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The Short Of It: Nothing But Jerks by Dave Zeltserman, art by Jean-Pierre Jacquet
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The Short Of It. Friday, April 29, 2005. Nothing But Jerks by Dave Zeltserman, art by Jean-Pierre Jacquet. Written by Dave Zeltserman, illustrated by Jean-Pierre Jacquet,. Lou Johnston got shot in the abdomen during a bank robbery. He survived with the help of a shady doctor, but after three weeks he still hurts. Not a nice man to begin with, the pain is making him worse. His girlfriend, Norma, who takes the brunt of his ill temper, is caring for him. Posted by Bob @ 6:27 AM. I have a halloween. The Last...
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The Short Of It: 12/12/2004 - 12/19/2004
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The Short Of It. Saturday, December 18, 2004. Dave Zeltzerman, editor of Hardluck Stories. Has just started his own blog at A Hardluck Writer. Posted by Bob @ 7:31 PM. Ice Storm" by Helen Tucker, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2005. This story follows a petty criminal as he tries to take advantage of what he sees as the opportunity of a lifetime. Ms Tucker is a competent writer. There were no speed bumps to throw me out of the story. The plot builds logically and naturally. I don't feel that en...
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The Short Of It: 12/26/2004 - 01/02/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, January 01, 2005. By Michael Wiecek, Hardluck Stories. Man, it seems like everything I'm reviewing lately has something to do with families. That's OK. Families provide almost unlimited opportunities for murder and mayhem. The stories I like most among those I've written have had to do fathers and daughters, mothers and sons. Angie wants Joe to do a little favor for him. The favor is not a particularly big deal for brothers. How the favor turns out makes the story. He is also o...
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The Short Of It: 11/28/2004 - 12/05/2004
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The Short Of It. Saturday, December 04, 2004. By Ray Banks,. Noir, great suspense, and a twist (that's an unexpected reversal of expectations, not a woman). Nope, no women in this one other than the odd passerby, but that doesn't hurt the story at all. What we have here is a bored bureaucrat in a dead end job seeking excitement. And boy does he get it. I don't know what a cringe combined with a delighted grin looks like but my wife does. She's still watching me out of the corner of her eye. By David Cox,.
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The Short Of It: 01/16/2005 - 01/23/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, January 22, 2005. Jazz Canary" by Les Roberts,. Murder and All That Jazz. Robert J. Randisi, ed., Signet Books, $6.99, Mass Market Paperback. Milan Jacovich returns. Though you wouldn't know it from the first five pages of the story. When Milan meets Kate again in her dressing room after the concert who should be there with her but ex-husband, Charlie, seemingly back in the catbird seat. Kate has signed him on as her manager again and agreed to remarry him. Give Me Your Heart.
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The Short Of It: 01/09/2005 - 01/16/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, January 15, 2005. Good News for Short Fiction. I noticed on Clint Gaige's. That his best selling book for 2004 was Chesapeake Crimes. An anthology of crime stories. For those of you who don't know, Clint is chief cook and bottle washer at. He is also planning to issue (soon? An audio book of Babs Lakey's anthology, DIME. In addition to that (Clint seems to be a very innovative publisher) he is issuing. Posted by Bob @ 10:52 AM. By Charlie Stella, Mississippi Review. Mr Stella h...
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The Short Of It: The Inside Job by J. Mark Bertrand
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The Short Of It. Thursday, April 28, 2005. The Inside Job by J. Mark Bertrand. By J Mark Bertrand, Hardluck Stories. Then Gravel shows up. Gravel is his best friend from childhood. He was Tanner’s partner in the liquor store robbery. Gravel didn’t try to go straight when he got out. Now he’s in trouble. He owes seventy grand to some very bad people. He wants Tanner to help him make a score big enough to clear him. This story could have fit right in the Dangerous Women. Posted by Bob @ 6:23 AM. Bob, I mos...
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The Short Of It: Familiars
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The Short Of It. Tuesday, June 14, 2005. Robert W. Tinsley. Three men had been killed over the last two weeks. The young Kikuyu man standing in front of Inspector Thomas Donnegan's desk at the British East Africa Police headquarters in Nairobi was afraid he was going to be next. You are a man," said Inspector Donnegan in KiSwahili gesturing to the young warrior's shield and spear. "Why don't you protect yourself? I said, unable to keep quiet in the face of this nonsense. "Is this man serious? You must he...
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The Short Of It: 01/30/2005 - 02/06/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, February 05, 2005. Thom Bray's Pulp Museum. Well, folks, after all my ranting about new methods of distribution for short stories someone has had the guts to try something new (not that what I said had anything to do with what Thom is doing). Writer and actor, has a "modest proposal" for published authors. Thom is starting a zine called ". I've observed, alas, that most [zines] do not pay writers for their stories. I. I look to two business models as my inspiration: Fictionwise...
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The Short Of It: 12/05/2004 - 12/12/2004
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The Short Of It. Saturday, December 11, 2004. By Gary Warren Niebuhr, Hardluck Stories. I think that bears repeating: Damn! If this story doesn't hit one of the "Best Of" anthologies next year, I'll eat my hat. And it's a big, dirty hat. Just look at my picture, and you'll know what I mean. I'm having a hard time coming up with words for this one. Anything else I say will be gilding the lily. If you haven't already read this story, click on the link above. You'll thank me for it. Posted by Bob @ 9:20 AM.