction

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