Shotgun Honey

28/02/2025

New Fiction: "Blowtorch Blues" by John Patrick Nelson

Dust came to with a headache, eyes bulging, looking at a concrete floor. Quickly realized he was hanging upside-down. He panicked a second, terrified he’d fall and crack his skull open. Tugge…

26/02/2025

New Fiction: "Stick Talk" by Chris Lee

The kid wore hate in his eyes like shades in the summer. If you saw him standing outside the store that day, you’d have sworn he’d burn a damn hole through the door. Alfredo’s Deli was almost empty…

21/02/2025

New Fiction: "Bulletproof" by Rob D. Smith

Kelly picked up the comic book from the spinner rack in the corner of the Dash Mart. The new Spider-Man wasn’t out yet so he read Daredevil instead. Look at that cover. DD’s arm in a cast. Red cost…

14/02/2025

New Fiction: "Lucky Number" by Jessica Slee

Sammy always liked a good practical joke. After years spent working in the same office, sending invoices for a paint company, you’d have to find something to laugh at. It could be worse, he l…

12/02/2025

New Fiction: "Sleeping With the Fishes in the Belly of a Gull" by Timaeus Bloom

The rollicking, foamy sea crashed against the pier. The sun hung high over watchful dunes. A hermit crab sat alone in a booth made of cracked, deep-sea wood. From a chilled cup before him he sucked…

10/02/2025

New Fiction: "Exposure" by Colin Alexander

They met in Strega Cafe, twenty minutes before closing. In the corner, a man with tan skin and gray hair propped himself up with a bottle of wine. In a booth, a pair of teenagers slumped low, halfw…

05/02/2025

New Fiction: "The Clown-Head Gumball Machine" by Casey Stegman

First time I saw it was back last March, when me and the crew started casing the Everette branch of SunLand Savings. We were in this Ta**us I’d boosted from the airport. I pulled to the curb opposi…

29/01/2025

New Fiction: "Like Icarus, Wings Kissed by the Sun" by Offer Kuban

Jakob Schultz, up to p*e at 3:30 AM, heard pounding on the front door. Struggling into his bathrobe, he headed down the hallway. “Who is it?” The feel of the Walther PPK under the foyer’s console t…

23/01/2025

22/01/2025

"Game_Night_Prep_Sheet.docx" by Nick Kolakowski

Section 1: Preparation The last time you messed up is the last time you’ll mess up. Now you check your supply box once per quarter, even if you haven’t found a new friend. The box ALWAYS HAS: 1 pai…

21/01/2025

Book Release: Pele's Prerogative by Albert Tucher

Albert Tucher brings us back to the Big Islands with a mystery featuring Officer Jenny Freitas in Pele’s Prerogative, the 4th book in The Big Island Mysteries. The series has been called Hawa…

17/01/2025

Book releases by Shotgun Honey

17/01/2025

Cover reveal for Dark Neon & Dirt by Thomas Trang over at Do Some Damage and hosted by Paul J. Garth.

One of the best things about contributing here at Do Some Damage is being asked by publishers you love to spread the word about books you'r...

15/01/2025

New Fiction: "Break a Leg, Daryl" by April Kelly

Jonah Martin delivered the first of his six lousy words while glaring at his rival through the helmet’s faceplate.“Halt!” Instead of halting, the dashing rogue Jonah challenged leapt up onto the pa…

08/01/2025

New Fiction: "Payback" by Jerad Alexander

There’s the Fat Man. Watch him work. Detective Corlett—she sat behind the wheel under the shade of a big tree. At the back of a cul-de-sac, Fat Man sat on a stool in his garage turning wrenches on …

03/01/2025

Do you know it's submission time again?

Submissions / Fiction Days Hours Minutes Established 2011, Shotgun Honey has been a steady outlet for crime, noir, and hard-boiled flash fiction. After a decade of submissions, we’ve seen nearly ev…

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…