Detroit Noir

the long version

Stories by: Joyce Carol Oates, Loren D. Estleman, P.J. Parrish, Nisi Shawl, Craig Holden, Craig Bernier, Desiree Cooper, Melissa Preddy, E.J. Olsen, Joe Boland, Megan Abbott, Dorene O'Brien, Lolita Hernandez, Peter Markus, Roger K. Johnson, and Michael Zadoorian.Detroit Noir is a snapshot of a city in darkness. This collection presents a multifaceted vision of a seedy metropolis where crime beckons and repels, where honest work can provide salvation or grueling dissolution, where the guilty and the innocent share both desperation and determination.From hard-edged crime stories in the classic style to sharply etched visions of ordinary lives in crisis, from lucid descriptions of men and women anchored to simple truths to spellbinding visions of those who live on the edge of chaos, Detroit Noir captures the dark vitality of a wounded city that stubbornly refuses to die.