SMFS Member Publishing News: The Vultures Will Feed by Curtis Ippolito

SMFS list member Curtis Ippolito reports that his short story, The Vultures Will Feed, was recently published at TOUGH. You can read the piece for free online here.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Stealing Paradise: A Grifter’s Song by Curtis Ippolito

SMFS list member Curtis Ippolito’s novella, Stealing Paradise was released earlier this month by Down & Out Books. This is the thirty-fourth installment of the A Grifter’s Song series. The read is available in eBook format from Amazon.

 

Publisher Description:

Sam and Rachel are taking a much-deserved break in America’s Finest City—San Diego. Staying at the legendary Hotel Del on Coronado Island, the couple hack their way into a free suite, swanky spas, and numerous other luxuries. But that’s where the scams cease.

Rachel has enacted a mantra of “observe but don’t act,” intended to allow Sam time to decompress and recover—and it’s working. But true to their nature, when a con too easy to pass up comes along, all other intentions are quickly discarded. Once a young businessman brags about increasing his net worth over the pandemic through the windfall of small business loans from the Federal government he had forgiven, the couple hatch a simple con to lighten his load some.

After some cozying up and planning an “investor presentation,” they seem poised to net an easy payday of six figures. The only hitch? A disgruntled former employer also has Sam and Rachel’s mark in his sights, unknown to them. Will his unwelcome presence not only kill the con but spell doom for them all?

SMFS Member Publishing News: Where Palms Sway and the Surf Pounds by Curtis Ippolito

 
SMFS list member Curtis Ippolito’s short story, Where Palms Sway and the Surf Pounds, has been published at Shotgun Honey. The story is online and free to read at the website.

Publication News: 4:20 Noir

Hoosier Noir has just released 4:20 Noir, stories about you-know-what.  Curtis Ippolito has "Jumping the Median," and J.B. Stevens authored  "On the Avoidance of Asset Forfeiture.

SMFS Member Publication News: Curtis Ippolito

Today is publication day for Curtis Ippolito and his new book, Burying The Newspaper Man. Billed as “a gritty tale of fear and redemption” it is published by Red Dog Press in England. Currently it is available in eBook format at Amazon. You can also read an interview with Curtis about the new book at the Bristol Noir.  

 

Synopsis:

A dead body. A dark past. An ordinary man with everything to lose.

Marcus Kemp is a regular beat cop living a normal life in San Diego, California. Until the day he makes a shocking discovery: a dead body in the trunk of a stolen car. Worse, the victim turns out to be the man who abused him as a child.

Marcus instinctively wants to help the killer get away with murder and, disregarding his police oath, will stop at nothing to make it happen. With both his job and freedom in jeopardy, his investigation leads him to an unexpected killer, and Marcus is soon faced with an impossible decision.

Can he finally bury the past before it drags him under?

Bristol Noir Interview: Curtis Ippolito

 Bristol Noir Interview: Curtis Ippolito

Free Flash Fiction: Hawk Sighting by Curtis Ippolito

 Free Flash Fiction: Hawk Sighting by Curtis Ippolito

Bristol Noir Short: A Deal in the Desert by Curtis Ippolito

 Bristol Noir Short: A Deal in the Desert by Curtis Ippolito

SMFS Member Publishing News: Curtis Ippolito

SMFS list member Curtis Ippolito’s flash tale, “Take It To The Bank” appears today at Pulp Modern Flash. You can read it for free here

SMFS Member Publishing News: Curtis Ippolito

SMFS list member Curtis Ippolito’s short story, Tonight’s Got to be the Night appears online at the Bristol Noir and is free to read.