Thomas Pluck writes unflinching fiction with heart. From New Jersey, he has worked on the docks, in construction, flipped burgers, and even cleaned the crappers of the Guggenheim.His debut novel BLADE OF DISHONOR, an action thriller spanning Shogun-era Japan to World War 2 and the present was called "the Raiders of the Lost Ark of pulp paperbacks" by MysteryPeople, and hardboiled legend and child justice warrior Andrew Vachss calls his work "hardcore-clean writing delivered at warp speed."His work has appeared in The Utne Reader, Needle: A Magazine of Noir, Burnt Bridge, Criminal Element, PANK Magazine, McSweeney's, Devil Gourmet, The Morning News, Beat to a Pulp, and numerous anthologies. He is also the editor of Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT, an anthology that fights child abuse- 100% of proceeds go to The National Association to Protect Children.You can find him on the web at www.thomaspluck.com and Twitter as @thomaspluck