Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 14 Summer 2025

One way or another, the ocean claims its own. There are worse things than cancer. Yeah, Maybe don't rob that bank during hunting season. Some scammers are born with it. Would you know all this without Rock and a Hard Place? Maybe, but why take the chance? Issue 14 brings a new batch of noir the way only RHP can: by dropping you in the shark-infested deep end. Hope you brought a life jacket. Fiction and Essays By: Jason Allison, Christine Blackwicks, Libby Cudmore, Michael Downing, Jacqueline Freimor, Michael A. Gonzales, Andrea Goyan, Christina Hoag, Mark Kaijim, Mike McHone, Wil Medearis, Phil Robbins, and AD Schweiss. Rock and a Hard Place is the literary magazine that knows that despite whatever they may tell you, yes, it can ALWAYS get worse.