The car stopped and he was pulled out, landing on his knees. Yanked to his feet, he was pushed forward. They stopped. Two pounds on a door and it creaked open. The door slammed behind him and he heard a bolt being thrown. Forward again. Another door opened. “Steps.” The voice on his left shoulder […]
It looked like a miniature crime scene. But instead of blood, guts, and gore, the plate was covered with smeared catsup, chewed-up grizzle, and a mutilated pickle. “Slobs,” Benny muttered as he dropped the ceramic splatter-fest into the dish bin. He hated cops anyway, and bussing their tables after lunch hour at Don’s Deli only […]
On the coattails of the release of Federales by Christopher Irvin, One Eye Press is enthusiastic in announcing the next two releases from the Singles Line. To those who picked up a copy of Federales our next release for June 10th is no surprise. White Knight by Bracken MacLeod has a little excerpt included in […]
“Marshal? Do you think I’ll hang?” Hank Markum said nothing at first, taking a sip from his coffee before considering the grave question of his prisoner. He looked across the fire, the flickering light played against the boy’s youthful appearance making him seem younger than his nineteen years. The tremble in Caleb Monroe’s voice only […]
People are supposed to read your sports blog and chuckle at your wit, I am sure. Up until recently, I was one of the rubes doing so along with all the others who start their morning checking scores. Then I realized that you weren’t making me laugh with you; you were having a laugh at […]
Bracken MacLeod is one of the submission editors behind BLIGHT Digest, our new quarterly dark fiction and horror magazine. He is a past contributor to Shotgun Honey, The Big Adios and Reloaded, so who better to know what it’s like to submit to One Eye Press and face the gauntlet? Read his stories (hint: the […]
For her first five years, the hours in Katie’s days held the correct number of minutes. So too, the days in the week, the months in the year. And every day during that final normal autumn, Katie and her friend, Sonia, walked the seven blocks to kindergarten, napped side by side after story time, traced […]
We at One Eye Press are happy to announce the release of Federales by Christopher Irvin, the first in our One Eye Press Singles line of novellas. This consumable novella is available in print, Kindle and Nook releases starting at $2.99. The Story Mexican Federal Agent Marcos Camarena dedicated his life to the job. […]
One Eye Press and Shotgun Honey are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for Locked and Loaded: Both Barrels Vol. 3. Shotgun Honey launched April 5th, 2011 with the singular goal to publish quality flash crime fiction, stories under 700 words that can satisfy in a single reading. Upon the 1st anniversary editiors Kent […]
“I’ll take another, Pattie.” Smoke cut back over a black bowl. That slender vine of white fishing up and twirling out… “Sure thing, Willard.” …as two stools down, there’s a convo needed hearing. “Worse—” An ugly man’s voice slipped and crawled over beat down dreams and slim pockets. Talk of the plant’s closing the cause. […]
The Short Mystery Fiction Society has released the 2014 Derringer Finalist. One Eye Press and Shotgun Honey are proud to have the stories “The Needle and the Spoon” by Allan Leverone and “Terry Tenderloin and the Pig Thief” by John Weagly nominated For Best Flash. We would like to also congratulate Chris F. Holm and […]
She walked into the bar as the fire burned in the night beyond, and for a moment, the flames framed her. The guys drinking in a row in front of me, the usual losers who hang around Salou until the rum takes them, turned as one and fell into a grumbling quiet. They’d lost interest […]
