EDEN2129423
Long Island Noir
โ Scribed by Kaylie Jones
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2012;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 652 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"The Shiny Car in the Night" by Nick Mamatas has been selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013 , edited by Otto Penzler and Lisa Scottoline
"There is plenty of mayhem for fans of dark fiction in the pages of Long Island Noir : shootings, killings, all manner of brutality...Suburbia may be even meaner than the big city."
--_The New York Times_
"Akashic's Long Island volume in its regional noir series offers an eclectic and effective mix of seasoned pros (Reed Farrel Coleman, Tim McLoughlin, Sarah Weinman) and new voices (Qanta Ahmed, JZ Holden, Amani Scipio). The 17 contributors portray a wonderful diversity of people driven to extremes . . ."
--_Publishers Weekly_
Original stories by: Jules Feiffer, Matthew McGevna, Nick Mamatas, Kaylie Jones, Qanta Ahmed, Charles Salzberg, Reed Farrel Coleman, Tim McLoughlin, Sarah Weinman, JZ Holden, Richie Narvaez, Sheila Kohler, Jane Ciabattari, Steven...
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