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Tom Leins is a disgraced ex-film critic from Paignton, UK. Since 2003 hundreds of his short stories have been published in anthologies, literary magazines and online.
He is best known for the Paignton Noir series, which includes MEAT BUBBLES & OTHER STORIES, BONEYARD DOGS and TEN PINTS OF BLOOD (all published via Close To The Bone) and REPETITION KILLS YOU and SHARP KNIVES & LOUD GUNS (both via All Due Respect).
In addition, THE GOOD BOOK: FAIRY TALES FOR HARD MEN, a collection of wrestling noir set in 1980s Florida, was published by All Due Respect in January 2020.
Suggested Paignton Noir reading order:
1. Slab Rats
2. Skull Meat
3. Meat Bubbles & Other Stories (includes Snuff Racket)
4. Boneyard Dogs
5. Ten Pints of Blood (includes Spine Farm)
6. Sin Clinic
7. Slush Fund
8. Repetition Kills You
9. Sharp Knives & Loud Guns (includes Slug Bait, Smut Loop and Sweating Blood)
10. Dirty Bullion (co-written with Benedict J. Jones)
11. Skeleton Crew
12. The Damage Manual
13. Slop Shop
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