We came up with this title for an anthology of ten stories from the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine and then had to look up the definition of the word “wringer.”

Seems a wringer (easily misspelled as “writer") used to be an instrument of torture to squeeze stuff. Yup, that fit.

So ten writers in ten stories put their characters through wringers in one form or another in these pages, and it turned out honestly, fantastic fun to read.

And amazing how all the stories fit a title we had to look up.

The Sea Girl’s Survival by Valerie Brook

Seeing Him For the First Time by David H. Hendrickson

Drumbeats by Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart

What Remains of America by Scott Edelman

The Henchman is Horled Off the Catwalk by Adam-Troy Castro

Shocking Tales bu Don Webb

Missing Carolyn by Annie Reed

The Purple Side of Blue by O’Neil De Noux

The Remarkable Way She Died by Karen Fonville

The Steam-man’s Plantation by J. Steven York