Switchblade

Issue Twelve

By Nathan Pettigrew, Andrew Miller, D.K. Latta, and more

2020

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4.75

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189

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5H46M

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Three months back there was a suicide bomb in Tunisia, a prison riot in Colombia, Ana Australia was on fire. Italy fought a losing battle with an insidious virus, which went on to engulf the planet in a worldwide pandemic. The first world shut down. Then we watched a public execution, by a so-called peace-keeper. Then the rioting and looting began—and you know what came next, because you’re living it. The world in 2020 isn’t what it once was. The west is on fire with revolution and unrest. Violent crime and lawlessness are on the rise. Which is good news if crime is your business. And whether the world bounces back or burns down to ashes, there will always be storytelling. For Switchblade, storytelling is our business, and business is good. This is the twelfth issue of the world’s only no-limit noir digest magazine. Featuring 13 reality-check, hard luck tales of the human condition, before and after Covid-19.

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Authors

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JON ZELAZNY spent his youth in theater and wrote and directed five short films. A graduate of the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and the U.S. Army Airborne School, he began his Hollywood career with producer Joel Silver, then spent a decade in creative support of acclaimed German director Uli Edel. As a screenwriter, he performed polishes, rewrites, and full rewrites on features and made-for-cable films, and was twice commissioned to adapt non-fiction World War II books. His short story "Constant at the 3 Deuces" won the 57th Short Fiction Prize from Jerry Jazz Musician and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Albert Tucher

Author · 2 books

Albert Tucher is the author of thirty-five published short stories and five unpublished hardboiled novels about prostitute Diana Andrews. One story, called Bismarck Rules, appears in the anthology The Best American Mystery Stories 2010. When Diana isn't looking, he sometimes fits a stand alone story into his writing schedule.

Patrick writes both fiction and nonfiction, the latter of which includes the books “Haunted Monterey County” and “Murder and Mayhem in Tucson.” His stories range from true crime to thriller fiction reminiscent of Tales from the Crypt. Patrick’s writing can be found in Punk Noir, Shotgun Honey, Pulp Modern, Hoosier Noir, and Switchblade Magazine. He’s been featured in the anthologies “Bitter Chills,” “Wild Violence,” and elsewhere. Look for his author interviews and book reviews in Suspense Magazine.