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An anthology of stories, published before “Peaches.” As with any anthology, some stories are better than others; none are weak. “So Long, Johnnie Scumbag” gets things started with a bang. “Last Call,” “Angelo Death,” and “The Saint of Gunners” all stand out, but the highlights of this collection are two stories featuring the heroes of Robinson’s novel, The Hard Bounce: Boo Malone and his sidekick, Junior. Both stories have the pacing of The Hard Bounce, yet show there’s more than action and dirt...
Some cool little stories in this little book. Lots of typos scattered throughout, but they're strong stories and can handle a little messiness.
We've all seen the book reviews/endorsements about a book being "laugh out loud" or " a laugh a minute", but I've genuinely never encountered a book that's made me laugh as much as this one. It was a slight surprise given the Todd Robinson story I loved in Trouble in the Heartland was a more serious affair.The book is populated with a few characters who recur in the stories; T.C. is an alcoholic mob enforcer/P.I. type who appears in three of the stories (two of which were award nominated) and he...
I first encountered Todd Robinson’s name as the editor of the excellent "Thuglit" magazine, a noir anthology which sadly ceased production in 2016. That was just before I’d heard of it, as I started exploring the juicy world of indie anthology magazines. However, I have bought and read several back issues of Thuglit since and have been absolutely impressed. I also came across one of his short stories in a back issue of "All Due Respect" magazine and loved his writing style.And so I started looki...
Great noir stories full of grit and pain and bad choices that leave the characters ravaged and bleeding. They'll hit you like a flurry of punches and leave their mark. If you think Jim Thompson's noir isn't hard enough, you'll eat these up. These tales detail life on the rough side, mostly the record of sad, sorry lives. But there's also humor and a wee bit of charm, glowing nuggets amidst the blood. If you want your fiction hard, fast, and dirty, this is for you.
Todd Robinson is a funny guy. That's the first thing that'll hit you after reading his stories. Many of them are boisterous and rollicking.But his writing has got a lot more than that. Like a good guitarist, he's got an array of different tones. As good as the funny stuff is, the sad notes (as in "Delivery") may be the ones that linger more.Either way, there are a lot of finely etched observations. Plus, even though the end product flows in a way that seems effortless, that is deceptive. A lot o...
There are so many aspects to America that make for great material in entertainment - prisons, mobsters, barflies, boxing, petty-criminals, jazz, private-investigators - not to mention the melting-pot that is New York.Dirty Words is something of a melting-pot too, and it's great to have all the themes mentioned and more besides touched on in the one collection.Todd Robinson certainly doesn't short-change the buyers of his book. Each story is really substantial (and there are 11 of them altogether...
I am a huge fan of Todd Robinson because of his humorous and often dark style, and this is still my favorite collection of short stories by a single author.
