This Fist

Bob Sparrow is happy to be a hitman on a mission. Most of the time.But not when the mission is on a Mississippi riverboat full of rancid perverts. It just might throw Bob off his game enough to jeopardize the job- and Bob's usual game is being a master of disguise, a tactical genius, and a consummate warrior.Matthew Atkinson presents an unhinged, probably satirical story that sounds like an edgy 15-year-old wrote it from his collection, THIS FIST. Once you survive the steamboat's bullets and kink, your reward will be wired to your account.

Gabe Gomez hears some bad news on his packed flight.The nation's deranged leader has settled into his permanent position by orchestrating one of those battle royales that used to happen only in books, movies, and sadists' daydreams. Now scores of passengers are in for a turbulent ride till it's the last man standing, and with no help to be found in their carry-ons. The Gladiator Flight has reached bruising altitude.Gabe enters the fray wielding nothing but his wits. Good thing the only weapon allowed on airplanes is also the deadliest.Matthew Atkinson brings you a high-flying barnburner from the SHORT STORY collection, This Fist, a claustrophobic melee of first-class supersonic chaos. The fasten-seatbelt sign is ON.

Ben Gemmell hates leg day just like anyone else at the gym.But it's even worse when people are disrespectful. Someone tries to get away with hurting Ben in a very plausibly deniable way, but what they don't know is that Ben never lets anything go and will gladly crash a party for outsized petty revenge.Matthew Atkinson has been pumping irony lately, and flexes his satire muscle in this SHORT STORY from his collection, This Fist.

Alice has an exclusive opportunity to meet with her country's leaders and see how they get things done.But instead of a tour of the capital, she's being allowed access to ancient ruins that the senators claim guide national policy. Yes, many of us say our best ideas come to us in the shower- but is that just because we're vulnerable in there, to the kind of thinking that shouldn't be unleashed upon the rest of the world?Matthew Atkinson turns up the water pressure on a shower thought run amok in this SHORT STORY from his collection, This Fist. You'll have to towel yourself off thoroughly afterward.