Sandra Kitt, “Home Sweet Home”, City Island
Robert J. Hughes, “A Visit to St. Nick’s”, Fordham Road
Miles Marshall Lewis, “Numbers Up”, Baychester
Joseph Wallace, “The Big Five”, Bronx Zoo
Ed Dee, “Ernie K.’s Gelding”, Van Cortlandt Park
Patrick W. Picciarelli, “The Prince of Arthur Avenue”, Arthur Avenue
Thomas Adcock , “You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy?” , Courthouse
Brooklyn Noir edited by Tim McLoughlin
Pete Hamill, “The Book Signing”, Park Slope
Pearl Abraham, “Hasidic Noir”, Williamsburg
Sidney Offit, “No Time for Senior’s”, Downtown
Tim McLoughlin, “When All This Was Bay Ridge”, Sunset Park
Ellen Miller, “Practicing”, Canarsie
Adam Mansbach, “Crown Heist”, Crown Heights
Arthur Nersesian, “Hunter/Trapper”, Brooklyn Heights
Nelson George, “New Lots Avenue”, Brownsville
Neal Pollack, “Scavenger Hunt”, Coney Island
Norman Kelley, “The Code”, Prospect Heights
Thomas Morrissey, “Can’t Catch Me”, Bay Ridge
Lou Manfredo, “Case Closed”, Bensonhurst
Luciano Guerriero, “Eating Italian”, Red Hook
Kenji Jasper, “Thursday”, Bed-Stuyvesant
Robert Knightly, “One More for the Road”, Greenpoint
Maggie Estep, “Triple Harrison”, East New York
Ken Bruen, “Fade to . . . Brooklyn”, Galway, Ireland
Nicole Blackman, “Dumped”, Fort Greene
C.J. Sullivan, “Slipping into Darkness”, Bushwick
Chris Niles, “Ladies’ Man”, Brighton Beach
Cape Cod Noir edited by David L. Ulin
William Hastings, “Ten-Year Plan”, Falmouth
Elyssa East, “Second Chance”, Buzzards Bay
Dana Cameron, “Ardent”, Eastham
Paul Tremblay, “Nineteen Snapshots of Dennisport”, Dennisport
Adam Mansbach, “Variations on a Fifty-Pound Bale”, Martha’s Vineyard
Seth Greenland, “Bad Night in Hyannisport”, Hyannisport
Lizzie Skurnick, “Spectacle Pond”, Wellfleet
David L. Ulin, “La Jetée”, Harwichport
Kaylie Jones, “The Occidental Tourist”, Dennis
Fred G. Leebron, “The Exchange Student”, Provincetown
Ben Greenman, “Viva Regina”, Woods Hole
Dave Zeltserman, “When Death Shines Bright”, Sandwich
Jedediah Berry, “Twenty-Eight Scenes for Neglected Guests”, Yarmouth
Chicago Noir edited by Neal Pollack
Luciano Guerriero, “Goodnight Chicago and Amen”, 99th & Drexel
Bayo Ojikutu, “The Gospel of Moral Ends”, 77th & Jeffery
Peter Orner, “Dear Mr. Kleczka”, 54th & Blackstone
Jeffery Renard Allen, “The Near Remote”, 35th & Michigan
Achy Obejas, “Destiny Returns”, 26th & Kedvale
Claire Zulkey, “The Great Billik”, 19th & Sacramento
Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski “Maximillian”, 18th & Allport
Andrew Ervin, “All Happy Families”, Canal & Jackson
M.K. Meyers, “Monkey Head”, Grand & Western
Kevin Guilfoile, “Zero Zero Day”, Grand & Racine
Todd Dills, “Arcadia”, Chicago & Noble
C.J. Sullivan, “Alex Pinto Hears the Bell”, North & Troy
Daniel Buckman, “Pure Products”, Roscoe & Claremont
Amy Sayre-Roberts, “Death Mouth”, Roscoe & Broadway
Joe Meno, “Like a Rocket With a Beat”, Lawrence & Broadway
Neal Pollack, “Marty’s Drink or Die Club”, Clark & Foster
Adam Langer, “Bobby Kagan Knows Everything”, Albion & Whipple
Jim Arndorfer, “The Oldest Rivalry”, I-94, Lake Forest Oasis
DC Noir edited by George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos, “The Confidential Informant”, Park View, NW
Kenji Jasper, “First”, Benning Heights, SE
Jim Patton, “Capital of the World”, Chinatown, NW
Richard Currey, “The Names of the Lost”, Shepherd Park, NW
Jennifer Howard, “East of the Sun”, Hill East, SE
Robert Andrews, “Solomon’s Alley”, Georgetown, NW
Robert Wisdom, “The Light and the Dark”, Petworth, NW
Laura Lippman, “A.R.M. and the Woman”, Chevy Chase, NW
Quintin Peterson, “Cold as Ice”, Congress Heights, SE/SW
Lester Irby, “God Don’t Like Ugly”, Edgewood, NE
Ruben Castaneda, “Coyote Hunt”, Mount Pleasant, NW
