Rock and a Hard Place Press is a lit-noir publisher, focused on stories of struggle, tales of the powerless and marginalized, characters on the fringes of society … and what they do next.
Pick up your copy today! A Woman’s Guide to Crime, the debut short story collection from Mary Thorson, is now available, wherever books are sold.
This book unlike any other is a startling mix of True Crime, literary fiction, and noir. You may know some of the facts, but you’ve never heard these stories from these perspectives.
A Woman's Guide to True Crime features shocking historical events examined through the eyes of victims, killers, or the women left behind.
“Mary Thorson blends the raw interiority of her characters hopes and dreams with the unrelenting conflict of their lives in a witch’s brew of fantastic stories. Not to be missed”
—S.A. Cosby, author of All the Sinners Bleed and King of Ashes
Order on BOOKSHOP.ORG, BARNES & NOBLE, or AMAZON
We’re happy to announce that Rock and a Hard Place Press has reprinted What We Reckon, Eryk Pruitt’s Anthony-nominated novel of faith, faithfulness and felons set in the American South.
What We Reckon follows Jack Jordan, a smooth-talking con artist with a penchant for the fast life. He’s snuck into Lufkin Texas in the middle of the night with little more than a beat-up Honda, a hollowed-out King James Bible full of cocaine, and enough emotional baggage to sink a steam ship.
His partner, Summer Ashton, has stuck by him through thick and thin, but lately, after all the lies they’ve told, she’s having a devil of a time remembering the truth. She’s also started hearing voices, and happens to be the brains of their operation.
Joe R. Landsdale, of Hap & Leonard fame, had this to say:
“Hardboiled honey packed with razor blades and dynamite, strange and leanly written, and tossed into a tornado; What We Reckon is the insane love child of James Cain and Jim Thompson, a modern piece of folklore covered in gasoline and set on fire … You need it.”
That’s right, you need it. And the only place you can get it is Rock and a Hard Place. Pick up a copy through all the usual order options (BOOKSHOP.ORG, BARNES & NOBLE, and AMAZON), ask about it at your local bookstore, and help spread the gospel.
And so it became thus.
Thanks for continuing to be a part of our RHP community! Believe it or not, we’re just getting started—so many great projects on the horizon!