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The stories were all well-written but nothing here blew me away.
Good stories, as always. Just long enough.
I'm going to come right out and say it: This is the best single issue of a crime magazine that I've read. Thuglit is always excellent, but Issue 11 is about perfect, right down to the artful formatting and cover--and that there isn't a single proofreading error. (All of this is testament to the work of editors Todd Robinson, Allison Glasgow, and Julie McCarron.) This was one of six books I ordered that were waiting for me when I returned to the States. That's a pretty exclusive list--the vast ma...
Thuglit is simply one of the best Hard-Boiled Crime anthologies around. Consisting of 8 killer crime-fiction stories that are written with authority, starting with SOUNDING by Matthew McBride, a comical story about smuggling that delivers a gritty dose of danger and mayhem. It is a perfect opener to this highly regarded anthology. Other standout stories include A BOTTLE OF SCOTCH AND A SHARP BUCK KNIFE by Scott Grand, and 192 OVER 110 by Max Sheridan- they are all gems actually. The writing is t...
There are eight more tales from the dark grimy side of life packed in this thin electronic volume.Story one is Sounding by Matthew McBride. It starts out as one of the surefire strangest tales you ever heard with a former prison guard rattling on about how guys smuggled the strangest stuff in their body orifices, all as a prelude to a story about smuggling across the border. In the hands of a lesser writer, this would be pure dreck, but the writer has a great voice and you think that you're just...
Another good collection of noirHey! This one had a story where one of the characters wasn't another bad guy! Is Thuglit going soft?Ah. Probably not!