Modern Noir Romances

Tough Love

Nine stories about men and women who don’t walk away clean. Desire, betrayal, miscalculation — each one leaves a mark.

These are not puzzles. They are collisions.

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Urban Noir

Cantina Psalms

A novel of San Francisco — its politics, its shadows, and the people who move between them. Tom Gresham doesn’t go looking for trouble. It recognizes him.

The names change. The damage doesn’t.

About Thomas shess

Now I write fiction.

I’ve spent most of my life around stories that didn’t behave — newsrooms, cities that never quite told the truth, people who saved the best parts for last. Most are dead never knowing what hit them.

I publish daily arts, literary and culture blogs on PillartoPost.org.

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