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Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 14

Summer 2025

Edited by Albert Tucher, Susan Jessen ...

One way or another, the ocean claims its own.There are worse things than cancer.Yeah, Maybe don't rob that bank during hunting season.Some scammers are born with it.Would you know all this without Rock and a Hard Place? Maybe, but why take the chance? Issue 14 brings a new batch of noir the way only RHP can: by dropping you in the shark-infested deep end. Hope you brought a life j... ... Read more

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One way or another, the ocean claims its own.There are worse things than cancer.Yeah, Maybe don't rob that bank during hunting season.Some scammers are born with it.Would you know all this without Rock and a Hard Place? Maybe, but why take the chance? Issue 14 brings a new batch of noir the way only RHP can: by dropping you in the shark-infested deep end. Hope you brought a life j...
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Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 15

Fall 2025

Edited by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, Susan Jessen ...

When the dog makes the heist.When life gives you a chance to make a connection after all these years.One swing of the machete solves all your problems . . . and maybe makes some new ones.Best eaten cold? Small-town revenge stays hot for years.All this and more in Issue 15 of Rock and a Hard Place*.* We're at it again, with stories that shine the spotlight on the desperate, the down-on-their-luck, ... Read more

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When the dog makes the heist.When life gives you a chance to make a connection after all these years.One swing of the machete solves all your problems . . . and maybe makes some new ones.Best eaten cold? Small-town revenge stays hot for years.All this and more in Issue 15 of Rock and a Hard Place*.* We're at it again, with stories that shine the spotlight on the desperate, the down-on-their-luck,
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Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 16

Summer 2026

Edited by Morgan Sullivan, Susan Jessen ...

Never mess with a woman and her python.Muscle memory in the meat business ... Did we mention the blood?Excuse us, but this is OUR heist.Who's a psychopath? Asking for a friend.That's just for starters in Issue 16 of Rock and a Hard Place Magazine. You can spend months in therapy, or you can just take the plunge.With stories by:Colin Alexander, Michael Bettendorf, Christine Blackwic... ... Read more

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Never mess with a woman and her python.Muscle memory in the meat business ... Did we mention the blood?Excuse us, but this is OUR heist.Who's a psychopath? Asking for a friend.That's just for starters in Issue 16 of Rock and a Hard Place Magazine. You can spend months in therapy, or you can just take the plunge.With stories by:Colin Alexander, Michael Bettendorf, Christine Blackwic...
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Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers

22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense

by Judy Penz Sheluk ...

Series Book 5 - A Superior Shores Anthology
Desire or desperation, revenge or retribution—how far would you go to realize a dream? The twenty-two authors in this collection explore the possibilities, with predictably unpredictable results.Featuring stories by Pam Barnsley, Linda Bennett, Clark Boyd, C.W. Blackwell, Amanda Capper, Susan Daly, James Patrick Focarile, Rand Gaynor, Gina X. Grant, Julie Hastrup, Beth Irish, Charlie Kondek, ... Read more

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Desire or desperation, revenge or retribution—how far would you go to realize a dream? The twenty-two authors in this collection explore the possibilities, with predictably unpredictable results.Featuring stories by Pam Barnsley, Linda Bennett, Clark Boyd, C.W. Blackwell, Amanda Capper, Susan Daly, James Patrick Focarile, Rand Gaynor, Gina X. Grant, Julie Hastrup, Beth Irish, Charlie Kondek,
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First Thrills

by Steve Berry ...

Twenty-five high-octane stories from the hottest thriller authors in one anthology, edited by #1 New York Times –bestselling author Lee Child.Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present an anthology of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before ... Read more

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Twenty-five high-octane stories from the hottest thriller authors in one anthology, edited by #1 New York Times –bestselling author Lee Child.Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present an anthology of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before
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Alex

by Lauren Oliver ...

