That stand-up sure knows how to bomb.

Delirium tremors and haunted houses might be a bad mix.

The high end gets down and dirty (and bloody).

The cat and the tattooist and the old lady and the missing man.

With this issue, Rock and a Hard Place takes lucky number seven and uses it as a knife straight to the ribs. Feel the luck bleed out in these stories of bad decisions and desperate people.

With stories by: Jason Allison; Rusty Barnes; Nils Gilbertson; Jim Guigli; Chris Harding Thornton; James Lilley; Bobby Mathews; James McCrone; Estelle Phillips; Mark Rapacz; J. Rohr; Ali Seay; Rob D. Smith; Daniel Vlasaty; Christopher Witty; Gregory Wolos; and Mike Zimmerman.

Rock and a Hard Place is the magazine that takes noir beyond crime to the world at large. On the run from your past? Need a dead-end job? Got a no-hope scam? Our authors are here for you.