Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 1 Issue 4

Issue four closes our exciting first year with the very talented debut of Arthur Klepchukov. His intelligent A Damn Fine Town is followed by film director and writer John Shepphird and a prequel to his award-nominated Shill trilogy a bit of a teaser for those of you who may not have discovered Jane Innes...yet. Brian Silverman is up next with a story set on his fictional Caribbean island of St. Pierre featuring his characters Leonard and Tubby. The featured story this issue is of the most excellent Inspector Kubu by the writing team of Michael Stanley. If Shoot to Kill is your first Kubu tale believe me hes only better when hes in a novel. Our featured historical story is by the very prolific very good Frederick C. Davis who became one of Harry Whittingtons St. Pete Boys the group of writers like Gil Brewer Day Keene and occasionally John D. MacDonald that met on Sunday afternoons at Harrys house. Daviss story is the first Secrets Inc. installment Blood on the Block. We close out the issue with an offbeat heist story by Robb T. White called Inside Man and a short piece by the always terrific Lissa Marie Redmond who first appeared in issue two called We Dont Talk About Lester Anymore. Theres a good reason for that.