Gangs, guns and tomatoes—what could go wrong?Yeah, turn your back on that gray-haired woman in the old Lincoln.Dumpstering a life is never just a job, especially when the owner is watching.Rock And A Hard Place shifts into fifth gear, and the people have never been more desperate or the decisions worse. Fiction, essays, poetry, and photography by:Travis Wade BeatyJerry BloomfieldC.A. ColeBill DavidsonPaul J. GarthJames D.F. HannahLindsey HeatherlyClaude LalumièreAdrian LudensJeff MaschiDeb MerinoMichael J. MooreRoger NokesThomas PluckRichard RisembergJ. RohrS.J. RozanJohn Joseph RyanJ.B. StevensDon StollR.D. SullivanTim P. WalkerBraxton YountsIn issue five of Rock And A Hard Place you’ll find crime and much more. Wherever making the rent or a day of sobriety counts as a win, and wins and losses never even out, that’s our territory, and yours.