Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers

Edited by: Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates pulls out all the stops in this chilling female-centric noir collection featuring brand-new writing from Margaret Atwood, Aimee Bender, Edwidge Danticat, and more.

A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authors—including Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, and Megan Abbott—to explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror

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Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer

By: Joyce Carol Oates and Greg Johnson

Forthcoming: 3/5/24

This rich compilation of Joyce Carol Oates’s letters across four decades displays her warmth and generosity, her droll and sometimes wicked sense of humor, her phenomenal energy, and most of all, her mastery of the lost art of letter writing

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before March 5, 2024.

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New Jersey Noir

Edited by: Joyce Carol Oates

Jonathan Safran Foer and Robert Pinsky join Joyce Carol Oates and other illustrious writers to sift through the hidden dirt of the Garden State.

Prison Noir

Edited by: Joyce Carol Oates

A completely new, fresh, and frightening take on “prison literature.”

Boston Noir & Boston Noir 2: The Complete Set

Edited by: Dennis Lehane

Boston Noir & Boston Noir 2: The Complete Set combines all twenty-five stories from Lehane’s two Boston Noir volumes into a single digital edition.

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Boston Noir 2: The Classics

Edited by: Dennis Lehane, Mary Cotton and Jaime Clarke

Dennis Lehane returns to coedit, with Cotton & Clarke, the sequel to the best-selling evergreen anthology Boston Noir, culling classic stories from the city’s dark literary legacy.

Buffalo Noir

Edited by: Ed Park and Brigid Hughes

Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, and others present original stories from the dark side of New York’s second biggest city.

Detroit Noir

Edited by: E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking

Motor City’s finest literary talents—including Oates, Estleman, Holden, and Parrish—offer a shadowed spectrum of gripping, haunted visions.

Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics

Edited by: Lawrence Block

Following the commercial success of the original Manhattan Noir, mystery titan Lawrence Block explores the historic literary roots of this dark island.

The Marijuana Chronicles

Edited by: Jonathan Santlofer

Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Linda Yablonsky, and others take short fiction to a higher level (though they don’t inhale).

The Nicotine Chronicles

Edited by: Lee Child

Lee Child recruits Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Cara Black, and others to reveal nicotine’s scintillating alter egos.
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USA Noir

Edited by: Johnny Temple

The best USA-based stories in the Akashic noir series, compiled into one volume and edited by Johnny Temple!