Mississippi noir
By: edited by Tom Franklin
Series: Akashic noir series; Akashic noir series
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781617752285; 9781617754722
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
Description: Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies...Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. -- Publisher's website.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Tom Franklin -- Part I: Conquest & revenge.; title: Combustible  -- Ace Atkins; title: Lord of Madison County  -- Jimmy Cajoleas; title: Losing her religion  -- RaShell R. Smith-Spears; title: Most things haven't worked out  -- William Boyle -- Part II: Wayward youth.; title: Uphill  -- Mary Miller; title: Boy and girl games like coupling  -- Jamie Paige; title: Oxford girl  -- Megan Abbott; title: Digits  -- Michael Kardos -- Part III: Bloodlines.; title: Moonface  -- Andrew Paul; title: God's gonna trouble the water  -- Dominiqua Dickey; title: My dear, my one true love  -- Lee Durkee; title: Hero  -- Michael Farris Smith -- Part IV: Skipping town.; title: Pit stop  -- John M. Floyd; title: Anglers of the keep  -- Robert Busby; title: Jerry Lewis  -- Jack Pendarvis; title: Cheap suitcase and a new town -- Chris Offutt.