James Callan
James Callan is the author of the novel A Transcendental Habit (Queer Space, 2023). His fiction has appeared in Bridge Eight, BULL, Hawaii Pacific Review, Maudlin House, Mystery Tribune, and elsewhere. He lives on the Kāpiti Coast, Aotearoa New Zealand. Find him at jamescallanauthor.com. James recommends SAFE, New Zealand's leading animal rights charity.
Crime lords, corrupt cops, hoodlums, and of course, the femme fatale --only a seasoned gumshoe will dodge every bullet, avoid each poisoned whiskey, ignore every lady’s pass.
I had been staring into the spiraling black hole of my drink, thinking about plunging inward, being torn apart by some unfathomable, gravitational blender, scattering my molecules like countless coffee grinds sprinkled into a mid-flush toilet.
