USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series

About the Akashic Noir Series

Following are the full contributor lists to the original Akashic Noir Series volumes represented in USA Noir. Included are the author, title, and location for each story, and they are listed in the order they first appeared.

Laura Lippman, “Easy As A-B-C”, Locust Point

Robert Ward, “Fat Chance”, Old Northwood

Jack Bludis, “Pigtown Will Shine Tonight”, Pigtown

Rob Hiaasen, “Over My Dead Body”, Fell’s Point

Rafael Alvarez, “The Invisible Man”, Highlandtown

David Simon, “Stainless Steel”, Sandtown-Winchester

Marcia Talley, “Home Movies”, Little Italy

Joseph Wallace, “Liminal”, Security Boulevard-Woodlawn

Lisa Respers France, “Almost Missed It By a Hair”, Howard Park

Charlie Stella, “Ode to the O’s”, Memorial Stadium

Sarah Weinman, “Don’t Walk in Front of Me”, Pikesville

Dan Fesperman, “As Seen on TV”, Fells Point

Tim Cockey, “The Haunting of Slink Ridgely”, Greenspring Valley

Jim Fusilli, “The Homecoming”, Camden Yards

Ben Neihart, “Frog Cycle”, Inner Harbor

Sujata Massey , “Goodwood Gardens”, Roland Park

Lynne Heitman, “Exit Interview”, Financial District

Dennis Lehane, “Animal Rescue”, Dorchester

Jim Fusilli, “The Place Where He Belongs”, Beacon Hill

Patricia Powell, “Dark Waters”, Watertown

Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”, North End

Brendan DuBois, “The Dark Island”, Boston Harbor

Stewart O’Nan, “The Reward”, Brookline

John Dufresne, “The Cross-Eyed Bear”, Southie

Don Lee, “The Oriental Hair Poets”, Cambridge

J. Itabari Njeri, “The Collar”, Roxbury

Russ Aborn, “Turn Speed”, North Quincy

Jerome Charyn, “White Trash”, Claremont/Concourse

Terrence Cheng, “Gold Mountain”, Lehman College

Joanne Dobson, “Hey, Girlie”, Sedgwick Avenue

Rita Lakin, “The Woman Who Hated the Bronx”, Elder Avenue

Lawrence Block, “Rude Awakening”, Riverdale

Suzanne Chazin, “Burnout”, Jerome Avenue

Kevin Baker, “The Cheers Like Waves”, Yankee Stadium

Abraham Rodriguez Jr., “Jaguar”, South Bronx

Steven Torres, “Early Fall”, Hunts Point

S.J. Rozan, “Hothouse”, Botanical Garden

Thomas Bentil, “Lost and Found”, Rikers Island

Marlon James, “Look What Love Is Doing to Me”, Williamsbridge

Sandra Kitt, “Home Sweet Home”, City Island

Robert J. Hughes, “A Visit to St. Nick’s”, Fordham Road

Miles Marshall Lewis, “Numbers Up”, Baychester

Joseph Wallace, “The Big Five”, Bronx Zoo

Ed Dee, “Ernie K.’s Gelding”, Van Cortlandt Park

Patrick W. Picciarelli, “The Prince of Arthur Avenue”, Arthur Avenue

Thomas Adcock , “You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy?” , Courthouse