Jim Beane, “Jeanette”, Deanwood, NE
James Grady, “The Bottom Line”, Capitol Hill, NE/SE
David Slater, “Stiffed”, Thomas Circle, NW
Norman Kelley, “The Messenger of Soulsville”, Cardozo, NW
Jim Fusilli, “The Dupe”, K Street, NW
Detroit Noir edited by E.J. Olsen & John C. Hocking
Loren D. Estleman, “Kill the Cat”, Rivertown
P.J. Parrish, “Pride”, Brush Park
Joyce Carol Oates, “Panic”, Chrysler Freeway
Nisi Shawl, “Little Horses”, Belle Isle
Craig Holden, “Red Quarters”, Hamtramck
Craig Bernier, “Migration”, Rouge Foundry
Desiree Cooper, “Night Coming”, Palmer Woods
Melissa Preddy, “The Coffee Break”, Grandmont-Rosedale
E.J. Olsen, “Snow Angel”, Grand Circus Park
Joe Boland, “The Night Watchman Is Asleep”, Downtown
Megan Abbott, “Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening”, Alter Road
Dorene O’Brien, “Honesty above All Else”, Corktown
Lolita Hernandez, “Over the Belle Isle Boundary”, East Grand Boulevard
Peter Markus, “The Dead Man’s Boat”, Delray
Roger K. Johnson, “Hey Love”, New Center
Michael Zadoorian, “The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit”, Woodward Avenue
Indian Country Noir edited by Sarah Cortez & Liz Martínez
Joseph Bruchac, “Helper”, Adirondacks, New York
Jean Rae Baxter, “Osprey Lake”, Eastern Woodlands, Canada
Gerard Houarner, “Dead Medicine Snake Woman”, New York, New York
Melissa Yi, “Indian Time”, Ontario, Canada
A.A. HedgeCoke, “On Drowning Pond”, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mistina Bates, “Daddy’s Girl”, Memphis, Tennessee
O’Neil De Noux, “The Raven and the Wolf”, New Orleans, Louisiana
R. Narvaez, “Juracán”, San Juan, Puerto Rico
David Cole, “JaneJohnDoe.com”, Tucson, Arizona
Leonard Schonberg, “Lame Elk”, Ashland, Montana
Reed Farrel Coleman, “Another Role”, Los Angeles, California
Lawrence Block, “Getting Lucky”, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Liz Martínez, “Prowling Wolves”, Chicago, Illinois
Kimberly Roppolo, “Quilt like a Night Sky”, Alberta, Canada
Kansas City Noir edited by Steve Paul
J. Malcolm Garcia, “Missing Gene”, Troost Lake
Kevin Prufer, “Cat in a Box”, Country Club Plaza
Grace Suh, “Mission Hills Confidential”, Mission Hills
Daniel Woodrell, “Come Murder Me Next, Babe”, 12th Street
Matthew Eck, “The Softest Crime”, 41st and Walnut
Philip Stephens, “You Shouldn’t Be Here”, Midtown
Catherine Browder, “The Incident”, Northeast
Linda Rodriguez, “The Good Neighbor”, South Troost
John Lutz, “Thelma and Laverne”, West 8th Street
Nancy Pickard, “Lightbulb”, The Paseo
Andrés Rodríguez, “Yesterdays”, Milton’s Tap Room
Mitch Brian, “Last Night at the Rialto”, The Cellulo
id City
Nadia Pflaum, “Charlie Price’s Last Supper”, 18th and Vine
Phong Nguyen, “The Pendergast Musket”, West Bottoms
Las Vegas Noir edited by Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce
John O’Brien, “The Tik”, Scotch 80s
David Corbett, “Pretty Little Parasite”, Fremont
Tod Goldberg, “Mitzvah”, Summerlin
Scott Phillips, “Babs”, Naked City
Vu Tran, “This or Any Desert”, Chinatown
Pablo Medina, “Benny Rojas and the Rough Riders”, West Las Vegas
Christine McKellar, “Bits and Pieces”, Green Valley
Preston L. Allen, “Crip”, Nellis
Lori Kozlowski, “Three Times a Night, Every Other Night”, North Las Vegas
Jaq Greenspon, “Disappear”, Sunset Park
José Skinner, “All About Balls”, East Las Vegas
Nora Pierce, “Atomic City”, Test Site
Celeste Starr, “Dirty Blood”, Pahrump
Bliss Esposito, “Guns Don’t Kill People”, Centennial Hills
Felicia Campbell, “Murder Is Academic”, Mount Charleston
Janet Berliner, “The Road to Rachel”, Area 51
Lone Star Noir edited by Bobby Byrd & Johnny Byrd
Lisa Sandlin, “Phelan’s First Case”, Beaumont
Claudia Smith, “Catgirl”, Galveston
