Close To The Bone Magazine

The short story magazine publishing weekly hard-hitting crime fiction since 2012.

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Close To The Bone Press

Hard crime fiction since 2014. Novels, novellas, collections and anthologies that cut straight to the bone.

The Itching Seeds

by Jill Williams | July 24, 2026 | J, Jill Williams, Short Story | 0 Comments

Mendota State

by George Larson | July 21, 2026 | G, George Larson, Short Story | 0 Comments

As He Tells His Story

by Bob Gielow | July 19, 2026 | B, Bob Gielow, Short Story | 0 Comments

The Shadowman

by George Larson | July 14, 2026 | G, George Larson, Short Story | 0 Comments

The Intellectual Theft

by Ziaul Moid Khan | July 12, 2026 | Short Story, Z, Ziaul Moid Khan | 0 Comments

Potato Chips

by Bill Garvey | July 10, 2026 | B, Bill Garvey, Short Story | 0 Comments

Old Man Jim

by Alisher Kulzhabayev | July 8, 2026 | A, Alisher Kulzhabayev, Short Story | 0 Comments

Lunch Rush

by Ty Wiebe | July 7, 2026 | Short Story, T, Ty Wiebe | 1 Comment

Surface Tension

by David Bates | July 2, 2026 | D, David Bates, Short Story | 0 Comments

A Mad Tea Party

by Lisa Lahey | June 30, 2026 | L, Lisa Lahey, Short Story | 0 Comments

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