Switchblade : Issue Twelve by Jon Zelazny

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


How's this for a lede: "The motel room smelled like cooked dope and sex." Kinda hard to stop reading. I couldn't and neither will you. It's C.W. Blackwell again, this time with his short story "From Dusk to Blonde," a revenge tale that will leave you slackjawed. Yep, that good. "They Call Me Cuban Pete" by Andrew Miller is another keeper. What can you say about a hitman story featuring, of all people, Desi Arnaz? It resonates, like all the crime stories in this edition. Switchblade is my go-to source for dystopian, hard-hitting noir. Just in time for the end of the world.



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