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THUGLIT Issue 6
Light the fuse, Kittens…
THUGLIT—ISSUE 6 is ready to blow up your face with eight killer tales from some of the best crime writers on the mutherlubbin' PLANET.
Tick…
Tick…
Tick…
BOOM, BABY!!!!!!
PIN by Hugh Lessig
WHEELS by Rena Robinett
COME ON HOME by Scott Adlerberg
HAVING CHIQUI by Kieran Shea
SOUL COLLECTION by T Fox Dunham
SWEET CAROLINE by Jessica Adams
THE GHOST WIFE by Aaron Fox-Lerner
ROGUES GALLERY by BH Shepherd
THUGLIT—ISSUE 6 is ready to blow up your face with eight killer tales from some of the best crime writers on the mutherlubbin' PLANET.
Tick…
Tick…
Tick…
BOOM, BABY!!!!!!
PIN by Hugh Lessig
WHEELS by Rena Robinett
COME ON HOME by Scott Adlerberg
HAVING CHIQUI by Kieran Shea
SOUL COLLECTION by T Fox Dunham
SWEET CAROLINE by Jessica Adams
THE GHOST WIFE by Aaron Fox-Lerner
ROGUES GALLERY by BH Shepherd
- GenresCrimeShort Stories
132 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 28, 2013
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September 23, 2017
Working my way through all the issues and this is the best one yet. High quality writing and editing in every story. Enjoyed all of these, which is something I couldn't say with the first five issues.
September 2, 2013
The recently released Thuglit: Issue Six keeps the reading momentum of recent issues going with eight more hard hitting stories to mess with your mind. Characters at the edge and desperate for a way out no matter the odds populate these stories in locales familiar and not. As always in the Thuglit series, these are short stories so in the interest of avoiding spoilers, details will be limited.
This issue opens with “PIN” by Hugh Lessig. The robbery of the customer after he left the ATM went off without a hitch. Everything went like Tory planed and told him it would. But, nobody planned for what would happen when they pulled it off.
After being in the Norfolk vicinity in the previous story it is off to Asia in “Wheels” by Rena Robinett. Nick trained her long ago how to move drugs by being a smuggler. She is good at it though she does have a problem as her flight has been grounded short of her destination by bad weather. That is definitely a problem. So too is the increasing interest being shown to her by a friendly stranger.
The next three stories take readers back to the United States before leaving again. The first one is “Come on Home” by Scott Adlerberg where the marriage is in trouble and both parties know it. Carla believes he is cheating and expects him to call in precisely at 10 pm from work as a way of proving he isn’t cheating and is actually working. The fact that he is at least forty-five minutes late with the call is going to make her very unhappy.
Eating a sub sandwich and cleaning your gun at the same time can be done. It may not be the smartest thing ever to do, but that February evening Mike “Muzz” Mukowski was absolutely starving. He wanted that sandwich and had been thinking about it all day. That wasn't the only thing he wanted and had taken in recent days. He really should have thought of the repercussions in “Having Chiqui” by Kieran Shea.
Louie and Vince set up a drug deal with Pete and now things are getting a bit strange in “Soul Collection” by T. Fox Dunham. Philly may be a big place, but Louie is sure he knows Pete from somewhere and just won’t let it go. All Vince knows is what should have been an easy piece of business is not turning out so easy after all.
“Sweet Caroline” by Jessica Adams takes readers to Cabo San Lucas and a pregnant woman and the choices she has to make. It isn't like James is still around to be involved now.
Aaron Fox-Lerner takes readers to China in “The Ghost Wife.” Mallory wanted to go China and be an English teacher. Her boyfriend went with her as a big romantic gesture. But, Wu Dong is the real China in all its smoke belching glory and they were not remotely prepared for the experience. They don’t fit in and they don’t have any real way out which leads to a desperate gamble.
The legendary Sanchez Penitentiary sits outside the city of El Paso, Texas. It is home to some of the most deranged and vile human beings mankind has ever spawned. “Rogues Gallery” by B. H. Shepherd tells the tale of some of those inmates currently hidden way from civilization.
Those eight tales are followed by author bios as well as other suggested books to read.
Thuglit: Issue Six is a good one featuring solid stories filled with characters in desperate situations. There is not an obvious theme to the issue beyond the basic idea of characters in a variety of settings and circumstances experiencing desperation of various types. Sometimes the tiniest of things has disrupted their plans. Other times the worst thing possible has happened thanks to a monumental error by themselves or others. Consequences are always present as is the suspense and the danger. At an estimated 134 pages the latest issue delivers another quality and varied read.
Thuglit: Issue Six
Editor: Todd Robinson
Thuglit Publishing
http://www.thuglit.com
June 2013
ISBN# 978-1490565224
E-Book (also available in Paperback)
Estimated 134 Pages
$0.99
Material was purchased for use in an objective review by way of an Amazon Gift Card payment for my participation in the Amazon Associate Program.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
This issue opens with “PIN” by Hugh Lessig. The robbery of the customer after he left the ATM went off without a hitch. Everything went like Tory planed and told him it would. But, nobody planned for what would happen when they pulled it off.
After being in the Norfolk vicinity in the previous story it is off to Asia in “Wheels” by Rena Robinett. Nick trained her long ago how to move drugs by being a smuggler. She is good at it though she does have a problem as her flight has been grounded short of her destination by bad weather. That is definitely a problem. So too is the increasing interest being shown to her by a friendly stranger.
