Manny TORRES

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A Simmering Dissonance

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An amnesiac assassin wakes up in a world on the edge of chaos, unsure of his past but certain of his deadly skills. His volatile accomplice, a fugitive pot farmer, and two disillusioned heirs to vast fortunes converge, each driven by their own desperate motives. As their paths intertwine, they face relentless pursuit by a militia and a government agent obsessed with stopping them at all costs.

Manny Torres, the acclaimed author of Dead Dogs and Perras Malas, presents a high-stakes thriller where the price of betrayal is survival, and in the end, everyone is expendable.

The revolution has begun, and only the most ruthless will make it out alive.

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DEAD DOGS

Two Atlanta misfits in debt to notorious dog fighter and drug dealer Boots Tumbler are coerced into handling his dirty work. Phobos and Chuck, desperate to pay him back, go elbow deep in blood, dirt, and gristle, cleaning up dog fights, delivering drugs, and disposing of dead bodies. Regardless of the haul, they shovel it, bag it up, stuff it in the trunk of their 1982 Cadillac Deville and drive it off for disposal. The misfit pair fumble their way through dangerous circumstances and criminal adventures. Desperation eventually drives them out of the city, across lost highways, encountering a circus of outlaws and revolutionaries living on the margins of morality.

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PERRAS MALAS

Loaded guns, lesbian love, inverted expectations, and lecherous mafia-types make this a novella not to forget.

Kika was a map of bruises. She was a cicatrix of vengeance, the scar of a wounded mind, the fetid and gangrenous lesion of a town’s malevolent psyche. And she’s come back to Carbon, Georgia, to find her missing sister.

Fighting tooth and nail, wielding her trusty crowbar, Hell hath no fury like the violent storm Kika brings to Carbon. She’ll tear through the town and its criminal underworld until she finds her sister.

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FATHER WAS A RAT KING

Soledad was 16 and preparing for college when her mother left her to care for her drug-addicted father. Having to live in the violent and gritty streets of pre-gentrification New York, she learns to survive by any means necessary, working off a family debt to some unsavory and corrupt men. Will the streets consume her with violence and vice, or will she triumph and escape to a normal life?

In the style of Ms. 45, Leon and Taxi Driver comes this tense and violent novella from the author of Dead Dogs.

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CABRONES PERROS

This is the anniversary edition of Cabrones Perros. This means there is a bonus short story by Manny Torres at the end that was also featured in Slut Vomit 2: An Anthology of Sex Work. This short story involves the character, Zaven, from this novel and is a prequel of sorts.

In this beach town, where tourists party day and night, crime takes no vacation.

Cabrones Perros is a rum-soaked crime-comedy in the style of Elmore Leonard’s Swag and Stick. Though it can be read as a standalone piece, it concludes Manny Torres’ Dog Trilogy.

Fresh out of prison, ex-boxer Nolin is tasked with going to Odyssey, Florida, to have a man killed. On a parallel course are several underworld characters with their own agendas for heading into this crime-riddled city. Enforcers are en route to establish the family business on the Florida coast. This includes Shank, who was last seen in Perras Malas, dead-set on vengeance against those who killed her family. There is also the upcoming gangstress Shady, who’s doing a soft takeover while going up against a family of Eastern-European human-traffickers on the brink of owning the city.

These groups converge where drugs are cheap and human-trafficking is prevalent. There’s a slow war gaining ground on all sides, clashing over the waterside territory. It can only end with scorched sand and severed heads.

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Starlite Pulp Review #3

My short story, “Bet” appears in the Starlite Pulp Review #3. 

Fifteen pulp yarns from fifteen different authors!  The lineup here is amazing, featuring Craig Clevenger, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Trevor Holliday, Sean Jacques, Nolan Knight, Terrance Layhew, Brodie Lowe, Patrick R. McDonough, Jim Ruland, Aaron Paul Schaut, Alex Slusar, CW Stevenson, Phillip Thompson, Manny Torres, and Brian Townsley.  Noir, Crime, Sci-Fi, Horror, Westerns. Good stuff. 

Featuring a cover by the amazing Danny Galieote. 