David Corbett & Luis Urrea , “Who Stole My Monkey?”, Port Arthur
Tim Tingle, “Six Dead Cabbies”, Ellington AFB
James Crumley, “Luck”, Crumley, Texas
Jessica Powers, “Preacher’s Kid”, Andrews
Joe R. Lansdale, “Six-Finger Jack”, Gladewater
George Wier, “Duckweed”, Littlefield
Milton T. Burton, “Cherry Coke”, Tyler
Sarah Cortez, “Montgomery Clift”, Houston
Jesse Sublett, “Moral Hazard”, Austin
Dean James, “Bottomed Out”, Dallas
Ito Romo, “Crank”, San Antonio
Bobby Byrd, “The Dead Man’s Wife”, El Paso
Long Island Noir edited by Kaylie Jones
Matthew McGevna, “Gateway to the Stars”, Mastic Beach
Nick Mamatas, “Thy Shiny Car in the Night”, Northport
Kaylie Jones, “Home Invasion”, Wainscott
Qanta Ahmed, “Anjali’s America”, Garden City
Charles Salzberg, “A Starr Burns Bright”, Long Beach
Reed Farrel Coleman, “Mastermind”, Selden
Tim McLoughlin, “Seven Eleven”, Wantagh
Sarah Weinman, “Past President”, Great Neck
Jules Feiffer, “Boob Noir”, Southampton
JZ Holden, “Summer Love”, Sagaponack
Richie Narvaez, “Ending in Paumanok”, Stony Brook
Sheila Kohler, “Terror”, Amagansett
Jane Ciabattari, “Contents of House”, Sag Harbor
Steven Wishnia, “Semiconscious”, Lake Ronkonkoma
Kenneth Wishnia, “Blood Drive”, Port Jefferson Station
Amani Scipio, “Jabo’s”, Bridgehampton
Tim Tomlinson, “Snow Job”, Wading River
Los Angeles Noir edited by Denise Hamilton
Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive”, Mulholland Drive
Naomi Hirahara, “Number 19”, Koreatown
Emory Holmes II, “Dangerous Days”, Leimert Park
Denise Hamilton, “Midnight in Silicon Valley”, San Marino
Janet Fitch, “The Method”, Los Feliz
Patt Morrison, “Morocco Junction 90210”, Beverly Hills
Christopher Rice, “Over Thirty”, West Hollywood
Héctor Tobar, “Once More, Lazarus”, East Hollywood
Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”, Downtown
Jim Pascoe, “The Kidnapper Bell”, Los Angeles River
Neal Pollack, “City of Commerce”, Commerce
Lienna Silver, “Fish”, Fairfax District
Gary Phillips, “Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave”, Mid-City
Scott Phillips, “The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones”, Pacific Palisades
Brian Ascalon Roley, “Kinship”, Mar Vista
Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In”, Belmont Shore
Diana Wagman, “What You See”, Westchester
Manhattan Noir edited by Lawrence Block
Charles Ardai, “The Good Samaritan”, Midtown
Carol Lea Benjamin, “The Last Supper”, Greenwich Village
Lawrence Block, “If You Can’t Stand the Heat”, Clinton
Thomas H. Cook, “Rain”, Battery Park
Jeffery Deaver, “A Nice Place to Visit”, Hell’s Kitchen
Jim Fusilli, “The Next Best Thing”, George Washington Bridge
Robert Knightly, “Take the Man’s Pay”, Garment District
John Lutz, “The Laundry Room”, Upper West Side
Liz Martínez, “Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel”, Washington Heights
Maan Meyers, “The Organ Grinder”, Lower East Side
Martin Meyers , “Why Do They Have to Hit?” , Yorkville
S.J. Rozan, “Building”, Harlem
Justin Scott, “The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York”, Chelsea
C.J. Sullivan, “The Last Round”, Inwood
Xu Xi, “Crying with Audrey Hepburn”, Times Square
Miami Noir edited by Les Standiford
James W. Hall, “Ride Along”, Coconut Grove
Christine Kling, “Dead Storage”, County Line
George Tucker, “Silence of the Stone Age”, North Miami
Kevin Allen, “Sawyers”, Perrine
Anthony Dale Gagliano, “Blown Away”, Homestead
Tom Corcoran, “One Man’s Ceiling”, Card Sound
Paul Levine, “Solomon & Lord Drop Anchor”, Florida Straits
David Beaty, “The Last of Lord Jitters”, South Miami
John Dufresne, “The Timing of Unfelt Smiles”, Sunny Isles
Vicki Hendricks, “Boozanne, Lemme Be”, Miami Beach
