Negative Tilt

<p class=ql-align-justify>An out-of-work journalist finds a second life 'stealing cars'; A grad student finds out that theft is easy but getting away with it is another matter entirely; A long-lost love can't be rekindled in a remote hotel room but a long-held ember of anger can be reignited; A tale of murder and mayhem in the Big Easy ...</p><p class=ql-align-justify>In NEGATIVE TILT: Stories award-winning author Bobby Mathews shares twenty-eight tales that run the gamut from a literary punch in the gut to unrequited and lost love to fast-and-hard crime fiction to out-and-out horror that's hard to turn away from.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><h2>What folks are saying...</h2><p>Bobby Mathews is a hell of a Southern storyteller conjuring stories with brutal honesty and truth. He writes about a world of jilted lovers down on their luck journalists and desperate men seeking revenge. A wild and haunting ride from start to finish.</p><p>-<strong>Ace Atkins</strong> <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <strong><em>Don't Let the Devil Ride</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Negative Tilt</em></strong> unveils Bobby Mathews as a modern powerful and versatile voice of modern noir with a collection that will weave readers through a tangled cast of characters that reflect the lonesome hard-fought and relatable that populate Mathews's tales of struggle and revenge. <strong><em>Negative Tilt</em></strong>'s stark chiseled prose shoots through you from the first story. Next thing you know you've burned through the entire book. Don't miss this collection.</p><p><br></p><p>-<strong>Alex Segura</strong> award-winning and bestselling author of <strong><em>Secret Identity</em></strong> and <strong><em>Alter Ego</em></strong></p><p>Mixing gimlet-eyed intensity a poet's gift for the perfect phrase and a breathtaking depth of humanity Bobby Mathews offers one stunner after another in <strong><em>Negative Tilt</em></strong> illuminating the lives of characters haunted by what they've done what's been done to them and the fierce weight of what they might do next.</p><p><br></p><p>-<strong>Art Taylor</strong> Edgar Award-winning author of <strong><em>The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions</em></strong></p><p>This gripping wide-ranging collection encompasses backwoods vengeance Parisian tricksters a mirror that reflects the crimes of the past and so much more. Bobby Mathews' versatility is matched only by the humanity he invests in even his most broken desperate characters.</p><p>-<strong>Scott Von Doviak</strong> Edgar Award-nominated author of <strong><em>Lowdown Road</em></strong> and <strong><em>Charlesgate Confidential</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Most crime writers come on hard like they want to show the world how tough they are. Bobby Mathews is a different kind of cat: in <strong><em>Negative Tilt</em></strong> he wants to show you how even the worst of us have a vulnerable heart. This insightfulness and empathy make him one of the best writers working today.</p><p>-<strong>Nick Kolakowski</strong> author of <strong><em>Payback Is Forever</em></strong> and <strong><em>Love & Bullets</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Negative Tilt</em></strong> is more than a collection it's a body sprawled out on the table open and sensitive and bleeding yet furiously gloriously alive. With a reporter's eye for detail a barbarian's taste for chaos a poet's sense of soul and a conman's mastery for turns of phrase Bobby Mathews announces himself as a vital voice not just to crime fiction but also as an heir to Portis Woodrell and Hiaasen.</p><p>-<strong>Paul J. Garth</strong> author of <strong><em>The Low White Plain</em></strong></p>