Series Book 4 - Delirium Story
This captivating digital original story set in the world of Lauren Oliver's New York Times bestselling Delirium series focuses on Alex, Lena's first love.When Alex sacrificed himself to save Lena, he thought he was committing himself to certain death, but what he got was almost worse. Imprisoned and tortured by the guards, his mind forces him to relive a past he would rather forget. But in the ... Read more

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This captivating digital original story set in the world of Lauren Oliver's New York Times bestselling Delirium series focuses on Alex, Lena's first love.When Alex sacrificed himself to save Lena, he thought he was committing himself to certain death, but what he got was almost worse. Imprisoned and tortured by the guards, his mind forces him to relive a past he would rather forget. But in the
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Summer Days and Summer Nights

Twelve Love Stories

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"Hilarious, engaging, haunting, and bittersweet. . . . A great collection of tales that brings back memories of hot days and summer love." — YA Books CentralMaybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom.Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling ... Read more

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"Hilarious, engaging, haunting, and bittersweet. . . . A great collection of tales that brings back memories of hot days and summer love." — YA Books CentralMaybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom.Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2015

Edited by James Patterson ...

Series series The Best American Series
This anthology of 20 short stories features some of today's best mystery authors—from Lee Child to Jeffrey Deaver and Joyce Carol Oates.For the 2015 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories, guest editor James Patterson presents twenty tales with all the tension, drama, and visceral emotion of Oscar-worthy cinema. These stories features characters who must make desperate choices: an ... Read more

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This anthology of 20 short stories features some of today's best mystery authors—from Lee Child to Jeffrey Deaver and Joyce Carol Oates.For the 2015 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories, guest editor James Patterson presents twenty tales with all the tension, drama, and visceral emotion of Oscar-worthy cinema. These stories features characters who must make desperate choices: an
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Chelsea Girls

A Novel

by Eileen Myles ...

"[Offering] poetry, sex, Catholicism, drugs, class, and sexuality . . . Myles's hard-talking, lyrical autobiographical novel" is available for a new generation (Deborah Levy, The New Statesman ).In this breathtakingly inventive autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms life into a work of art. Told in her audacious voice, made vivid and immediate in her lyrical language, Chelsea Girls ... Read more

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"[Offering] poetry, sex, Catholicism, drugs, class, and sexuality . . . Myles's hard-talking, lyrical autobiographical novel" is available for a new generation (Deborah Levy, The New Statesman ).In this breathtakingly inventive autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms life into a work of art. Told in her audacious voice, made vivid and immediate in her lyrical language, Chelsea Girls
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You Only Die Twice

by Edna Buchanan ...

Series Book 7 - The Britt Montero Series
In this "engrossing" novel from a Pulitzer Prize winner, a reporter investigates the recent death of woman believed murdered by her spouse years earlier (Publishers Weekly).What was the nude, recently slain body of Kaithlin Jordan doing spoiling the pristine turquoise waters of Miami Beach — especially when the dead socialite's convicted killer husband is sitting on Death Row for having murdered ... Read more

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In this "engrossing" novel from a Pulitzer Prize winner, a reporter investigates the recent death of woman believed murdered by her spouse years earlier (Publishers Weekly).What was the nude, recently slain body of Kaithlin Jordan doing spoiling the pristine turquoise waters of Miami Beach — especially when the dead socialite's convicted killer husband is sitting on Death Row for having murdered
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The Best American Short Stories 2012

Edited by Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor ...

Series series The Best American Series
The acclaimed author "assembles a stellar collection of twenty stories that create their own worlds in twenty pages or less" ( USA Today ).Tom Perrotta explains in his introduction that "all of [these stories] took me somewhere I didn't expect to go, and jolted me into that state of heightened awareness and emotional receptivity that's one of the great rewards of reading good fiction."In Nathan ... Read more

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The acclaimed author "assembles a stellar collection of twenty stories that create their own worlds in twenty pages or less" ( USA Today ).Tom Perrotta explains in his introduction that "all of [these stories] took me somewhere I didn't expect to go, and jolted me into that state of heightened awareness and emotional receptivity that's one of the great rewards of reading good fiction."In Nathan
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Killer Year

Stories To Die For

by Lee Child, J.T. Ellison, Jason Pinter, Brett Battles, Gregg Olsen, MJ Rose, Laura Lippman, Marcus Sakey, Toni McGee Causey, Allison Brennan ...

A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmaster and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child.Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime. Each entry in this ... Read more

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A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmaster and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child.Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime. Each entry in this
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