Hard Sentences: Crime Fiction Inspired by Alcatraz
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When not scribbling twisted musings into spiral notebooks, photographing the odd puddle or junk pile, or building classy furniture, Dino Parenti earns a little scratch drawing buildings. His work can be found in a several anthologies, as well as the following journals: Menacing Hedge, Pantheon Magazine, Cease-Cows, Pithead Chapel, and Lascaux Review, where he won their first annual flash fiction contest.
Max Booth III was raised in Northern Indiana and now lives in the forgotten basement of a hotel somewhere in the surreal void of Texas. He’s the Editor-in-Chief of Perpetual Motion Machine and the Managing Editor of Dark Moon Digest. Although he’s never been to prison, his face has been slammed into a cop car’s hood exactly twice, so he’s basically the same as anyone who’s done time in Alcatraz. His latest novel is The Nightly Disease. Follow him on Twitter @GiveMeYourTeeth or visit him at www.TalesFromTheBooth.com.
Rob Hart is the author of New Yorked, nominated for an Anthony Award for Best First Novel, as well as City of Rose and South Village. He is also the publisher at MysteriousPress.com and the class director at LitReactor. His short stories have appeared in publications like Thuglit, Needle, Shotgun Honey, Joyland, and Helix Literary Magazine. Non-fiction has appeared in The Daily Beast, Salon, The Literary Hub, Nailed, and Electric Literature. You can find him online at www.robwhart.com.
Matthew McBride is a former assembly-line worker currently living in an undisclosed location. He is the author of the novels Frank Sinatra in a Blender and A Swollen Red Sun.
Leah Rhyne is a Jersey girl who’s eking out a life in the South. She writes horror and science fiction. Her novel Heartless was released in May 2016 via Polis Books, and her short fiction has appeared in such publications as Abyss & Apex Magazine and Dirge Magazine. She lives in Charleston with her husband and daughter.
Nick Kolakowski lives and writes in New York City. His crime fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Out of the Gutter, and other venues; he is also the author of the novella A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps. His favorite Johnny Cash song is “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” which describes his mindset most days.
David James Keaton’s award-winning work has appeared in over 50 publications. He is the author of Fish Bites Cop! Stories to Bash Authorities (Comet Press), which was named the 2013 Short Story Collection of the Year by This Is Horror. He is also the author of Pig Iron (Burnt Bridge), Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing), and The Last Projector (Broken River Books). He lives and teaches in Santa Clara, California.
Joe Clifford is acquisitions editor for Gutter Books and producer of Lip Service West, a “gritty, real, raw” reading series in Oakland, CA. He is the author of several books, including Junkie Love and the Jay Porter series. Joe’s writing can be found at www.joeclifford.com.
“It’s mighty good to get up and leave. This Rock ain’t no good for nobody.”
— Frank Weatherman
second-to-last inmate to leave Alcatraz Island,
March 21, 1963