Anthony Neil Smith is a novelist (Yellow Medicine, Slow Bear, many others), short story writer (Bull, HAD, Maudlin House, Cowboy Jamboree, many others), and a professor at Southwest Minnesota State University. His work appeared in Best American Mystery & Suspense 2023. He is the editor of online lit journal Revolution John. He likes Mexican food, California wine, French noir and Italian exploitation flicks.
“Still got a boyfriend?” “You know you can’t ask me that.” Rochelle kept it light, her sing-song Mississippi accent adorable. She tightened the suture on Farmer’s fourth stab wound. One more to go. “I told you, though, you’d be first to know if I dump him.” A major rule – no flirting with the inmates […]