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, “The Recipe”, Downtown
John Bond, “T-bird”, Miami River
Preston L. Allen, “Swap Out”, Miami-Dade Correctional Center
Lynne Barrett, “The Noir Boudoir”, Upper Eastside
Barbara Parker, “Machete”, Biscayne Bay
Jeffrey Wehr, “The Swimmers”, South Beach
New Jersey Noir edited by Joyce Carol Oates
S.A. Solomon, “Live for Today”, University Heights, Newark
Lou Manfredo, “Soul Anatomy”, Whitman Park, Camden
S.J. Rozan, “New Day Newark”, Central Ward, Newark
C.K. Williams, “Newark Black: 1940–1954”, Vailsburg, Newark
Jonathan Santlofer, “Lola”, Hoboken
Bradford Morrow, “The Enigma of Grover’s Mill”, Grover’s Mill
Gerald Stern, “Broken Glass”, Mickle Street, Camden
Sheila Kohler, “Wunderlich”, Montclair
Richard Burgin, “Atlantis”, Atlantic City
Alicia Ostriker, “August: Feeding Frenzy”, Jersey Shore
Hirsh Sawhney, “A Bag for Nicholas”, Jersey City
Jeffrey Ford, “Glass Eels”, Dividing Creek
B. Malzberg & B. Pronzini, “Meadowlands Spike”, Rutherford
Robert Arellano, “Kettle Run”, Cherry Hill
Paul Muldoon, “Noir, NJ”, Paramus
Jonathan Safran Foer, “Too Near Real”, Princeton
E. White & M. Carroll, “Excavation”, Asbury Park
Robert Pinsky, “Long Branch Underground”, Long Branch
Joyce Carol Oates, “Run Kiss Daddy”, Kittatinny Mountains
New Orleans Noir edited by Julie Smith
Ted O’Brien , “What’s the Score?”, Mid-City
Patty Friedmann, “Two-Story Brick Houses”, Uptown
Tim McLoughlin, “Scared Rabbit”, Irish Channel
Olym
pia Vernon, “Schevoski”, University District
David Fulmer, “Algiers”, Algiers
Laura Lippman, “Pony Girl”, Tremé
Jervey Tervalon, “The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi”, Seventh Ward
James Nolan, “Open Mike”, French Quarter
Kalamu ya Salaam, “All I Could Do Was Cry”, Lower Ninth Ward
Barbara Hambly, “There Shall Your Heart Be Also”, The Swamp
Maureen Tan, “Muddy Pond”, Village de l’Est
Thomas Adcock, “Lawyers’ Tongues”, Gentilly
Jeri Cain Rossi, “And Hell Walked In”, Bywater
Christine Wiltz, “Night Taxi”, Lakeview
Greg Herren, “Annunciation Shotgun”, Lower Garden District
Julie Smith, “Loot”, Garden District
Ace Atkins, “Angola South”, Loyola Avenue
Eric Overmyer, “Marigny Triangle”, Faubourg Marigny
Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
Susan Straight, “Bee Canyon”, Santa Ana Narrows
Robert S. Levinson, “Down in Capistrano”, San Juan Capistrano
Rob Roberge, “Diverters”, Tustin
Nathan Walpow, “A Good Day’s Work”, Seal Beach
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, “Crazy for You”, Costa Mesa
Dan Duling, “The Toll”, Laguna Beach
Mary Castillo, “2:45 Out of Santa Ana”, Santa Ana
Lawrence Maddox, “Old, Cold Hand”, City of Orange
Dick Lochte, “The Movie Game”, Laguna Niguel
Robert Ward, “Black Star Canyon”, Dana Point
Gary Phillips, “The Performer”, Los Alamitos
Gordon McAlpine, “The Happiest Place”, Anaheim
Martin J. Smith, “Dark Matter”, Balboa Island
Patricia McFall, “On the Night in Question”, Garden Grove
Philadelphia Noir edited by Carlin Romano
Aimee LaBrie, “Princess”, South Philadelphia
Solomon Jones, “Scarred”, Strawberry Mansion
Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool”, West Philadelphia
Keith Gilman, “Devil’s Pocket”, Grays Ferry
Dennis Tafoya, “Above the Imperial”, East Falls
Laura Spagnoli, “A Cut Above”, Rittenhouse Square
Halimah Marcus, “Swimming”, Narberth
Meredith Anthony, “Fishtown Odyssey”, Fishtown
Jim Zervanos, “Your Brother, Who Loves You”, Fairmount
Carlin Romano , “‘Cannot Easy Normal Die’”, University City
Diane Ayres, “Seeing Nothing”, Bella Vista
Duane Swierczynski, “Lonergan’s Girl”, Frankford
Cordelia Frances Biddle, “Reality”, Old City
Gerald Kolpan, “The Ratcatcher”, South Street
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