Pete Hamill, “The Book Signing”, Park Slope

Pearl Abraham, “Hasidic Noir”, Williamsburg

Sidney Offit, “No Time for Senior’s”, Downtown

Tim McLoughlin, “When All This Was Bay Ridge”, Sunset Park

Ellen Miller, “Practicing”, Canarsie

Adam Mansbach, “Crown Heist”, Crown Heights

Arthur Nersesian, “Hunter/Trapper”, Brooklyn Heights

Nelson George, “New Lots Avenue”, Brownsville

Neal Pollack, “Scavenger Hunt”, Coney Island

Norman Kelley, “The Code”, Prospect Heights

Thomas Morrissey, “Can’t Catch Me”, Bay Ridge

Lou Manfredo, “Case Closed”, Bensonhurst

Luciano Guerriero, “Eating Italian”, Red Hook

Kenji Jasper, “Thursday”, Bed-Stuyvesant

Robert Knightly, “One More for the Road”, Greenpoint

Maggie Estep, “Triple Harrison”, East New York

Ken Bruen, “Fade to… Brooklyn”, Galway, Ireland

Nicole Blackman, “Dumped”, Fort Greene

C.J. Sullivan, “Slipping into Darkness”, Bushwick

Chris Niles, “Ladies’ Man”, Brighton Beach

William Hastings, “Ten-Year Plan”, Falmouth

Elyssa East, “Second Chance”, Buzzards Bay

Dana Cameron, “Ardent”, Eastham

Paul Tremblay, “Nineteen Snapshots of Dennisport”, Dennisport

Adam Mansbach, “Variations on a Fifty-Pound Bale”, Martha’s Vineyard

Seth Greenland, “Bad Night in Hyannisport”, Hyannisport

Lizzie Skurnick, “Spectacle Pond”, Wellfleet

David L. Ulin, “La Jetée”, Harwichport

Kaylie Jones, “The Occidental Tourist”, Dennis

Fred G. Leebron, “The Exchange Student”, Provincetown

Ben Greenman, “Viva Regina”, Woods Hole

Dave Zeltserman, “When Death Shines Bright”, Sandwich

Jedediah Berry, “Twenty-Eight Scenes for Neglected Guests”, Yarmouth

Luciano Guerriero, “Goodnight Chicago and Amen”, 99th & Drexel

Bayo Ojikutu, “The Gospel of Moral Ends”, 77th & Jeffery

Peter Orner, “Dear Mr. Kleczka”, 54th & Blackstone

Jeffery Renard Allen, “The Near Remote”, 35th & Michigan

Achy Obejas, “Destiny Returns”, 26th & Kedvale

Claire Zulkey, “The Great Billik”, 19th & Sacramento

Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski “Maximillian”, 18th & Allport

Andrew Ervin, “All Happy Families”, Canal & Jackson

M.K. Meyers, “Monkey Head”, Grand & Western

Kevin Guilfoile, “Zero Zero Day”, Grand & Racine

Todd Dills, “Arcadia”, Chicago & Noble

C.J. Sullivan, “Alex Pinto Hears the Bell”, North & Troy

Daniel Buckman, “Pure Products”, Roscoe & Claremont

Amy Sayre-Roberts, “Death Mouth”, Roscoe & Broadway

Joe Meno, “Like a Rocket With a Beat”, Lawrence & Broadway

Neal Pollack, “Marty’s Drink or Die Club”, Clark & Foster

Adam Langer, “Bobby Kagan Knows Everything”, Albion & Whipple

Jim Arndorfer, “The Oldest Rivalry”, I-94, Lake Forest Oasis

George Pelecanos, “The Confidential Informant”, Park View, NW

Kenji Jasper, “First”, Benning Heights, SE

Jim Patton, “Capital of the World”, Chinatown, NW

Richard Currey, “The Names of the Lost”, Shepherd Park, NW

Jennifer Howard, “East of the Sun”, Hill East, SE

Robert Andrews, “Solomon’s Alley”, Georgetown, NW

Robert Wisdom, “The Light and the Dark”, Petworth, NW

Laura Lippman, “A.R.M. and the Woman”, Chevy Chase, NW

Quintin Peterson, “Cold as Ice”, Congress Heights, SE/SW

Lester Irby, “God Don’t Like Ugly”, Edgewood, NE

Ruben Castaneda, “Coyote Hunt”, Mount Pleasant, NW

Jim Beane, “Jeanette”, Deanwood, NE

James Grady, “The Bottom Line”, Capitol Hill, NE/SE

David Slater, “Stiffed”, Thomas Circle, NW

Norman Kelley, “The Messenger of Soulsville”, Cardozo, NW

Jim Fusilli, “The Dupe”, K Street, NW

Loren D. Estleman, “Kill the Cat”, Rivertown

P.J. Parrish, “Pride”, Brush Park

Joyce Carol Oates, “Panic”, Chrysler Freeway

Nisi Shawl, “Little Horses”, Belle Isle

Craig Holden, “Red Quarters”, Hamtramck

Craig Bernier, “Migration”, Rouge Foundry

Desiree Cooper, “Night Coming”, Palmer Woods

Melissa Preddy, “The Coffee Break”, Grandmont-Rosedale

E.J. Olsen, “Snow Angel”, Grand Circus Park

Joe Boland, “The Night Watchman Is Asleep”, Downtown

Megan Abbott, “Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening”, Alter Road

