Sixteen tales that combine the otherworldly with hardboiled crime fictionâfrom Joe R. Lansdale, CaitlĂn R. Kiernan, Paul G. Tremblay, Melanie Tem, and others.
Here are the femme fatales, the tough guys, the down-on-their-luck detectivesâbut with a twist. Collected by Hugo and Bram Stoker Awardâwinning editor Ellen Datlow, these stories of the murderous and macabre will take you onto the dark streets of worlds unlike our own, where the monstrous stalk their prey.
At the behest of a beautiful blonde client, a small-town East Texas private eye is drawn into a case of grave robbing by someoneâor somethingâwith an unholy interest in âDead Sisterâ by Joe R. Lansdale. Elizabeth Bearâs âThe Romanceâ takes partygoers on a wild ride when the centerpiece of a birthday celebration turns out to be a haunted merry-go-round. After robbing a pawnshop, a group of small-time crooks get their shocking comeuppance as they flee the scene in âThe Getawayâ by Paul G. Tremblay. âLittle Shitâ by Melanie Tem follows a college student with a very unique skill set as she makes money on the side taking down criminals.
Supernatural Noir also includes bone-chilling tales from Lucius Shepard, Laird Barron, Brian Evenson, Gregory Frost, Richard Bowes, Jeffrey Ford, Lee Thomas, Tom Piccirilli, Nate Southard, Nick Mamatas, and John Langan.
âThis anthology has some of the most exciting fiction published in 2011. This is fiction that will make you uncomfortable, that will haunt you, that will show up in your dreams. . . . Horrifyingly wonderful.â âFantasy Literature
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