Both punk and noir are words that have been so overused and misused that they pretty much mean nothing now. They’re random adjectives that are regularly added in a scattershot way, so combining them allows a lot of scope for the site. No sense? Nonsense!
Punk Noir Magazine originally founded in 2017 by the legend and godfather of punk and noir — Paul D. Brazill, is purportedly an online literary and arts magazine that looks at the world at its most askew, casting a bloodshot eye over the written word, film, music, television and more. There are interviews, reviews, poetry, fiction and flash fiction. And some other stuff too, I’m sure. Indeed, a veritable cornucopia of carryings on and murmurs from darkened rooms. Here we showcase new and upcoming literary talents as well as the more established. Punk Noir is a labor of love.
And NOW we’re a PRESS publishing some of the finest Crime Noir Fiction and Poetry around.
Stephen J. Golds
Stephen J. Golds was born in North London, U.K, but has lived in Japan for most of his life. He speaks the language pretty well and makes great takoyaki.
He writes primarily in the noir and dirty realism genres and is the editor-in-chief of Punk Noir Press. Some of his writing influences are Charles Bukowski, John Fante, James M. Cain, Tobias Wolff, Sarah Kane and Jim Thompson.
He enjoys spending time with his daughters, reading books, traveling the world, boxing and listening to old Soul LPs. His books are Say Goodbye When I’m Gone, I’ll Pray When I’m Dying, Always the Dead, and Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms. His poetry collections are Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once, and Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries. He also has a short story and poetry collection titled Love Like Bleeding Out With an Empty Gun in Your Hand.
B F Jones
B F Jones is French and lives in the UK. She has flash fiction and poetry in various UK and US online magazines.
Her debut poetry collection, The Only Sounds Left, and flash fiction collection, Artifice, are both published by the Alien Buddha and were released in the summer of 2021.
M. E. Proctor
M.E. Proctor was born in Brussels and lives in Texas. After all the years, she still counts in French and struggles with the Imperial system.
She’s the author of the short story collection “Family and Other Ailments” (Wordwooze Publishing), and is currently working on a contemporary PI series.
Her short fiction has appeared in Vautrin, Bristol Noir, Pulp Modern, Mystery Tribune,Reckon Review, Shotgun Honey, and Thriller Magazine among others. She’s aDerringer nominee. Website: www.shawmystery.com. On substack at: https://meproctor.substack.com
Scott Cumming
Scott Cumming unsuspectingly went to see Garden State wearing his Shins tee. He has been published at The Daily Drunk, Versification, Mystery Tribune and Shotgun Honey. His poem, “Blood on Snow”, was voted the best of Outcast Press Poetry Things We Carry issue and nominated for a Pushcart. He is the author of A Chapbook About Nothing (Close to the Bone), The Blue Chapbook and The Algorithm Has Taken Over (Championship Press).
Twitter: @tummidge Website: https://scottcummingwriter.wordpress.com/
James Jenkins
James Jenkins lives in Ipswich with his wife and children. He is a writer of gritty realism, dark humour and noir. His debut novel Parochial Pigs is available on Amazon and published by Alien Buddha Press. The sequel Sun Bleached Scarecrows is available from Anxiety Press and Amazon. The third and final instalment of the Pigs trilogy – The Swine, The Pig and The Porker is due for release early 2024. He also has a number of short stories published both online and in print.
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