Vicious Tales from Men's Magazines - reprinted from Man, Man Junior, Pocket Man, Squire, and more...
It's all here: horror, crime, mystery and SF.
In Night Flight to Amsterdam, a millionaire's life depends on stealing another man's coat.In The Round Metal Tomb, a con escapes jail by being welded into a 44-gal drum. It seems the perfect ploy - until he discovers what the drum will be used for.
In So Very Lifelike, the wife of a wealthy taxidermist takes a lover. And learns what it means to stuff things up.
In Kidney Punch, a Mafia boss on dialysis makes the mistake of monstering a nurse.
In the celebrated SF epic, The Justice Wire, there's a diabolical switcheroo you'll never see coming.
In Come Down Killer, a gung-ho reporter ends up with a killer on top of an industrial chimney.
Then there's Hot Shot, where who's up who becomes a matter of life and death.
And Split, where we meet a man who is equal to anything - from murder to nuclear war. (23,000 words)
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REVIEWS:
"...meaty stuff. Well written, thoroughly nasty and intriguing with nice
shock endings."
WORDS OBSERVED
"A satisfyingly appalling feast of highly unpleasant events."
PEN
& EAR
AND HERE'S ANOTHER YOU'LL LIKE:
"Vintage
Smith. Well written, mordant. Juicily entertaining. And most with endings
you'll never see coming.'
PEN AND EAR
'Grim is the word. A joyful
collection for twisted minds and good fun.'
MOVING FINGER REVIEW
AWARD WINNING STORY ANTHOLOGY:
"Work of impressive quality. Each story skilfully manipulates
language and form to convey the central theme: 'the world behind what we
take as reality'. A pleasure and an education to read."
Lynk
"Beautiful writing."
Judge: Lane Cove Literary Award
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