1978: The wave of gentrification has yet to break over downtown Los Angeles, and vast swathes of the warehouse district lie nearly abandoned by the sterile trench of the city's concrete-clad river.Lenny Strasser, a straight-arrow type with a taste for shady places, plunges into that world to discover that sometimes the only distance between two points is a very crooked line. When Lenny's friend Dave Larrabee nags him into helping him track down a missing girlfriend, Lenny suspects ...

A lakeside cabin in the Sierra foothills, a canyon village divided between old coots and laid-back hippies, and a bartender who's as square as square can be. It's just an all-too-rare escape from the hustle and bustle of L.A for Lenny and his ex-cop friend and landlord, Red Henshaw, when they arrive in Lake Helena for a weekend of rest and relaxation. Then they notice the couple in the battered van that dogs them everywhere they go…. Still, everything's calm in the woods—till Red turns up ...

These essays on urbanity were written between 1997 and 2014. Most, though not all, have to do with Los Angeles, a city much loved and much maligned, and justly so in either case. Although Sustainable City News, first home of most of these observations, is devoted to the structures of cities, these essays are less about urban development and more about urban cultures. More specifically, they are about the sensations of city living, and the relationships of people across time and space....

In this issue, pioneering TV writer and producer April Kelly opens with a wicked story that may remind you to pay attention to what you eat.Brendan DuBois appears with the story of an assassination and its aftermath—from the killer’s point of view.Ray Daniel & Kellye Garrett team up with a story that brings together characters from their own series.Our feature is by Walter Satterthwait, who comes at us with his first new story in a while. The lead character, Fallon,...

Our 240 page Fall 2018 issue of Mystery Tribune is a must-have! This volume features must-read short fiction by the acclaimed author Reed Farrel Coleman and Scandinavian author Ragnar Jónasson.A curated collection of photography from European and North American artists, interview with award winning Max Allan Collins on noir comics novel “The Night I Died”, and some of the best voices in mystery and suspense are among the other highlights.Issue Nº7, Fall 2018 features:

The definitive collection of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValleAmong the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, vir...

L is for Lawless is the twelfth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.It was the week before Thanksgiving when Kinsey Millhone first heard the sad story of the late Johnny Lee, the World War II fighter pilot of whom, rather mysteriously, the military authorities have no record. His family are concerned – perhaps Kinsey could make a few calls, straighten things out?Then Johnny's apartment is ransacked. In the debris a hidden safe is uncovered – and in...

In the space of a single day, twenty year old Trish West purchases her first car, gets accepted into veterinary college, and finds her rock star father, Jim Gamble, a man who vanished into the streets before she was born and now clings to life in a Toronto intensive care unit.Eager to establish a relationship with Mr. Gamble, Trish heads out from her Northern Ontario home that very day to stand at his bedside. But along the way, she crosses paths with a man who will upend her life ...

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIMEUndercover and on the hunt for a dangerous gang, Roman DeWinter checks into Charity Ford's inn with just the clothes on his back and a loaded .38 revolver. It's just another assignment for Roman - simple, uncomplicated. But the federal agent has never know the comfort and warmth of home - and he soon finds himself under the spell of Charity, his beautiful and intriguing innkeeper. The only problem is, Roman has come looking for a criminal maste...

Four short novels from the author of THE FIREMAN and HORNS, ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society.One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails, splinters of bright crystal that tear apart anyone who isn't safely under cover. 'Rain' explores this escalating apocalyptic event, as clouds of nails spread out across the country and the world. Amidst the chaos, a girl studying law enforcement takes it upon herself to...

New Milford, Connecticut is a peaceful old town where nothing much ever happens – until overnight the well water turns a sickly yellow colour … Then a local boy is murdered in bizarre circumstances and his parents disappear, while rumours spread of terrifying scaly crab-creatures lurking in the darkness …From beneath the town, an ancient force of terrible evil is reawakening, claiming fresh victims to swell the ranks of a race that springs straight from the Wells of Hell.Te...

"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines"Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient ZeroBAD NEWS: FOUR CHILLING THRILLERSA box set of four science fiction, post-apocalyptic, and creature thrillers by an international bestselling author. Features the complete text of:THE SHOCK: A solar storm wipes out the grid and kills billions, and the few survivors di...