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“Gateway to the Stars” by Matthew McGevna (from Long Island Noir)

Gateway to the Stars by Matthew McGevna Mastic Beach, Long Island (from Long Island Noir) Great with fear, Nick was deliberate about getting out of his car just as the policeman had told him. The order came after Nick was ordered to cut the engine because the noise from his broken muffler was “waking up […]

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“Pot Luck” by Lisa Allen-Agostini (from Trinidiad Noir)

She always left him, wandering off like a cat without provocation or explanation, returning just as suddenly and without comment after a day or a week or a month. He loved her, but it was hard to keep track of where he stood in her life. He kept her clothes neatly stacked in a chest of drawers and hoped for the best . . .

Montana Noir – Volumes Bookcafe, Chicago, IL

Date: September, 19 2017

Join Chicago editor and author Keir Graff to celebrate the release of his latest venture, MONTANA NOIR, an anthology of original crime fiction set in Graff’s home state. Co-edited with James Grady (author of the iconic SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR) and published by Brooklyn’s Akashic Books, MONTANA NOIR features 14 original short stories by […]

Santa Cruz Noir — Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

Date: October, 13 2018

A Santa Cruz Noir Writing Workshop at Café Charla with editor Susie Bright and contributors Maceo Montoya, Margaret Elysia Gacia, and Dillon Kaiser. La siréna, El camarón, y La escalera: What’s it like to write noir genre novels, scripts, and stories—with voices who are rarely seen in the mainstream? Free, open to the public.