“The Third Jump of Frankie Buffalo” at Tough Crime

I have a hardboiled crime story up at Tough Crime, called The Third Jump of Frankie Buffalo. It draws on my years at Port Newark and a Korean War vet I knew named Bill, and I hope you like it.

I really like what Rusty Barnes is doing over at Tough Crime. One story by Matthew Lyons, “The Brothers Brujo,” was chosen by Roxane Gay for inclusion in this year’s Best American Short Stories. And it’s a paying market. There will be a print edition later this year. The crime fiction scene has lost some great mags recently, but Tough Crime and Down & Out Magazine are helping fill those shoes. Let’s do our best to make sure they aren’t concrete.

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