Short Fiction By R.M. Lowery

Latest Published Stories by R.M. Lowery

 

Find Stories from R.M. Lowery in These Anthologies and Literary Journals

“The Road Out”
The First Line: Volume 26, Issue 4

Set in southern New Mexico, “The Road Out” is about a man trying to escape his past—and his many enemies.

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“Luxury Goods”
Black Cat Mystery Magazine #15

Two old-school grifters set their sights on a hapless business traveler in a hotel bar.

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“Wednesday Night at Muffy’s”
Workers Write! Tales from the Key of C

A once-great musician with dreams of signing a big record deal wrestles with a new dream, one that might lead him out of his dead-end job, but out of the life he’s built in Chicago.

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Featured Stories


I Used to Go to Bed Early”

October 2023

The pandemic is (ostensibly) over and Emily has been ordered to return to her office, but how are office-dwelling humans supposed to function in this new normal?

Coming This Summer

Tough Messes

Eleven Stories of Crime and Desperation

Tough Messes brings together eleven short stories featuring a range of characters from varied backgrounds. From a group of mob soldiers trying to mitigate blowback from decades-old deeds in “Moving Day,” to a low-level arms dealer trying to stay alive after present-day blowback in “Leaky Pipe,” to a man making his bones for a modern crime family in “Quality Time.”

In “Luxury Goods,” two old-school grifters set their sights on a hapless mark in a hotel bar. And “Flush” takes readers into the world of a master safecracker on parole. Just days away from being clear of his past, he’s presented a shot at a lucrative score. If he pulls it off, he’ll clear six-figures, that is if his partners don’t kill him first.

Also featured in this collection is a story that takes readers inside the mind of a serial killer searching for a victim on the streets of Denver, a corporate nepo baby who pushes unchecked greed to the limits, a low-level drug dealer pushed into an impossible situation, a man trying to rebuild his life and save his nephew from the depths of addiction, a couple struggling to define right and wrong, and a man trying to escape his past—and his many enemies.

This collection of stories, available for the first time in a single volume, is a welcome addition to the library of anyone who enjoys crime, noir, and mystery fiction.

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