Joe Ricker with WALKIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT
Thursday, July 9, 2015 – 5:00pm
In the tradition of Frank Bill, Larry Brown, Jim Thompson and Raymond Carver, a short story collection set in New England’s darkest corners from the author Esquire referred to as “A man of letters who’s gentle in the way that only the toughest of hard-asses can be.”
“Joe Ricker is a hard-boiled poet in the tradition of Charles Bukowski. He writes of lonely, scarred men, damaged women, and of haunted places we all know. These shorts are served straight up with no chaser. Like the best of noir, it’s about people with few options and often no way out. Highly recommended.” New York Times Bestseller Ace Atkins, Author of The Forsaken and The Redeemers.
“Tough yet lyrical, bristling with hard-won wisdom, these stories knock you out of any comfort zone you may have found and into the red. Ricker knows people, violence and landscape. He knows truth, too. And these stories beat their fists like drums.” New York Times Bestseller Tom Franklin, Author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter and Poachers
Walkin After Midnight $12.95 Published by 280 Steps Publishing, June 20,2015