A collection of twenty-five original female noir stories by some of today’s top crime writers, including Vicki Hendricks, Sara Gran, Christa Faust, Naomi Hirahara, Charlie Huston, and more. Includes a special fifty-page appendix of essays on female noir pioneers.
Awards include:
Daniel Woodrell’s “Uncle”—Nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards
Cornelia Read’s “Hungry Enough”—Winner of the Shamus Award
Contents:
It's too late, baby by Annette Myers
High yellow by Libby Fischer Hellmann
The kiss of death by Rebecca Pawel
Blue vandas by Lynne Barrett
Served cold by Zoë Sharp
The chirashi covenant by Naomi Hirahara
The token booth clerk by Sara Gran
The big O by Vicki Hendricks
School girl by Lisa Respers France
Nora B. by Ken Bruen
Bumping uglies by Donna Moore
Call me, I'm dying by Allan Guthrie
Everybody loves somebody by Sandra Scoppettone
Hungry enough by Cornelia Read
Sunny Second Street by Charlotte Carter
Interrogation B by Charlie Huston
The end of Indian summer by Stona Fitch
Blooming by Sarah Weinman
Round heels by Vin Packer
Cherish by Alison Gaylin
Cutman by Christa Faust
The grand inquisitor by Eddie Muller
Uncle by Daniel Woodrell
Undocumented by SJ Rozan
Appendix : women in the dark
A collection of twenty-five original female noir stories by some of today’s top crime writers, including Vicki Hendricks, Sara Gran, Christa Faust, Naomi Hirahara, Charlie Huston, and more. Includes a special fifty-page appendix of essays on female noir pioneers.
Awards include:
Daniel Woodrell’s “Uncle”—Nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards
Cornelia Read’s “Hungry Enough”—Winner of the Shamus Award
Contents:
It's too late, baby by Annette Myers
High yellow by Libby Fischer Hellmann
The kiss of death by Rebecca Pawel
Blue vandas by Lynne Barrett
Served cold by Zoë Sharp
The chirashi covenant by Naomi Hirahara
The token booth clerk by Sara Gran
The big O by Vicki Hendricks
School girl by Lisa Respers France
Nora B. by Ken Bruen
Bumping uglies by Donna Moore
Call me, I'm dying by Allan Guthrie
Everybody loves somebody by Sandra Scoppettone
Hungry enough by Cornelia Read
Sunny Second Street by Charlotte Carter
Interrogation B by Charlie Huston
The end of Indian summer by Stona Fitch
Blooming by Sarah Weinman
Round heels by Vin Packer
Cherish by Alison Gaylin
Cutman by Christa Faust
The grand inquisitor by Eddie Muller
Uncle by Daniel Woodrell
Undocumented by SJ Rozan
Appendix : women in the dark