Dorene O’Brien, “Honesty above All Else”, Corktown

Lolita Hernandez, “Over the Belle Isle Boundary”, East Grand Boulevard

Peter Markus, “The Dead Man’s Boat”, Delray

Roger K. Johnson, “Hey Love”, New Center

Michael Zadoorian, “The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit”, Woodward Avenue

Joseph Bruchac, “Helper”, Adirondacks, New York

Jean Rae Baxter, “Osprey Lake”, Eastern Woodlands, Canada

Gerard Houarner, “Dead Medicine Snake Woman”, New York, New York

Melissa Yi, “Indian Time”, Ontario, Canada

A.A. HedgeCoke, “On Drowning Pond”, Charlotte, North Carolina

Mistina Bates, “Daddy’s Girl”, Memphis, Tennessee

O’Neil De Noux, “The Raven and the Wolf”, New Orleans, Louisiana

R. Narvaez, “Juracán”, San Juan, Puerto Rico

David Cole, “JaneJohnDoe.com”, Tucson, Arizona

Leonard Schonberg, “Lame Elk”, Ashland, Montana

Reed Farrel Coleman, “Another Role”, Los Angeles, California

Lawrence Block, “Getting Lucky”, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Liz Martínez, “Prowling Wolves”, Chicago, Illinois

