Switchblade: Stiletto Heeled

Special Issue: Women of Noir
Lisa Douglass “Rule for Buying a Gun” (verse)
Contents
Lisa Douglass: Editor’s Notes

Quick & Dirty Flash
Cindy Rosmus “Dishes, Dishes, Dishes”
Ann Aptaker “Ring. Buzz”
Susan Kuchinskas “Concrete Blonde”

Micro Flash
Susan Comford
“A Shot at Being Ordinary”

Sharp & Deadly Fiction
Tawny Pike
“Death Dance in Jacksonino County”
Charlotte Platt “Strong-Armed and Dangerous”
Sarah Jilek “Priscilla, the Amazing Dancing Pig”
Sarah M. Chen “Influencers”
Bethany Maines “Mayhem & Mahalo”
Serena Jayne “Crazy Eights”
Carmen Jaramillo “A Sinner at the Hands of an Angry God”
E.F. Sweetman “Mouthbreather”
Lissa Marie Redmond “Hardball”

Author Bios & Acknowledgments

Switchblade: Stiletto Heeled special edition
Caledonia Press
Guest Editor: Lisa Douglass
Series Editor and cover photos: Scotch Rutherford
5” x 8”, 170 pages
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