USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series

Robert Ward, “Black Star Canyon”, Dana Point

Gary Phillips, “The Performer”, Los Alamitos

Gordon McAlpine, “The Happiest Place”, Anaheim

Martin J. Smith, “Dark Matter”, Balboa Island

Patricia McFall, “On the Night in Question”, Garden Grove

Philadelphia Noir edited by Carlin Romano

Aimee LaBrie, “Princess”, South Philadelphia

Solomon Jones, “Scarred”, Strawberry Mansion

Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool”, West Philadelphia

Keith Gilman, “Devil’s Pocket”, Grays Ferry

Dennis Tafoya, “Above the Imperial”, East Falls

Laura Spagnoli, “A Cut Above”, Rittenhouse Square

Halimah Marcus, “Swimming”, Narberth

Meredith Anthony, “Fishtown Odyssey”, Fishtown

Jim Zervanos, “Your Brother, Who Loves You”, Fairmount

Carlin Romano , “‘Cannot Easy Normal Die’”, University City

Diane Ayres, “Seeing Nothing”, Bella Vista

Duane Swierczynski, “Lonergan’s Girl”, Frankford

Cordelia Frances Biddle, “Reality”, Old City

Gerald Kolpan, “The Ratcatcher”, South Street

Cary Holladay, “Ghost Walk”, Chestnut Hill

Phoenix Noir edited by Patrick Millikin

Jon Talton, “Bull”, Downtown

Charles Kelly, “The Eighth Deadly Sin”, Hassayampa Valley

Diana Gabaldon, “Dirty Scottsdale”, Desert Botanical Garden

Robert Anglen, “Growing Back”, Apache Junction

Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”, Paradise Valley

Lee Child, “Public Transportation”, Chandler

Patrick Millikin, “Devil Doll”, Tovrea Castle

Laura Tohe, “Tom Snag”, Indian School Road

James Sallis, “Others of My Kind”, Glendale

Kurt Reichenbaugh, “Valerie”, Grand Avenue

Gary Phillips, “Blazin’ on Broadway”, South Phoenix

Megan Abbott, “It’s Like a Whisper”, Scottsdale

David Corbett, “Dead by Christmas”, Tempe

Don Winslow, “Whiteout on Van Buren”, Van Buren Strip

Dogo Barry Graham, “By the Time He Got to Phoenix”, Christown

Stella Pope Duarte, “Confession”, Harmon Park

Pittsburgh Noir edited by Kathleen George

Lila Shaara, “Atom Smasher”, Forest Hills

Terrance Hayes, “Still Air”, East Liberty

Stewart O’Nan, “Duplex”, Bloomfield

Nancy Martin, “Pray for Rain”, Highland Park

Paul Lee, “A Minor Extinction”, Carrick

K.C. Constantine, “When Johnny Came Shuffling Home”, McKees Rocks

Kathleen George, “Intruder”, Schenley Farms

Rebecca Drake, “Loaded”, Fox Chapel

Carlos Antonio Delgado, “Far Beneath”, Morningside

Hilary Masters, “At the Buena Vista”, Mexican War Streets

Kathryn Miller Haines, “Homecoming”, Wilkinsburg

Aubrey Hirsch, “Cheater”, Squirrel Hill

Tom Lipinski, “Key Drop”, Lawrenceville

Reginald McKnight, “Overheard”, Homewood

Portland Noir edited by Kevin Sampsell

Karen Karbo, “The Clown and Bard”, SE Twenty-Eighth Avenue

Luciana Lopez, “Julia Now”, St. Johns

Ariel Gore, “Water under the Bridge”, Clinton

Floyd Skloot, “Alzheimer’s Noir”, Oaks Bottom

Dan DeWeese, “The Sleeper”, Highway 30

Jonathan Selwood, “The Wrong House”, Mount Tabor

Monica Drake, “Baby, I’m Here”, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital

Bill Cameron, “Coffee, Black”, Seven Corners

Jamie S. Rich & Joëlle Jones “Gone Doggy Gone”, Montgomery Park

Jess Walter, “Virgo”, Pearl District

Chris A. Bolton, “The Red Room”, Powell’s City of Books

Justin Hocking, “Burnside Forever”, Burnside Skatepark

Zoe Trope, “Hummingbird”, SE Eighty-Second Avenue

Gigi Little, “Shanghaied”, Old Town

Megan Kruse, “Lila”, Powell Boulevard

Kimberly Warner-Cohen, “People Are Strange”, Sandy Boulevard

Queens Noir edited by Robert Knightly

Maggie Estep, “Alice Fantastic”, Aqueduct Racetrack

Denis Hamill, “Under the Throgs Neck Bridge”, Bayside

Jill Eisenstadt, “Golden Venture”, The Rockaways

Joseph Guglielmelli, “Buckner’s Error”, Shea Stadium

Patricia King, “Baggage Claim”, JFK Airport

Kim Sykes, “Arrivederci, Aldo”, Long Island City

Megan Abbott, “Hollywood Lanes”, Forest Hills

Mary Byrne, “Only the Strong Survive”, Astoria

Robert Knightly, “First Calvary”, Blissville

Alan Gordon, “Bottom of the Sixth”, Rego Park

Victoria Eng, “The Flower of Flushing”, Flushing

Stephen Solomita, “Crazy Jill Saves the Slinky”, College Point

Tori Carrington, “Last Stop, Ditmars”, Ditmars

Shailly Agnihotri, “Avoid Agony”, Jackson Heights

k.j.a. Wishnia, “Viernes Loco”, Corona

Glenville Lovell, “Out of Body”, South Jamaica

Liz Martínez, “Lights Out for Frankie”, Woodside

Jillian Abbott , “Jihad Sucks; or, The Conversion of the Jews”, Richmond Hill

Belinda Farley, “The Investigation”, Jamaica

Richmond Noir edited by Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry & Tom De Haven

Pir Rothenberg, “The Rose Red Vial”, Museum District

David L. Robbins, “Homework”, East End

Mina Beverly, “Gaia”, Providence Park

Dennis Danvers, “Texas Beach”, Texas Beach

Clay McLeod Chapman, “The Battle of Belle Isle”, Belle Isle

X.C. Atkins, “A Late-Night Fishing Trip”, Oregon Hill

Laura Browder, “The Heart Is a Strange Muscle”, Church Hill

Dean King, “The Fall Lines”, Shockoe Slip

Tom De Haven, “Playing with DaBlonde”, Manchester

Anne Thomas Soffee, “Midnight at the Oasis”, Jefferson Davis Highway

Meagan J. Saunders, “Untitled”, Jackson Ward

Conrad Ashley Persons, “Marco’s Broken English”, West End