Shotgun Honey

01/01/2025

New Fiction: "Minor Irritation" by Chris Holm

The fu***ng dentist was a hack. One goddamn filling, and that di***ag numbs up half my face, leaves me drooling like an overmedicated mental patient. On top of that, I’ve got this burr now, rough a…

30/12/2024

2025, Bringing in the New Year

On the eve of New Year’s Eve we look back at 2024 and ahead toward 2025. We had several exceptional releases this year, all which need more love. All books need love, right? 2024, A Review We…

25/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "You're a Mean One" by Casey Stegman

The large digital clock above SunLand Savings ticks from the last minute of Christmas Eve to the first minute of Christmas Day. And out there in the middle of Richmond Street, Frank’s entire crew l…

24/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "Murder Santa" by S.T. Schorey

Did you know a full quarter of Christmas house fires happen because of Santa? Think about it—that little piece of coal in the stocking, pulling the fabric so it droops just low enough to be warmed …

23/12/2024

"Supply and Demand" by K.A. Roy

It was right there in front of me, the last box on the shelf, one corner crumpled. I’d been on the lookout for weeks. The app showed two in stock when I checked after work, heart thumping with poss…

21/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "When Life Gives You the Slip" by Curtis Ippolito

Lloyd sits slumped on a swivel chair, wishing someone would crack a beer bottle over his head. End his pitiful existence already. Strands of multi-colored lights adorning Nudie Cuties provide no ch…

20/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "Guns of the Magi" by Scott MacLeod

It had been a slow year for the practice. As Mitch and Ted drove along the freshly plowed streets to their next job they wondered silently about the future. Their last outing had not gone well. Mur…

19/12/2024

Book releases by Shotgun Honey

19/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "Dreaming of Canada" by Richie Narvaez

Helena sits at the kitchen table, trembling hands around a mug of tea, steam curling like wisps of some dream. Outside, another gray December day in Scranton—meager snow drifting down. Kai shuffles…

18/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "What's in the Box?" by Holly West

“Happy Holidays, my best Curly Girlies! If you’re new here, I’m your number one Curly Girly, Sav, short for Savanah, bringing you all that’s new and fabulous in the curly hair world! Don’t forget t…

17/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "Snow in L.A." by Robert Nazar Arjoyan

Even from his place way down the road, Mister Montrose heard the Armeniwhoos, Armenios, whatever the f**k they were. O-la-la! Like it was hilarious the hundredth time. They came up to Olalla from s…

16/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "Tree Lot, Late December" by Larry Menlove

Carl turned off the engine again and listened to the oil drain and heater parts cool and waited for the cold night to seep in between shabby window and door seals and generally fall upon his old tr…

14/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS special: "All is Bright" by Chris Brady

Marquis walked down the snowy sidewalk, looking at the houses along the way. Most were old bungalows in need of remodeling and repair. But this time of year, they were decorated for Christmastime. …

13/12/2024

A Crimes-MAS Special: "Catnip" by M.E. Proctor.

White Christmas. S**t. It’s been raining for weeks. The cabin is cold and damp. Hikers take pictures of it in the summer. They say it’s out of a fairy tale. From the Brothers Grimm. Grim. Must be G…

12/12/2024

Crimes-MAS Special: "Linger" by Brandon Barrows.

Bells above the liquor store’s door jingled merrily, a small, cheerful sound on a night thick with snow and cold. Pearl looked from her crossword puzzle, pencil paused mid-word, to see two figures:…

04/12/2024

Are you up for some holiday mischief?

Crimes-MAS Special Days Hours Minutes Give us your Holiday spirit with a criminal twist. 700 words as usual for this short window special that is connected with a seasonal holiday of your choice: C…

30/11/2024

Pele’s Progress by Albert Tucher

Officer Jenny Freitas of the Hawaii County Police survives an encounter with a hidden lava tube in Langston Otsaka’s backyard, but she finds that Langston wasn’t so lucky. The evidence says he had …