The Eggplant by Mehnaz Sahibzada
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 […]
Respecting Pigs by Marie Anderson
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 […]
Irish Devil by Patrick Whitehurst
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 […]
Pele’s Prerogative (Part Eleven) by Albert Tucher
After four years on the job Jenny knew how to tune the radio out until it said something she needed to hear. This time Dispatch was patching Patsy through. “Got a possible on that BOLO.”. Patsy was back in Hilo too, now that the brass had no need to camouflage Jenny’s exile to Kona. […]
The Readout by Andrew Campolieto
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 […]
Book Release: A Séance for Wicked King Death by Coy Hall
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. […]
Announcement: At the Edge of Darkness
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 […]
Pale Horse Coming by Caleb Coy
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 […]
How I Got the Gun: Beau Johnson
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 […]
New Dawn by Beau Johnson
EDITOR’S NOTE: “New Dawn” was first published May 4, 2023. This Flash Fiction Rewind is in celebration of Beau Johnson’s new bestselling release The Abrum Files: A Bishop Rider Book. Follow along this week to read bits of Bishop Rider from the Shotgun Honey archives. I tell him I was a child when my father […]
Smaller Fries by Beau Johnson
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Smaller Fries” was first published November 11, 2019. This Flash Fiction Rewind is in celebration of Beau Johnson’s new bestselling release The Abrum Files: A Bishop Rider Book. Follow along this week to read bits of Bishop Rider from the Shotgun Honey archives. As I believed it would, Culver erupts in response to […]
Pele’s Prerogative (Part Ten) by Albert Tucher
“You got my guns?” Jenny felt stupid for the repetition, but it was unlike Nate to get results so efficiently. “Well, I don’t have them on me.” That was more like it. “This friend of mine thinks he’s gonna get paid.” “How?” “Says he’s got two nine-mills. He’s gonna keep one and sell the other […]
