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Dashiell Hammett and William Vollman are just two treats in this stellar sequel to the smash-hit original volume of San Francisco Noir.

Classic reprints from: Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, William Vollmann, Fletcher Flora, Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Janet Dawson, Oscar Penaranda, Seth Morgan, Craig Clevenger, and others.

The romantic "city by the bay" is blasted by yet another crime spree as San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics picks up where its predecessor left off. Join some of the great storytellers of the past as they conspire with contemporary noir virtuosos to showcase the city's criminal legacy. From Wild West outpost to dystopian cosmopolis, San Francisco is exposed in all its treacherous glory. Visit a sinister landscape populated by the possessed, the dispossessed, and the wandering ghosts of days gone by.

Past meets present as Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, and Fletcher Flora team up with Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Janet Dawson, Oscar Penaranda, Seth Morgan, Craig Clevenger, and others, to present short stories that will shake the city to its dark core.

Peter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He's been known to occasionally moonlight with private investigators.

Praise for the first San Francisco Noir anthology:

"This is one book that should come with a scrip for Valium. If you do not feel jumpy after reading San Francisco Noir, you did not read it."
--San Francisco Chronicle

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

PART I: BARBAROUS COAST
"A Watcher By the Dead" AMBROSE BIERCE (North Beach 1889)
"The Thrid Circle" FRANK NORRIS (Chinatown 1897)
"The Black Hole of San Francsico" MARK TWAIN (Portsmouth Square 1865)
"South of the Slot" JACK LONDON (South of Market 1909)

PART II: SHADOWS IN THE FOG
"The Scorced Face" DASHIELL HAMMETT (Telegraph Hill 1925) "The Collector Comes After Payday" FLETCHER FLORA (Lower Market Street 1953)
"Souls Burning" BILL PRONZINI (Civic Center 1991)
"The Second Coming" JOE GORES (San Quentin 1966)
"Knives in the Dark" DON HERRON (Nob Hill 2002)

PART III: ISLE OF BROKEN DREAMS
"Christ Walked Down Market Street" ERNEST J. GAINES (Market Street 2005)
"Deceptions" MARCIA MULLER (Golden Gate Bridge 1987)
"The King Butcher of Bristol Bay" OSCAR PENARANDA (Manilatown 2004)
"Invisible Time" JANET DAWSON (Union Square 1998)

PART IV: DESOLATION ANGELS
"Street Court" SETH MORGAN (Outer Mission 1990)
"The Numbers Game" CRAIG CLEVENGER (The Sunset 2009)
"The Woman Who Laughed" WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN (Tenderloin 1989)
"Ash" JOHN SHIRLEY (The Mission 1991)