Black Denim Lit #3: Tailing the Blond Satan [Apr, 2014]

by Christopher T. Garry (Editor), Phil Richardson, Oscar Windsor-Smith

Black Denim Lit, v1 #3 April, 2014 edited by Christopher T. Garry features seven new short stories. All the authors expand significantly on their print work, creating narratives that are variously dark, cynical, inspiring, disturbing, longing or irreverent.

Stories include: •Our Immortal Souls by Phil Richardson (A couple work out the details of how to comply with the negative population growth policies.) •Tailing the Blond Satan by Oscar Windsor-Smith (Officer Winston Morgan, a strapping broad-shouldered guy in a white sweatshirt and blue jeans works a cold case that no one else will touch.)•Into Open Hands by Steven Crandell (A widower considers his path, the complexity of societal expectation and precept when there is nothing left.) Plus, •A Lesson from the Road by Bob Carlton •Maps and Miracles by Michael Fontana •Best Baby by Craig Temple •Drill & Kill by Chad Greene.

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60 pages, ebook

First published April 4, 2014

About the author

Christopher Garry's works are forthcoming in Revenge of the Scammed and Voluted Tales, and have appeared in Tales of the Talisman, Aurora Wolf, Bohemia Journal, Crack the Spine, Fiction on the Web, Bewildering Stories, Bartleby Snopes, Linguistic Erosion, Danse Macabre and many others.

Born in Illinois he lives outside Seattle with family and pets. If he were born at another age perhaps he would stare blankly at the sunset as he wipes mastodon blood from his chin, tossing the bone aside. This is a little difficult in rush hour traffic nowadays.

He can be found on Poets & Writers or CTGarry.com.

Reviews

[Wampuscat · Rating 1 out of 5]

The stories in this one are mediocre at best. "Our Immortal Souls" is a decent premise, but boring. "Drill & Kill" is the only one really worth reading. I'd give it 3 stars independently. The rest are just junk thrown in the magazine to fill it out. Most are barely long enough to call a start to a story (flash fiction?). Skip to the last one is my suggestion if you want a good one to read.