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Bishop Rider Lives

My story, “Bishop… He Everywhere” has two Atlanta boys sharing a tale of the mythical Bishop Rider, as the walls close in around them…

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Elegies in the Dust

Through gritty narratives, essays, and poetry, Elegies in the Dust delves into universal themes of resilience, hope, and the quest for dignity amidst adversity. Emphasizing its mission, all proceeds from this charity anthology will go to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, serving as a poignant reminder to confront injustices and stand in solidarity with silenced voices.
 
 
 
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Starlite Pulp Review #4

Starlite Pulp Review #4, featuring work by Michael Bracken, Alec Cizak, Eric Esquivel, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, EB Hunter, Meagan Lucas, John McNally, Greg Mollin, JD O’Brien, Daniel Pyne, Alex Slusar, Manny Torres, Jim Towns, and Brian Townsley.

 

Cover image by Danny Galieote. 310 pages.

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A Simmering Dissonance

An amnesiac assassin wakes up in a world on the edge of chaos, unsure of his past but certain of his deadly skills. His volatile accomplice, a fugitive pot farmer, and two disillusioned heirs to vast fortunes converge, each driven by their own desperate motives. As their paths intertwine, they face relentless pursuit by a militia and a government agent obsessed with stopping them at all costs.

Manny Torres, the acclaimed author of Dead Dogs and Perras Malas, presents a high-stakes thriller where the price of betrayal is survival, and in the end, everyone is expendable.

The revolution has begun, and only the most ruthless will make it out alive.

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Outcast Press Presents: Slut Vomit Vol. 2

“They were chugging PBR tallboys in Ghoulie’s car when Zaven belched so hard, she vomited. Down her cleavage and into her belly button but luckily it didn’t stain her low-cut blouse. She was lucky that way.”

20 more short stories presented by Outcast Press that don’t skirt around the many sides to sex work. Bad b!tches and good guys. Creeps and kleptos. Nymphos and the needy. Eastern Bloc gangstresses to blackmailing e-girls. Yacht whores to yearning wives. Rent boys and triple-X stars. BDSM DVD kings and glory hole gawkers. Epstein wannabes and trafficking ring stingers. Dragsters and lot lizards. Every facet of prostitution, fetishism, and taboo/cathartic writing finds a haven here.

 
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Crime Songs

A stellar cast of seventeen crime writers bring you their crime stories inspired by Tom Waits, Blondie, The Clash, Lana Del Rey, AC/DC and more. Bestselling, indie and transgressive writers combine to give you dark, noir, cozy and all possibilities in between. Make Crime Songs your number one.

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About Manny

Manny Torres is an Atlanta, Georgia transplant from Brooklyn, New York. His crime-noir books include Dead Dogs, Father Was a Rat King, Perras Malas, Cabrones Perros and A Simmering Dissonance. You can find his short stories in Starlite Pulp Review #3 and #4, and the anthologies Bishop Rider Lives, Elegies in the Dust and Slut Vomit II: An Anthology of Sex Work. His novella The Idiot Caper appears in American Muse: Starlite Pulp Novellas, Vol.1.

His upcoming novel, Dead Dog on the Highway (published through Outcast Press) is the direct sequel to his first book, Dead Dogs.

He enjoys writing, photography, watching films, the music of King Crimson, and rescuing and fostering cats. You can find him on Substack, Instagram (@_m.a.torres), and Blue Sky.

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Interview with Manny Torres: Atlanta’s Beat Writer

Published: July 18, 2022 – Nevada McPherson – Deep South Magazine

” I first learned about the work of Atlanta-area writer Manny Torres through the writing community on Twitter. His first novel, Dead Dogs from Moonshine Cove Books put him on the noir fiction map as a talented and innovative new writer to watch, and indeed, as praise for Dead Dogs continues to grow, he continues to create compelling and original characters who live on the perilous edges of society. Torres’s’s latest novel, Father Was a Rat King, was recently released by Uncle B. Publications, and his latest book, Perras Malas, was released at the beginning of July from Outcast Press.”

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    “Exquisite. Simply exquisite. [Manny] Torres says he's inspired by the great dialogue writer George V. Higgins. And Dead Dogs is dialogue-driven, so it's going to read either like Higgins or wannabe Higgins, right? No. Manny Torres is a unique and talented writer with his own voice. I loved Dead Dogs. It's dark, brutal, and funny.”
    Andy Rausch
    author of American Trash and Bloody Sheets

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