Review: First Cut #10 – Cumming

Book: A Chapbook About Nothing Author: Scott Cumming Publisher: Close To The Bone (December 2021) Book #10 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback … More

First Cut: Interview with William R. Soldan

The second book in the First Cut Poetry series, So Fast, So Close by William R. Soldan, was released one … More

Review: First Cut #7 – Christopher

Book: Abandoned Accounts: Poems 2020-2021 Author: Roy Christopher Publisher: Close To The Bone (July 2021) Book #7 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback * Roy … More

‘AN INTERVIEW WITH POET SUPERSTAR HLR BY STEPHEN J. GOLDS’

https://punknoirmagazine.com/2021/07/24/an-interview-with-poet-superstar-hlr-by-stephen-j-golds-2/ This time last year, I was trying to talk the editor of an Indie Crime Press into letting me … More

Things The Narrator Does in ‘History of Present Complaint’

– hits a policeman in the face – forgets what humans are – believes she’s a microwave meal – wins … More

HISTORY OF PRESENT COMPLAINT BY HLR – OUT NOW!

It’s finally here! My debut prosetry collection History of Present Complaint is officially out now in paperback and e-book! <3 … More

Review: First Cut #1 – Golds

Book: Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw OnceAuthor: Stephen J. GoldsPublisher: Close To The Bone … More

A YEAR OF BOOKS [2020]

In January I decided to keep a list of every book I read (for pleasure, not work) throughout 2020. In … More

Introducing… First Cut

FIRST CUT POETRY SERIES As you may or may not know, my debut prosetry book History of Present Complaint is being … More

History of Present Complaint

Exciting news… my debut prosetry chapbook titled History of Present Complaint will be published by Close To The Bone in … More