Richmond Noir
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NEW ORLEANS NOIR
edited by Julie Smith
300 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95
Brand-new stories by: Ace Atkins, Laura Lippman, Patty Friedmann, Barbara Hambly, Tim McLoughlin, Olympia Vernon, Jervey Tervalon, Christine Wiltz, Greg Herren, Julie Smith, and others.
“The excellent twelfth entry in Akashic’s city-specific noir series illustrates the diversity of the chosen locale with eighteen previously unpublished short stories from authors both well known and emerging.”—Publishers Weekly
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword by Tom Robbins
Introduction
PART I: NEVERMORE
PIR ROTHENBERG
The Rose Red Vial
DAVID L. ROBBINS
Homework
MINA BEVERLY
Gaia
DENNIS DANVERS
Texas Beach
PART II: NUMBERS
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
The Battle of Belle Isle
X.C. ATKINS
A Late-Night Fishing Trip
LAURA BROWDER
The Heart Is a Strange Muscle
DEAN KING
The Fall Lines
PART III: NEUROSIS
TOM DE HAVEN
Playing with DaBlonde
ANNE THOMAS SOFFEE
Midnight at the Oasis
MEAGAN J. SAUNDERS
Untitled
CONRAD ASHLEY PERSONS
Marco’s Broken English
PART IV: NONSUCH
HOWARD OWEN
The Thirteenth Floor
HERMINE PINSON
Mr. Not
CLINT MCCOWN
The Apprentice
Editors’ Acknowledgments
About the Contributors