My Jay Desmarteaux story “Gumbo Weather” is in Needle: A Magazine of Noir’s new double issue with a bunch of other hard hitting writers. Needle has always kept the bar high. Chris Holm’s story “The Hitter” was chosen for The Best Mystery Stories of 2011 by Harlan Coben.
Sometimes things just work out. I was worried that this story would come out in the summer, instead of prime gumbo weather. Then Weddle & co. release it on the eve of the first snowstorm to hit the East coast after Hurricane Sandy, and it couldn’t be a better time to get your roux going for a pot of gumbo.
It is available only in print, with this snazzy cover:
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And if you want to make gumbo, here’s this Yankee’s attempt…
Thomas Pluck writes unflinching fiction with heart. His stories have appeared in Big Pulp, Needle, Stupefying Stories, The Utne Reader Burnt Bridge, [PANK] magazine, Crime Factory, Spinetingler, Beat to a Pulp, McSweeney's Internet Tendency and elsewhere. He edits the Lost Children charity anthologies to benefit PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children, and writes 
"The Story of O Street" in Oh Sandy: An Anthology of Humor for a Serious Cause
"Kamikaze Death Burgers at the Ghost Town Cafe" in Feeding Kate
"Acapulcolypse" in Nightfalls: Notes from the End of the World
"The Rock Ridge Ringer" in Hills of Fire: Bare-Knuckle Yarns of Appalachia
"Train" in Shotgun Honey Presents: Both Barrels
"Garbage Man" in Beat to a Pulp: Superhero
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology (Amazon Kindle & Paperback)
