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The cool night air pushed tendrils of blood down her side, a tickle she’d never feel. She was lying over the windowsill, the broken glass still working its way into her flesh. She’d only been dead a few minutes, but the killer was long gone. He rabbited out of there the second he heard us […]

Note: For those who may have missed it The Treacherous Road – Part One Carl shifted the black Dodge Challenger into third, grinding the pedal hard into the floor. She shook uncontrollably over the Nevada desert terrain. He felt her chassis tearing up good underneath. But he wasn’t slowing down. Not until that bitch was […]

Herman Dog digs in the soft dirt at the back of the yard and uncovers a face. He knows that face and that smell. It’s his Master. His Master has his eyes open and there’s a hole in his face and his face is cold. Herman licks the face. Nothing Herman’s no fool. He knows […]

The fuck fucked the fucking fucker. Not fuck as in fucked, but fucked as in fucked him up. See, the fucking fucker was fucking around with the fuck’s fuck, so the fucker was asking to get fucked. Not content with fucking the fucking fucker up, the fuck fucked with the other fucking fucker’s fuck too. […]

Somebody threw a bucket of water on Daffy, putting the fire out. Mickey leaned against a work bench and hustled a cigarette from a soft pack of Marlboros. Minnie lit it for him, then cooed, passing a hand over his crotch. “He say anything yet?” Mickey said. I shook my head. Daffy was breathing funny, […]

Smart-ass in front of Slim in the security queue at Midway couldn’t keep his mouth shut, guy dumping his shit in the plastic box, two fucking cell phones and a PDA coming off his belt like he was Batman or something, a fat money clip with a Franklin on the outside. “Take off your belt, […]

Not long now. The first piece of flash fiction will be posted here on Shotgun Honey tomorrow morning sometime around 5 AM. Maybe earlier, but that’s not too likely as I don’t exactly jump up out of bed these days. While I’m not going to divulge who we have coming up in the days ahead, […]

All right. Still tweaking the general look and all, but Shotgun Honey is ready to take on submissions. Like the guidelines to the right say, I’m looking for noir, crime, hardboiled, or whatever you care to call it fiction, in 700 words or less.* In regards to cussing, sex, and violence, a little clarification might […]