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Switchblade #7
Switchblade
Switchblade is going south—way down south, like a thong bikini in the Daytona Beach heat, where there’s no escaping the humidity. Half of these fifteen tales of vice and suspense take place in the sunshine state, the other half are the same potency of beloved filthy noir, from someplace else. Cult leaders, serial killers, private eyes, rock stars, cigarette boats, bare knuckle fighters, alligators, fugitives, strip clubs, mobsters, and government spooks; add in some stepped on lines of dirty white powder, and you’ve got Switchblade Issue Seven. Featuring the criminal minds of Nick Kolakowski, J.L. Boekestein, William R. Soldan, Mark Slade, Jack Bates, Stephen D. Rogers, Jon Zelazny, C.W. Balckwell, Arthur Evans, Bill Davidson, R. Daniel Lester, Bryce Wilson, Mathew X. Gomez, Scott Hallam, David Rachels, and Michael R. Colangelo.
190 pages, Paperback
First published October 24, 2018
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June 7, 2021
I don't want to single any story out, but if I did, it would definitely be Bill Davidson's Erskine Caldwell-worthy "Sister," about the unlikeliest fugitives in noir history, followed by Arthur Evans' female revenge nail-biter "Dead Drop." My own "Jackass Junction" imagines a bad summer day The Who's Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey might have had back on tour in '68.
With an anthology this strong, you know the hard-boiled gods are all smiling somewhere.
With an anthology this strong, you know the hard-boiled gods are all smiling somewhere.
October 28, 2018
Switchblade issue seven is full of criminal mayhem. Many of the stories take place in Florida, providing a stark reminder that the Sunshine state has a dark side.
Every single entry rocks. My favorites include “A Kiss For Karma” by C.W. Blackwell, “Sleep Tight Hannibal” by J.L. Boekestein, and “My Worst Morning Ever” by Nick Kolakowski. In Blackwell’s tale, a cunning female cop goes head to head with a killer and his amphibian proxy. Boekestein serves up a femme fatale who backs up her action hero looks with skill and sex appeal. Kolakowski takes a bad day to the maximum carnage quotient by pushing probability for a former physics student turned cop. The characters are the kind that readers would happily follow through a series. I loved every single second spent with them.
Every single entry rocks. My favorites include “A Kiss For Karma” by C.W. Blackwell, “Sleep Tight Hannibal” by J.L. Boekestein, and “My Worst Morning Ever” by Nick Kolakowski. In Blackwell’s tale, a cunning female cop goes head to head with a killer and his amphibian proxy. Boekestein serves up a femme fatale who backs up her action hero looks with skill and sex appeal. Kolakowski takes a bad day to the maximum carnage quotient by pushing probability for a former physics student turned cop. The characters are the kind that readers would happily follow through a series. I loved every single second spent with them.
January 25, 2019
In this issue, Switchblade heads for Florida for another set of hardboiled and in this case at times quirky tales. I'm a sucker for a bare knuckle boxing tale, so "Dogfight" by Bryce Wilson was a winner. "Jackass Junction" by Jon Zelazny sees members of The Who drinking at a dive bar in the middle of nowhere when their tour bus breaks down. "The Last Savior" by Mark Slade never lets you rest on your laurels as a mob fixer looks to help out an actress with a dead body in her bathtub. "Kiss for Karma" by C.W. Blackwell brings those Florida alligators into play. "Sister" by Bill Davidson delivers a tale of conjoined twins forced on the run with their mother. Finally, Nick Kolakowski brings the world crashing down on his protagonist in "My Worst Morning Ever".
Other tales include ex-speed boat racers, strippers, bombs, big dogs and serial killers. Another fine issue of this sterling and premier crime fiction journal.
Other tales include ex-speed boat racers, strippers, bombs, big dogs and serial killers. Another fine issue of this sterling and premier crime fiction journal.
May 29, 2019
An anthology of noir
While many of the stories take place in Florida. They show you a darker side of the Sunshine State that most tourist seldom see. The writers run the gamut of some of the best of the new writers of noir without a throwaway in this collection. I look forward to reading the whole collection.
While many of the stories take place in Florida. They show you a darker side of the Sunshine State that most tourist seldom see. The writers run the gamut of some of the best of the new writers of noir without a throwaway in this collection. I look forward to reading the whole collection.
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