St. Louis noir
By: edited by Scott Phillips
Series: Akashic noir series; Akashic noir series
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781617752988
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories; Short stories; Fiction
Description: Presents a collection of short stories featuring noir and crime fiction about St. Louis by such authors as Colleen J. McElroy, Laura Benedict, and Chris Barsanti.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Scott Phillips -- Part I: The city.; title: Abandoned places  -- S.L. Coney; title: Deserted cities of the heart  -- Paul D. Marks; title: Blues for the River City   -- Colleen J. McElroy; title: Fool's luck  -- La Velle Wilkins-Chin; title: Attrition  -- Calvin Wilson; title: Tracks  -- Jason Makansi -- Part II: A poetic interlude.; title: Four St. Louis poems  -- Michael Castro -- Part III: The county.; title: A paler shade of death  -- Laura Benedict; title: Have you seen me?  -- Jedidiah Ayres; title: A St. Louis Christmas  -- Umar Lee; title: The pillbox  -- Chris Barsanti; title: The brick wall  -- Lohn Lutz -- Part IV: Across the river.; title: Tell them your name is Barbara  -- L.J. Smith; title: One little Goddamn thing -- Scott Phillips.