Nick Kolakowski Author & Editor

Nick Kolakowski is the author of the noir thrillers Maxine Unleashes Doomsday and Boise Longpig Hunting Club, both from Down & Out Books, as well as the Love & Bullets trilogy of novellas (Shotgun Honey). His short fiction and poetry have appeared in McSweeney’s, North American Review, Carrier Pigeon, Thuglit, Evergreen Review, and various anthologies. He lives and writes in New York City. Steve Weddle is best known for his novel Country Hardball, which The New York Times called "downright dazzling." The follow-up story, "South of Bradley," appeared in Playboy magazine. He is the co-founder of the crime fiction collective Do Some Damage, the co-creator of the noir magazine Needle, and a regular instructor at LitReactor.