All of Them to Burn

Darkness is an attribute most of us rally against. It can consume. It can achieve. But if we so choose it can also be held at bay. Enter Bishop Rider and the evil hes chosen to obliterate since his family is taken from him. Operating outside the law circumventing a system beyond repair Bishop stalks this darkness the only way he knows how. Not only because these men deserve what hes become but because of a message he attempted to create has come back to haunt him now after all these years. Its this story along with other unconnected tales that populate All of them to Burn. Come meet Rider for the first time. Come meet Rider for the last time. Come watch the darkness burn. Praise for ALL OF THEM TO BURN: Beau Johnson has done to his fiction what street thugs do to their victims: he holds it down and beats it for all its worth. I mean that in a good way. No in a great way. Few authors are out there stamping their words onto the page the way Beau does. Hes equal parts slick hammering poetic and caustic. His talent is to be admired; his words are to be read. --Ryan Sayles author of the Richard Dean Buckner mysteries Beau Johnson delivers another collection of masterfully written tales. Compelling and smart these wild stories are full of twisted characters and seedy scenes. Greed. Anger. Revenge. Perhaps justice. We are taken down a dark path catching up with old favorites like Bishop Rider and John Batista along the way. We watch as the stories and characters connect and engage bringing every thread together. The third in his series of connected shorts may be Beau Johnsons best yet. --Marietta Miles author of May and After the Storm All of Them to Burn is a Molotov cocktail of classic crime fiction but one with a sharp modern twist. --Paul D. Brazill author of Last Years Man and A Case of Noir Beau Johnsons stories are hard tales of revenge and sorrow. Nothing can prepare you for the darkness in these stories and nothing can make you turn away once you start reading. All of Them to Burn is an excellent collection. --Nikki Dolson author of All Things Violent These chilling short stories--many featuring the return of the mythic-like hero Bishop Rider--drop us into the darkest depths of human suffering and ruin. Beau Johnson can spin the most brutal of tales with raw emotion savage honesty and fierce humor. A standout collection from a seasoned storyteller. --Sarah M. Chen author of Cleaning Up Finn All of Them to Burn is fast sharp violent and gory. Theres something visceral at the core of Johnsons work that simultaneously reflects the best and worst of humanity and it shines in this collection. Come for the blood and viciousness and stay for the electric dialogue and outstanding last lines. I promise its all equally fun. --Gabino Iglesias author of Coyote Songs