À vingt-six ans, Roy Allison retrouve la liberté après dix années passées en prison.De retour chez lui, il a la ferme intention de redevenir un type bien. Pas question de replonger.Mais dans cette région à la frontière de l'Arkansas et de la Louisiane, la crise économique a fait des ravages, la guerre a brisé des familles, et le monde qu'il retrouve part à la dérive. Et personne n'a oublié les raisons pour lesquelles Roy s'était retrouvé derrière les barreaux ni ne lui a pard...

41 writers. One cause.We've rallied a platoon of crime, western, thriller, fantasy, noir, horror and transgressive authors to support PROTECT's important work: lobbying for legislation that protects children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.Powerful stories from George Pelecanos, Andrew Vachss, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles de Lint, Ken Bruen, Chet Williamson, James Reasoner, Charlie Stella, Michael A. Black, Wayne Dundee, Roxane Gay, Ray Banks, Tony Black, Les Edgerton ...

From Steve Weddle, the author who the New York Times calls “downright dazzling,” comes the story of a prodigal son returning home to hard times and harder choices during the Great Depression.Life has never been easy for Cottonmouth Tomlin. Raised by an uncle in a hardscrabble Arkansas town, Cottonmouth couldn’t leave fast enough. As a young man, he set out to seek his fortune but was soon caught up in a life of low-level misdeeds, taking him from New Orlea...