Kimberly Roppolo, “Quilt like a Night Sky”, Alberta, Canada

J. Malcolm Garcia, “Missing Gene”, Troost Lake

Kevin Prufer, “Cat in a Box”, Country Club Plaza

Grace Suh, “Mission Hills Confidential”, Mission Hills

Daniel Woodrell, “Come Murder Me Next, Babe”, 12th Street

Matthew Eck, “The Softest Crime”, 41st and Walnut

Philip Stephens, “You Shouldn’t Be Here”, Midtown

Catherine Browder, “The Incident”, Northeast

Linda Rodriguez, “The Good Neighbor”, South Troost

John Lutz, “Thelma and Laverne”, West 8th Street

Nancy Pickard, “Lightbulb”, The Paseo

Andrés Rodríguez, “Yesterdays”, Milton’s Tap Room

Mitch Brian, “Last Night at the Rialto”, The Celluloid City

Nadia Pflaum, “Charlie Price’s Last Supper”, 18th and Vine

Phong Nguyen, “The Pendergast Musket”, West Bottoms

John O’Brien, “The Tik”, Scotch 80s

David Corbett, “Pretty Little Parasite”, Fremont

Tod Goldberg, “Mitzvah”, Summerlin

Scott Phillips, “Babs”, Naked City

Vu Tran, “This or Any Desert”, Chinatown

Pablo Medina, “Benny Rojas and the Rough Riders”, West Las Vegas

Christine McKellar, “Bits and Pieces”, Green Valley

Preston L. Allen, “Crip”, Nellis

Lori Kozlowski, “Three Times a Night, Every Other Night”, North Las Vegas

Jaq Greenspon, “Disappear”, Sunset Park

José Skinner, “All About Balls”, East Las Vegas

Nora Pierce, “Atomic City”, Test Site

Celeste Starr, “Dirty Blood”, Pahrump

Bliss Esposito, “Guns Don’t Kill People”, Centennial Hills

Felicia Campbell, “Murder Is Academic”, Mount Charleston

Janet Berliner, “The Road to Rachel”, Area 51

Lisa Sandlin, “Phelan’s First Case”, Beaumont

Claudia Smith, “Catgirl”, Galveston

David Corbett & Luis Urrea , “Who Stole My Monkey?”, Port Arthur

Tim Tingle, “Six Dead Cabbies”, Ellington AFB

James Crumley, “Luck”, Crumley, Texas

Jessica Powers, “Preacher’s Kid”, Andrews

Joe R. Lansdale, “Six-Finger Jack”, Gladewater

George Wier, “Duckweed”, Littlefield

Milton T. Burton, “Cherry Coke”, Tyler

Sarah Cortez, “Montgomery Clift”, Houston

Jesse Sublett, “Moral Hazard”, Austin

Dean James, “Bottomed Out”, Dallas

Ito Romo, “Crank”, San Antonio

Bobby Byrd, “The Dead Man’s Wife”, El Paso

Matthew McGevna, “Gateway to the Stars”, Mastic Beach

Nick Mamatas, “Thy Shiny Car in the Night”, Northport

Kaylie Jones, “Home Invasion”, Wainscott

Qanta Ahmed, “Anjali’s America”, Garden City

Charles Salzberg, “A Starr Burns Bright”, Long Beach

Reed Farrel Coleman, “Mastermind”, Selden

Tim McLoughlin, “Seven Eleven”, Wantagh

Sarah Weinman, “Past President”, Great Neck

Jules Feiffer, “Boob Noir”, Southampton

JZ Holden, “Summer Love”, Sagaponack

Richie Narvaez, “Ending in Paumanok”, Stony Brook

Sheila Kohler, “Terror”, Amagansett

Jane Ciabattari, “Contents of House”, Sag Harbor

Steven Wishnia, “Semiconscious”, Lake Ronkonkoma

Kenneth Wishnia, “Blood Drive”, Port Jefferson Station

Amani Scipio, “Jabo’s”, Bridgehampton

Tim Tomlinson, “Snow Job”, Wading River

Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive”, Mulholland Drive

Naomi Hirahara, “Number 19”, Koreatown

Emory Holmes II, “Dangerous Days”, Leimert Park

Denise Hamilton, “Midnight in Silicon Valley”, San Marino

Janet Fitch, “The Method”, Los Feliz

Patt Morrison, “Morocco Junction 90210”, Beverly Hills

Christopher Rice, “Over Thirty”, West Hollywood

Héctor Tobar, “Once More, Lazarus”, East Hollywood

Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”, Downtown

Jim Pascoe, “The Kidnapper Bell”, Los Angeles River

Neal Pollack, “City of Commerce”, Commerce

Lienna Silver, “Fish”, Fairfax District

Gary Phillips, “Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave”, Mid-City

Scott Phillips, “The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones”, Pacific Palisades

Brian Ascalon Roley, “Kinship”, Mar Vista

Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In”, Belmont Shore

Diana Wagman, “What You See”, Westchester

Charles Ardai, “The Good Samaritan”, Midtown

Carol Lea Benjamin, “The Last Supper”, Greenwich Village

Lawrence Block, “If You Can’t Stand the Heat”, Clinton

Thomas H. Cook, “Rain”, Battery Park

Jeffery Deaver, “A Nice Place to Visit”, Hell’s Kitchen

Jim Fusilli, “The Next Best Thing”, George Washington Bridge

Robert Knightly, “Take the Man’s Pay”, Garment District

John Lutz, “The Laundry Room”, Upper West Side

Liz Martínez, “Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel”, Washington Heights

Maan Meyers, “The Organ Grinder”, Lower East Side

Martin Meyers , “Why Do They Have to Hit?” , Yorkville

S.J. Rozan, “Building”, Harlem

Justin Scott, “The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York”, Chelsea

