“Sophie Wins” by Michael Morshed
After writing a suicide letter addressed to her fiancé, Sophie tooted three fat lines of heroin, then downed some pills just to make sure . . .
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“Blomfeldt’s Paperboy” by Jeff Esterholm
Blomfeldt, who would die across the bay in a Duluth hospice at the age of eighty-two, first had the dream in 1966, when he was still a detective with the Superior Police Department. The dream skipped back through the years like a needle in the groove at the end of an LP—the tone arm failing to automatically lift, the thup-thup sound—and he was back in the head of Patrick Severson, the fourteen-year-old paperboy . . .
“Inspiration” by C. Mundie
“Will you stop swearing?” yelled the father . . .
Hear Katia D. Ulysse Read “Take a Picture”
To celebrate the release of Drifting, we’re pleased to feature an audio recording of “Take a Picture” read by author Katia D. Ulysse.
“Chasing” by Carly Milne
I didn’t know he was hooked on smack when I moved in. That confession came two nights later . . .
Joyce Carol Oates’s Introduction to Prison Noir
To celebrate the release of Prison Noir, the latest in Akashic’s Noir Series, we’re pleased to bring you this decidedly dark sample from the anthology: editor Joyce Carol Oates’s introduction, “Seeds for Next Year.”
“Tiburon, CA” by George Masters
Tedesco was dead, frozen and wrapped in a tarp in the back of the Chevy Suburban when Berlin stopped for coffee in Tiburon . . .
Review: Eleven Days by Stav Sherez
Akashic intern Maria Whelan reviews Eleven Days by Stav Sherez (Faber & Faber).