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TOUGH: Crime Stories opens with “Texas Hot Flash” featuring police Officer Sunshine McCall. A day in the life of the officer who happens to be turning 40 with plenty to do and burdened by far too many memories. Charlie is very much lost as “Night Drive” by JM Taylor begins. A nighttime drive to the pool at the college has gone horribly wrong. He is lost and in his wandering has come across somebody from his old high school class. She is on a street corner panhandling. She needs his help and one
This is a perfectly named journal of crime fiction. Like a pummeling a speed bag, These tight, muscular street stories leave you with thoughts to chew on after you meet writers you may not have known before. Highly recommended.
This is a fantastic collection of noir and crime stories to be sure, but the most interesting part of this collection for me is that the editor Rusty Barnes, didn't shy away from stories that are more than just crime. You've got supernatural, body horror, and even a bit of near future science fiction in this anthology. The stories don't pull many punches, but they also keep a firm eye on why people sometimes do the bad things they do. Sometimes its the easy money, sometimes is for love, and well...
This one hit me on two levels: as a reader I was loving the gritty takes on crime and deviance and as a writer my wheels were spinning - did I have something I could submit? See, right away I was scheming how to get a future edition of Tough on the ol' cv.And in this case I'm going to recommend judging a book by its cover. Because you're going to get exactly what it promises: stark, unflinching fiction. In my humble opinion, this collection is a prime example that the indie crime anthology/magaz...