C.J. Sullivan, “The Last Round”, Inwood

Xu Xi, “Crying with Audrey Hepburn”, Times Square

James W. Hall, “Ride Along”, Coconut Grove

Christine Kling, “Dead Storage”, County Line

George Tucker, “Silence of the Stone Age”, North Miami

Kevin Allen, “Sawyers”, Perrine

Anthony Dale Gagliano, “Blown Away”, Homestead

Tom Corcoran, “One Man’s Ceiling”, Card Sound

Paul Levine, “Solomon & Lord Drop Anchor”, Florida Straits

David Beaty, “The Last of Lord Jitters”, South Miami

John Dufresne, “The Timing of Unfelt Smiles”, Sunny Isles

Vicki Hendricks, “Boozanne, Lemme Be”, Miami Beach

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, “The Recipe”, Downtown

John Bond, “T-bird”, Miami River

Preston L. Allen, “Swap Out”, Miami-Dade Correctional Center

Lynne Barrett, “The Noir Boudoir”, Upper Eastside

Barbara Parker, “Machete”, Biscayne Bay

Jeffrey Wehr, “The Swimmers”, South Beach

S.A. Solomon, “Live for Today”, University Heights, Newark

Lou Manfredo, “Soul Anatomy”, Whitman Park, Camden

S.J. Rozan, “New Day Newark”, Central Ward, Newark

C.K. Williams, “Newark Black: 1940–1954”, Vailsburg, Newark

Jonathan Santlofer, “Lola”, Hoboken

Bradford Morrow, “The Enigma of Grover’s Mill”, Grover’s Mill

Gerald Stern, “Broken Glass”, Mickle Street, Camden

Sheila Kohler, “Wunderlich”, Montclair

Richard Burgin, “Atlantis”, Atlantic City

Alicia Ostriker, “August: Feeding Frenzy”, Jersey Shore

Hirsh Sawhney, “A Bag for Nicholas”, Jersey City

Jeffrey Ford, “Glass Eels”, Dividing Creek

B. Malzberg & B. Pronzini, “Meadowlands Spike”, Rutherford

Robert Arellano, “Kettle Run”, Cherry Hill

Paul Muldoon, “Noir, NJ”, Paramus

Jonathan Safran Foer, “Too Near Real”, Princeton

E. White & M. Carroll, “Excavation”, Asbury Park

Robert Pinsky, “Long Branch Underground”, Long Branch

Joyce Carol Oates, “Run Kiss Daddy”, Kittatinny Mountains

Ted O’Brien , “What’s the Score?”, Mid-City

Patty Friedmann, “Two-Story Brick Houses”, Uptown

Tim McLoughlin, “Scared Rabbit”, Irish Channel

Olympia Vernon, “Schevoski”, University District

David Fulmer, “Algiers”, Algiers

Laura Lippman, “Pony Girl”, Tremé

Jervey Tervalon, “The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi”, Seventh Ward

James Nolan, “Open Mike”, French Quarter

Kalamu ya Salaam, “All I Could Do Was Cry”, Lower Ninth Ward

Barbara Hambly, “There Shall Your Heart Be Also”, The Swamp

Maureen Tan, “Muddy Pond”, Village de l’Est

Thomas Adcock, “Lawyers’ Tongues”, Gentilly

Jeri Cain Rossi, “And Hell Walked In”, Bywater

Christine Wiltz, “Night Taxi”, Lakeview

Greg Herren, “Annunciation Shotgun”, Lower Garden District

Julie Smith, “Loot”, Garden District

Ace Atkins, “Angola South”, Loyola Avenue

Eric Overmyer, “Marigny Triangle”, Faubourg Marigny

Susan Straight, “Bee Canyon”, Santa Ana Narrows

Robert S. Levinson, “Down in Capistrano”, San Juan Capistrano

Rob Roberge, “Diverters”, Tustin

Nathan Walpow, “A Good Day’s Work”, Seal Beach

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, “Crazy for You”, Costa Mesa