The next three stories take readers back to the United States before leaving again. The first one is “Come on Home” by Scott Adlerberg where the marriage is in trouble and both parties know it. Carla believes he is cheating and expects him to call in precisely at 10 pm from work as a way of proving he isn’t cheating and is actually working. The fact that he is at least forty-five minutes late with the call is going to make her very unhappy.
Eating a sub sandwich and cleaning your gun at the same time can be done. It may not be the smartest thing ever to do, but that February evening Mike “Muzz” Mukowski was absolutely starving. He wanted that sandwich and had been thinking about it all day. That wasn't the only thing he wanted and had taken in recent days. He really should have thought of the repercussions in “Having Chiqui” by Kieran Shea.
Louie and Vince set up a drug deal with Pete and now things are getting a bit strange in “Soul Collection” by T. Fox Dunham. Philly may be a big place, but Louie is sure he knows Pete from somewhere and just won’t let it go. All Vince knows is what should have been an easy piece of business is not turning out so easy after all.
“Sweet Caroline” by Jessica Adams takes readers to Cabo San Lucas and a pregnant woman and the choices she has to make. It isn't like James is still around to be involved now.
Aaron Fox-Lerner takes readers to China in “The Ghost Wife.” Mallory wanted to go China and be an English teacher. Her boyfriend went with her as a big romantic gesture. But, Wu Dong is the real China in all its smoke belching glory and they were not remotely prepared for the experience. They don’t fit in and they don’t have any real way out which leads to a desperate gamble.
The legendary Sanchez Penitentiary sits outside the city of El Paso, Texas. It is home to some of the most deranged and vile human beings mankind has ever spawned. “Rogues Gallery” by B. H. Shepherd tells the tale of some of those inmates currently hidden way from civilization.
Those eight tales are followed by author bios as well as other suggested books to read.
Thuglit: Issue Six is a good one featuring solid stories filled with characters in desperate situations. There is not an obvious theme to the issue beyond the basic idea of characters in a variety of settings and circumstances experiencing desperation of various types. Sometimes the tiniest of things has disrupted their plans. Other times the worst thing possible has happened thanks to a monumental error by themselves or others. Consequences are always present as is the suspense and the danger. At an estimated 134 pages the latest issue delivers another quality and varied read.
Thuglit: Issue Six
Editor: Todd Robinson
Thuglit Publishing
http://www.thuglit.com
June 2013
ISBN# 978-1490565224
E-Book (also available in Paperback)
Estimated 134 Pages
$0.99
Material was purchased for use in an objective review by way of an Amazon Gift Card payment for my participation in the Amazon Associate Program.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
February 7, 2017
Not my favorite issue. Maybe 3.5 stars. Last story was fun but so unrealistic it kind of spoiled it.
July 2, 2017
there is not a bad story here and some of them are on the edge of excellence. You can't go wrong with Any of these.
PIN by Hugh Lessig discusses new
ways to rob ATMs. Wheels by Rena Robinett simply raises the bar a
little higher. It's about a trip to Kabul for commerce. Don't let it throw
you that there's a female lead. Come on Home by Scott Alderberg is
the third selection. A man is working late and when he calls home he's
told by a voice that his wife is dead. Chilling! The fourth story is
Having Chiqui by Kieran Shea. It's about gangsters, guns, girls, and a
#3 sub sandwich. Soul Collection by Dunham has a catchy title. It's
another good one bout a drug deal in Philly. A drug deal gone bad.
Sweet Caroline by Jessica Adams is an odd tale about heading down to
Mexico. It simply struck me as odd. The Ghost Wife by Aaron Fox
Lerner is the next story. It is a story regarding gangsters and pool
halls in rural China. It is a good read except for the ending. Rogues
Gallery by BH Shepherd is a sweet little story about Sanchez
Penitentiary
PIN by Hugh Lessig discusses new
ways to rob ATMs. Wheels by Rena Robinett simply raises the bar a
little higher. It's about a trip to Kabul for commerce. Don't let it throw
you that there's a female lead. Come on Home by Scott Alderberg is
the third selection. A man is working late and when he calls home he's
told by a voice that his wife is dead. Chilling! The fourth story is
Having Chiqui by Kieran Shea. It's about gangsters, guns, girls, and a
#3 sub sandwich. Soul Collection by Dunham has a catchy title. It's
another good one bout a drug deal in Philly. A drug deal gone bad.
Sweet Caroline by Jessica Adams is an odd tale about heading down to
Mexico. It simply struck me as odd. The Ghost Wife by Aaron Fox
Lerner is the next story. It is a story regarding gangsters and pool
halls in rural China. It is a good read except for the ending. Rogues
Gallery by BH Shepherd is a sweet little story about Sanchez
Penitentiary
December 26, 2021
Some Pretty Nasty Stories l
A very enjoyable collection of some of the baddest criminal short stories that I’ve ever encountered. The last story about prison life and the great escape by these monsters society had hoped to lock away forever.
A very enjoyable collection of some of the baddest criminal short stories that I’ve ever encountered. The last story about prison life and the great escape by these monsters society had hoped to lock away forever.
December 15, 2025
Yet another issue with some great writing from mostly unknown writers. Really worth reading by fans of Elmore Leonard, Jordan Harper, etc.
July 10, 2013
Another issue of hard boiled crime stories. No white hats found here. These characters are all mean.
Food stories if you like this kind of stuff.
I do.
Food stories if you like this kind of stuff.
I do.
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