Reloaded (Both Barrels) (Volume 2) by Ron Earl Phillips

Reloaded (Both Barrels) (Volume 2) Reviews

• 
  Bracken

  Although published under the new aegis of One Eye Press, RELOADED (BOTH BARRELS VOL. 2) contains all the quality you've come to expect from SHOTGUN HONEY. The antho starts unexpectedly with a quiet story by
  Patti Abbott ("A White Funeral") that bristles like a getaway driver waiting for a holdup crew late to come bursting out of the bank. Once the car is rolling, however, hang on and don't expect the tires to stop smoking and screeching until the end of the ride. "How to Clean a Gun" by
  Joe Clifford, "Buffalo Squeeze" by
  Ed Kurtz, and "Trinity" by
  Richard Thomas are all powerhouse stories that live up to the reputation of their authors. But you'll be robbing yourself if you give up after skipping around to the sure thing scores. "Rollin' Mona and the Tijauana Slide" by Garnett Elliott, "What goes Around" by Terence Butler, "A Blow to the Head" by Rob W. Hart are just three of the stories that hit me hard enough on the chin to make me see stars. This antho is as solid as a tip from an inside man!
• 
  Dave

  Great collection of an amazing 25 short stories by 25 different writers. These stories are rich in quality and are worth reading more than once. Some of them set the mood while others leave you gasping for air. Included among the stories are some well known modern noir authors and others who I never heard of before. What these stories share is a dark chilling look behind the trailer parks, dive bars, and
  cold row houses. There is humor in many of them, but a dark biting humor. They are filled with conmen, losers, gunmen, complete idiots, strippers, transsexuals, dogs, those seeking revenge, roller derby
  queens, poetry-spouting hitmen, and more than a few who must of taken one too many blows to the head. The authors include Patti Abbott, hector Acosta, Erik Arenson, Cheri Ause, Trey Barker, Terrance
  Butler, Joe Clifford, Garnett Elliott, Rob Hart, Andy Henion, John Kenyon, Nick Kolakowski, Ed Kurtz, Frank Larnerd, Mike Loniewski, Bracken McLeod, Julia Madeleine, Brian Panowich, Rie Sheridan Rose, Ryan Sales, Richard Thomas, And John Weagly.