Kenneth Wishnia, “Blood Drive”, Port Jefferson Station
Amani Scipio, “Jabo’s”, Bridgehampton
Tim Tomlinson, “Snow Job”, Wading River
Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive”, Mulholland Drive
Naomi Hirahara, “Number 19”, Koreatown
Emory Holmes II, “Dangerous Days”, Leimert Park
Denise Hamilton, “Midnight in Silicon Valley”, San Marino
Janet Fitch, “The Method”, Los Feliz
Patt Morrison, “Morocco Junction 90210”, Beverly Hills
Christopher Rice, “Over Thirty”, West Hollywood
Héctor Tobar, “Once More, Lazarus”, East Hollywood
Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”, Downtown
Jim Pascoe, “The Kidnapper Bell”, Los Angeles River
Neal Pollack, “City of Commerce”, Commerce
Lienna Silver, “Fish”, Fairfax District
Gary Phillips, “Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave”, Mid-City
Scott Phillips, “The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones”, Pacific Palisades
Brian Ascalon Roley, “Kinship”, Mar Vista
Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In”, Belmont Shore
Diana Wagman, “What You See”, Westchester
Charles Ardai, “The Good Samaritan”, Midtown
Carol Lea Benjamin, “The Last Supper”, Greenwich Village
Lawrence Block, “If You Can’t Stand the Heat”, Clinton
Thomas H. Cook, “Rain”, Battery Park
Jeffery Deaver, “A Nice Place to Visit”, Hell’s Kitchen
Jim Fusilli, “The Next Best Thing”, George Washington Bridge
Robert Knightly, “Take the Man’s Pay”, Garment District
John Lutz, “The Laundry Room”, Upper West Side
Liz Martínez, “Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel”, Washington Heights
Maan Meyers, “The Organ Grinder”, Lower East Side
Martin Meyers , “Why Do They Have to Hit?” , Yorkville
S.J. Rozan, “Building”, Harlem
Justin Scott, “The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York”, Chelsea
C.J. Sullivan, “The Last Round”, Inwood
Xu Xi, “Crying with Audrey Hepburn”, Times Square
James W. Hall, “Ride Along”, Coconut Grove
Christine Kling, “Dead Storage”, County Line
George Tucker, “Silence of the Stone Age”, North Miami
Kevin Allen, “Sawyers”, Perrine
Anthony Dale Gagliano, “Blown Away”, Homestead
Tom Corcoran, “One Man’s Ceiling”, Card Sound
Paul Levine, “Solomon & Lord Drop Anchor”, Florida Straits
David Beaty, “The Last of Lord Jitters”, South Miami
John Dufresne, “The Timing of Unfelt Smiles”, Sunny Isles
Vicki Hendricks, “Boozanne, Lemme Be”, Miami Beach
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, “The Recipe”, Downtown
John Bond, “T-bird”, Miami River
Preston L. Allen, “Swap Out”, Miami-Dade Correctional Center
Lynne Barrett, “The Noir Boudoir”, Upper Eastside
Barbara Parker, “Machete”, Biscayne Bay
Jeffrey Wehr, “The Swimmers”, South Beach
S.A. Solomon, “Live for Today”, University Heights, Newark
Lou Manfredo, “Soul Anatomy”, Whitman Park, Camden
S.J. Rozan, “New Day Newark”, Central Ward, Newark
C.K. Williams, “Newark Black: 1940–1954”, Vailsburg, Newark
Jonathan Santlofer, “Lola”, Hoboken
Bradford Morrow, “The Enigma of Grover’s Mill”, Grover’s Mill
Gerald Stern, “Broken Glass”, Mickle Street, Camden
Sheila Kohler, “Wunderlich”, Montclair
Richard Burgin, “Atlantis”, Atlantic City
Alicia Ostriker, “August: Feeding Frenzy”, Jersey Shore
Hirsh Sawhney, “A Bag for Nicholas”, Jersey City
Jeffrey Ford, “Glass Eels”, Dividing Creek
B. Malzberg & B. Pronzini, “Meadowlands Spike”, Rutherford
Robert Arellano, “Kettle Run”, Cherry Hill
Paul Muldoon, “Noir, NJ”, Paramus
Jonathan Safran Foer, “Too Near Real”, Princeton
E. White & M. Carroll, “Excavation”, Asbury Park
Robert Pinsky, “Long Branch Underground”, Long Branch
Joyce Carol Oates, “Run Kiss Daddy”, Kittatinny Mountains
Ted O’Brien , “What’s the Score?”, Mid-City
Patty Friedmann, “Two-Story Brick Houses”, Uptown
Tim McLoughlin, “Scared Rabbit”, Irish Channel
Olympia Vernon, “Schevoski”, University District
David Fulmer, “Algiers”, Algiers
Laura Lippman, “Pony Girl”, Tremé
Jervey Tervalon, “The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi”, Seventh Ward
James Nolan, “Open Mike”, French Quarter
Kalamu ya Salaam, “All I Could Do Was Cry”, Lower Ninth Ward
Barbara Hambly, “There Shall Your Heart Be Also”, The Swamp
Maureen Tan, “Muddy Pond”, Village de l’Est
Thomas Adcock, “Lawyers’ Tongues”, Gentilly
Jeri Cain Rossi, “And Hell Walked In”, Bywater
Christine Wiltz, “Night Taxi”, Lakeview
Greg Herren, “Annunciation Shotgun”, Lower Garden District
Julie Smith, “Loot”, Garden District
Ace Atkins, “Angola South”, Loyola Avenue
Eric Overmyer, “Marigny Triangle”, Faubourg Marigny
Susan Straight, “Bee Canyon”, Santa Ana Narrows
Robert S. Levinson, “Down in Capistrano”, San Juan Capistrano
Rob Roberge, “Diverters”, Tustin
Nathan Walpow, “A Good Day’s Work”, Seal Beach
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, “Crazy for You”, Costa Mesa
Dan Duling, “The Toll”, Laguna Beach
Mary Castillo, “2:45 Out of Santa Ana”, Santa Ana
Lawrence Maddox, “Old, Cold Hand”, City of Orange
Dick Lochte, “The Movie Game”, Laguna Niguel