Dan Duling, “The Toll”, Laguna Beach

Mary Castillo, “2:45 Out of Santa Ana”, Santa Ana

Lawrence Maddox, “Old, Cold Hand”, City of Orange

Dick Lochte, “The Movie Game”, Laguna Niguel

Robert Ward, “Black Star Canyon”, Dana Point

Gary Phillips, “The Performer”, Los Alamitos

Gordon McAlpine, “The Happiest Place”, Anaheim

Martin J. Smith, “Dark Matter”, Balboa Island

Patricia McFall, “On the Night in Question”, Garden Grove

Aimee LaBrie, “Princess”, South Philadelphia

Solomon Jones, “Scarred”, Strawberry Mansion

Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool”, West Philadelphia

Keith Gilman, “Devil’s Pocket”, Grays Ferry

Dennis Tafoya, “Above the Imperial”, East Falls

Laura Spagnoli, “A Cut Above”, Rittenhouse Square

Halimah Marcus, “Swimming”, Narberth

Meredith Anthony, “Fishtown Odyssey”, Fishtown

Jim Zervanos, “Your Brother, Who Loves You”, Fairmount

Carlin Romano , “‘Cannot Easy Normal Die’”, University City

Diane Ayres, “Seeing Nothing”, Bella Vista

Duane Swierczynski, “Lonergan’s Girl”, Frankford

Cordelia Frances Biddle, “Reality”, Old City

Gerald Kolpan, “The Ratcatcher”, South Street

Cary Holladay, “Ghost Walk”, Chestnut Hill

Jon Talton, “Bull”, Downtown

Charles Kelly, “The Eighth Deadly Sin”, Hassayampa Valley

Diana Gabaldon, “Dirty Scottsdale”, Desert Botanical Garden

Robert Anglen, “Growing Back”, Apache Junction

Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”, Paradise Valley

Lee Child, “Public Transportation”, Chandler

Patrick Millikin, “Devil Doll”, Tovrea Castle

Laura Tohe, “Tom Snag”, Indian School Road

James Sallis, “Others of My Kind”, Glendale

Kurt Reichenbaugh, “Valerie”, Grand Avenue

Gary Phillips, “Blazin’ on Broadway”, South Phoenix

Megan Abbott, “It’s Like a Whisper”, Scottsdale

David Corbett, “Dead by Christmas”, Tempe

Don Winslow, “Whiteout on Van Buren”, Van Buren Strip

Dogo Barry Graham, “By the Time He Got to Phoenix”, Christown

Stella Pope Duarte, “Confession”, Harmon Park

Lila Shaara, “Atom Smasher”, Forest Hills

Terrance Hayes, “Still Air”, East Liberty

Stewart O’Nan, “Duplex”, Bloomfield

Nancy Martin, “Pray for Rain”, Highland Park

Paul Lee, “A Minor Extinction”, Carrick

K.C. Constantine, “When Johnny Came Shuffling Home”, McKees Rocks

Kathleen George, “Intruder”, Schenley Farms

Rebecca Drake, “Loaded”, Fox Chapel

Carlos Antonio Delgado, “Far Beneath”, Morningside

Hilary Masters, “At the Buena Vista”, Mexican War Streets

Kathryn Miller Haines, “Homecoming”, Wilkinsburg

Aubrey Hirsch, “Cheater”, Squirrel Hill

Tom Lipinski, “Key Drop”, Lawrenceville

Reginald McKnight, “Overheard”, Homewood

Karen Karbo, “The Clown and Bard”, SE Twenty-Eighth Avenue

Luciana Lopez, “Julia Now”, St. Johns

Ariel Gore, “Water under the Bridge”, Clinton

Floyd Skloot, “Alzheimer’s Noir”, Oaks Bottom

Dan DeWeese, “The Sleeper”, Highway 30

Jonathan Selwood, “The Wrong House”, Mount Tabor

Monica Drake, “Baby, I’m Here”, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital

