Books by Mark SaFranko

""The short story is the most difficult form. In a great story, every single word is critical"" (Mark SaFranko)The ninth dose of THE SAVAGE KICK focuses on ""Convictions""... from white lies to the stuff that gets you banged up for 30 years.Featuring crime and confessional stories, SK#9 faces up to the outcomes of defying expectations and authority.Authors featured in this issue are:Mark SaFranko (Interview and ""Thirst"")Nick Benta (""Patience"")Drew Slagter (""A Law Abiding Man"")Jose Pep Arroyo (""Laundromat Blues"")Wayne T. Dowdy (""Guns, Drugs and Thugs"")Benjamin Peurey (""How to Become a Son of a Bitch"")and Jeffrey P. Frye (""Becoming The Monster"")

Hoboken: an amorphous, former street-fighting city, transformed into a chic high-rent neighbourhood full of disposable incomes and high aspiration. Police detective Brian Vincenti is charged with investigating the case of a young woman's suicide - or murder - after she falls from an 11th floor window in an up-and-coming district. Equally as haunted by his past as he is tortured by his present, Vincenti's journey takes us beyond the damp, stained streets of Hoboken's nightlife and into his own chaotic world.