Johnny Shaw (editor)
Johnny Shaw was born and raised on the Calexico/Mexicali border, the setting for his award-winning Jimmy Veeder Fiasco series, which includes the novels DOVE SEASON, PLASTER CITY, and IMPERIAL VALLEY. He is also the author of the Anthony Award-winning adventure novel BIG MARIA, the heist novel THE UPPER HAND, and the crime extravaganza FLOODGATE.
His most recent novel THE SOUTHLAND is a departure from his usual comedic tone. It tells the story of three unauthorized immigrants in Los Angeles and the search for a missing boy.
His shorter work has appeared in Thuglit, Crime Factory, Shotgun Honey, Plots with Guns, and numerous anthologies. He was the creator and editor of the fiction magazine, BLOOD & TACOS, the former owner of the Los Angeles bookshop, Johnny's Used Books, and is currently the brainchild behind Johnny Shaw's Torn Pages.
Blood & Tacos: The Beginning
BLOOD & TACOS: THE BEGINNING, the print-only omnibus that collects the hard-fisted, pistol-packing fiction stories from the first four issues of Blood & Tacos, is now available. From the four corners of the globe, authors such as Ray Banks, Gary Phillips, Josh Stallings, Robert Kroese, Cameron Ashley, Todd Robinson, Stephen Mertz and a dozen other authors dug up stories of action and adventure that will literally explode your brains.*
*The book will not literally explode your brain.
Battleground U.S.S.A.: Red Dusk
World War III has come at last, and it’s glorious! Born from the pages of the legendary Blood & Tacos magazine, Battleground U.S.S.A.: Red Dusk is a high-octane, hilariously macho parody of 1980s Cold War invasion thrillers. Follow Captain Mike McCreary as he mounts a fiercely patriotic, delightfully campy resistance against a deranged Communist general.