Category: News!
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The Emperor of Ice Cream – Amy Grech
Nancy couldn’t sleep, so she padded into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. She stared at the items contained within but couldn’t decide. She often wondered why her life was complicated by such trivial details. Nancy studied shelves full of tempting treats, even though she wasn’t hungry; eating was one…
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Falling Down – Michael Downing
Poole once said that fear was something you could see in another person’s eyes, but Kirby wasn’t sure he believed that. Poole said a lot of things, usually whatever was necessary to get you to believe him and do what he wanted. The only thing in the guard’s eyes was…
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Dear John – Tabitha Bast
Dear John, It was when they told me Ash was dead. They didn’t say dead. They arrived uniformed at my cell door, confusingly kind. ‘Passed’, they said, solemnly. ‘Dead’, I said back, like you and I would say. Well, I assume you still would say even if you could barely…
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Dust in the Wind – Andrew Monge
[WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS THEMES RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE] Lloyd set the urn down on the end of the dock and took a seat next to it. “Well, here you go, Ellie Mae: your final resting place. I know it’s not what you asked for – traveling down the Mississippi…
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White Lies – Paige Johnson
College has been the biggest cockblock—even with coatfuls of coke to afford it. I’d rather press my crush up against a countertop and bury my face within her lines, but I’ve got 50 buyers who wanna lock into Miami nightlife like it’ll be swept away next hurricane season. “Sorry. I’d…
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Always Trust Your Gut – Virginia Betts
My daddy fixed cars; that’s what he did for a living in a tiny workshop in the dustbowl of California, in a time where we were taught that we worked to live. But my daddy always said you needed to love what you did. My daddy worked hard, and he…
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Show Stopper – Scott MacLeod
Ok, Boomer, let me explain what went down otherwise you will think I’m just another 30-something millennial slacker lying down on the job. I’m a soldier, I do what I’m told. And I’m good at my job. Reliable. The problem started when I got the call from the boss to…
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Driver – Sebastian Vice
Dropping on the 10th October!!! We are pleased to announce that the release date for Sebastian Vice’s – Driver is now set for the 10th of October. This punchy novella will be available from the above date in both paper and ePub formats. This is a pretty exciting release for…
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Upcoming Release
Cover design by Cody Sexton Urban Pigs Press are excited to share that work is very much underway with the highly anticipated release of Sebastian Vice’s – Driver. This is a high-octane fiction novella from the co-founder of Outcast Press about an illegal abortion driver in the late 60’s/70’s. Vice…
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Subs are back on!
Original artwork by T Leish Urban Pigs Press are open for your stories! This time we are lucky to have the fantastically brilliant A.J. Stanton standing in as Feature Editor for September. A.J. is looking for your crime stories prompted by a theme of Unintended Consequences set in the past,…
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