Short Stories By Hugh Lessig

Hugh’s stories can be found in anthologies from Down & Out Books.

Those include three volumes of Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir; and Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties. His second novella, Hunka, Hunka Burning Rubber, is part of the Chop Shop series also from Down & Out.

PDark Yonder was kind enough to publish my short story, “Man of the House.” Set in 1926, it centers on a 15-year-old boy whose older brother was crippled in a train accident. With both parents long gone, the boy must take over leadership of the house. He must also exact revenge for those who caused the accident.

From old-school private eyes with their flat-tops, off-the-rack suits, and well-worn brogues to the new breed of private eyes with their shoulder-length hair, bell-bottoms, and hemp sandals, the shamuses in Groovy Gumshoes take readers on a rollicking romp through the Sixties.

Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir is a crime-fiction cocktail that will knock readers into a literary stupor. Contributors push hard against the boundaries of crime fiction.

Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Volume 2, the second entry of the hard-hitting anthology series, is a crime-fiction cocktail that will again knock readers into a literary stupor.