Review: The Definition of Noir
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2013
As all good crime writers know, noir is not hard-boiled, hard-boiled is not noir. In The Raffle, Wayne D. Dundee snags noir with piano wire precision and serves it up with dark, tightly woven prose. This is the very definition, folks.  The story, about a shiftless grifter and his hotty gal pal, is told through rich character interaction and spot-on dialog. It’s easy to see why this short story was included in 100 CROOKED LITTLE CRIME STORIES, a 1990’s print anthology edited by Rober Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, and Martin H. Greenberg. Hard as nails and darkly compelling.