“No Escape: Three Noir Executions” by Matthew Sorrento
PROSE POEM: “They live on to die, forever….”
Read More “No Escape: Three Noir Executions” by Matthew SorrentoNoir, crime, and mystery short stories, scholarship, and so much more
PROSE POEM: “They live on to die, forever….”
Read More “No Escape: Three Noir Executions” by Matthew SorrentoINTERVIEW: “[Leonard] always approached what he did with class. He believed in what he did. He knew he was good, and you have to know you’re good. That’s not the same thing as being immodest. But you don’t jump out of a plane if you’ve never packed a parachute….”
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Read More Preview: “Fernando Ayala’s The Bitter Stems (1956)” by Jeremy CarrFLASH FICTION: “There was always some bottom feeder trying to take what I built….”
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