Extrajudicial
by
Stephen J. Golds
The cops got everything out of me, except how you broke my heart and the place you’re buried.
That’s it right there, ladies and gentlemen — One Shot Kill. The December theme. Easily the most difficult writing challenge I’ve ever put out.
Can you write a crime story in a single sentence like I’ve done above?
A single sentence.
If you’re familiar with my poetry, you’ll know there’s nothing I love more than a one punch knock out. So, I thought, why restrain that just to poetry? Hell, let’s put it out there as a crime writing prompt.
Of course we’ve got BF Jones doing the CLOWN theme in October and ME Proctor’s TIGHTROPE in November but I wanted to put this out there now so everyone has time to practice and send in their best submission — because it’s one shot – one chance.
Submissions open November 1st until November 29th.
One Shot Kill Submissions sent outside of that window will be deleted unread.
SUBMIT HERE
(punknoirmag@yahoo.com)
Editor
Stephen J. Golds
Stephen J. Golds was born in North London, U.K, but has lived in Japan for most of his life. He speaks the language pretty well and makes great takoyaki.
He writes primarily in the noir and dirty realism genres and is the editor-in-chief of Punk Noir Press. Some of his writing influences are Charles Bukowski, John Fante, James M. Cain, Tobias Wolff, Sarah Kane and Jim Thompson.
He enjoys spending time with his daughters, reading books, traveling the world, boxing and listening to old Soul LPs. His books are Say Goodbye When I’m Gone, I’ll Pray When I’m Dying, Always the Dead, and Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms. His poetry collections are Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once, and Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries. He also has a short story and poetry collection titled Love Like Bleeding Out With an Empty Gun in Your Hand.
So we simply email our “one shot”? Subject line “One Shot Kill submission”?