We are pleased to announce our newest historical thriller based on the true events leading up to the 1912 Hillsville shootout, A Bad and Dangerous Man by Brett Lovell. What to Expect inside… In 1911, a young man reignites a bitter political feud when he kisses the wrong girl at a corn shucking in the […]
-Morgan? -Yeah? -It’s kind of cold out here, man. -It’s December, blockhead. -I know it’s December. I mean, I just thought— -Thought what, Gene? Where’s your coat? -I’ve been in Tampa for the last two months, dude. -And yet, world traveler that you are, you fly up here to New Jersey, a week before Christmas, […]
As 2023 comes to a close, I want to thank our readers on behalf of myself and our authors for supporting Shotgun Honey and Shotgun Honey Books. The year hasn’t been without its bumps and hiccups, but these are things that help us learn and grow. To improve. We’ve published many wonderful books over the […]
Chapter One Mystic Mambo Jasmine Tespire, psychic superstar, gazed intently into her crystal ball. “I see a hotel room,” Jasmine said. “A couple are having drinks.” “Who are they,” Petula Spandau asked frantically. “I get the feeling they are people you know well.” Jasmine paused. “They are undressing. They are moving towards the bed, kissing […]
The first time, when Yasmin was sixteen, she hid the necklace under a mattress. Her mother stumbled upon it while cleaning her bedroom, but Yasmin claimed she’d won it in the school’s cooking competition, and her mother bought the lie. Growing up, Yasmin spoke Urdu at home but English in all other places except the […]
By the time Liora arrived at the pre-auction party, the air was thick with chatter, chuckles, and occasional Sieg Heils. She strode past tables of gowned ladies and tuxedoed gentlemen, climbed on the stage, and nodded at two armed guards who flanked the item to be auctioned. It was concealed in a cube covered by […]
Terence leaned forward. “Hired to beat your ass to a pulp, Sam.” Sam nodded. “That’s why I’m here, too. Got paid to knock out teeth. Even got some knuckles for the job.” The crowd in the Barnes and Noble Starbucks paid no attention to the two men. Most were students deep in the mud of […]
Miles from the nearest town, Kenneth McCaul gave Alana Long permission to pull over, park his car, and climb out. His friends called him Kenny, but he’d been coming around to the noble ring of his given name, the way it would look printed on a thousand spines. At the top of the manuscript he’d […]
We are very pleased to release our 75th book release with A Séance for Wicked King Death by Coy Hall. What to Expect inside… Royce Pembrook once made a living scamming the gullible, running séances for grieving widows on Millionaires’ Row. He was good—beguiling, charming, and clever—but a miserable stint in prison ended that life. […]
We are excited to announce At the Edge of Darkness, the sixth edition of our original Shotgun Honey Presents anthology series. At the Edge of Darkness will release October 1st, 2024 right in time for the Halloween Season, featuring stories on that dark, half-lit space where crime and horror simultaneously reside. That’s right, we’re dipping […]
The alcohol swab, cool on his arm, felt like the touch of a lamb. The prick of the needle taught him nothing he didn’t already know. The state of Kentucky saw fit to declare that this was the end for John Oscar Roiter. Like all dispensers of the law, they were given power over a […]
Beau Johnson is no stranger to Shotgun Honey with over a dozen short story contributions since 2012. Those same stories have lead to a series of successful collections including or featuring everyone’s favorite axe-wielding anti-hero Bishop Rider. The axe has been passed in his newest book, The Abrum Files. Let’s find out how Beau Johnson […]