Bill Cameron, “Coffee, Black”, Seven Corners

Jamie S. Rich & Joëlle Jones “Gone Doggy Gone”, Montgomery Park

Jess Walter, “Virgo”, Pearl District

Chris A. Bolton, “The Red Room”, Powell’s City of Books

Justin Hocking, “Burnside Forever”, Burnside Skatepark

Zoe Trope, “Hummingbird”, SE Eighty-Second Avenue

Gigi Little, “Shanghaied”, Old Town

Megan Kruse, “Lila”, Powell Boulevard

Kimberly Warner-Cohen, “People Are Strange”, Sandy Boulevard

Maggie Estep, “Alice Fantastic”, Aqueduct Racetrack

Denis Hamill, “Under the Throgs Neck Bridge”, Bayside

Jill Eisenstadt, “Golden Venture”, The Rockaways

Joseph Guglielmelli, “Buckner’s Error”, Shea Stadium

Patricia King, “Baggage Claim”, JFK Airport

Kim Sykes, “Arrivederci, Aldo”, Long Island City

Megan Abbott, “Hollywood Lanes”, Forest Hills

Mary Byrne, “Only the Strong Survive”, Astoria

Robert Knightly, “First Calvary”, Blissville

Alan Gordon, “Bottom of the Sixth”, Rego Park

Victoria Eng, “The Flower of Flushing”, Flushing

Stephen Solomita, “Crazy Jill Saves the Slinky”, College Point

Tori Carrington, “Last Stop, Ditmars”, Ditmars

Shailly Agnihotri, “Avoid Agony”, Jackson Heights

k.j.a. Wishnia, “Viernes Loco”, Corona

Glenville Lovell, “Out of Body”, South Jamaica

Liz Martínez, “Lights Out for Frankie”, Woodside

Jillian Abbott , “Jihad Sucks; or, The Conversion of the Jews”, Richmond Hill

Belinda Farley, “The Investigation”, Jamaica

Pir Rothenberg, “The Rose Red Vial”, Museum District

David L. Robbins, “Homework”, East End

Mina Beverly, “Gaia”, Providence Park

Dennis Danvers, “Texas Beach”, Texas Beach

Clay McLeod Chapman, “The Battle of Belle Isle”, Belle Isle

X.C. Atkins, “A Late-Night Fishing Trip”, Oregon Hill

Laura Browder, “The Heart Is a Strange Muscle”, Church Hill

Dean King, “The Fall Lines”, Shockoe Slip

Tom De Haven, “Playing with DaBlonde”, Manchester

Anne Thomas Soffee, “Midnight at the Oasis”, Jefferson Davis Highway

Meagan J. Saunders, “Untitled”, Jackson Ward

Conrad Ashley Persons, “Marco’s Broken English”, West End

Howard Owen, “The Thirteenth Floor”, Monroe Park

Hermine Pinson, “Mr. Not”, Devil’s Half Acre

Clint McCown, “The Apprentice”, Hollywood Cemetery

T. Jefferson Parker, “Vic Primeval”, Kearny Mesa

Diane Clark & Astrid Bear, “The Home Front”, Sherman Heights

Jeffrey J. Mariotte, “Gold Shield Blues”, Mount Soledad

Martha C. Lawrence, “Key Witness”, La Jolla Cove

Debra Ginsberg, “The New Girl”, Cortez Hill

Taffy Cannon, “Instant Karma”, Rancho Santa Fe

Morgan Hunt, “The Angel’s Share”, Hillcrest

Ken Kuhlken, “Homes”, Newport Avenue

Don Winslow, “After Thirty”, Pacific Beach

Lisa Brackmann, “Don’t Feed the Bums”, Ocean Beach

Cameron Pierce Hughes, “Moving Black Objects”, Mission Beach

Gabriel R. Barillas, “The Roads”, Del Mar

Gar Anthony Haywood, “Like Something Out of a Comic Book”, Convention Center

Luis Alberto Urrea, “The National City Reparation Society”, National City

Maria Lima, “A Scent of Death”, Gaslamp Quarter

Domenic Stansberry, “The Prison”, North Beach

David Corbett, “It Can Happen”, Hunter’s Point

Sin Soracco, “Double Espresso”, Russian River

Barry Gifford, “After Hours at La Chinita”, The Bayview

Kate Braverman, “The Neutral Zone”, Fisherman’s Wharf

Alvin Lu, “Le Rouge et le Noir”, Chinatown

Michelle Tea, “Larry’s Place”, Bernal Heights

Alejandro Murguía, “The Other Barrio”, The Mission

Peter Plate, “Genesis to Revelation”, Market Street

Will Christopher Baer, “Deception of the Thrush”, The Castro

Jim Nisbet, “Weight Less Than Shadow”, Golden Gate Bridge

Jon Longhi, “Fixed”, The Haight-Ashbury

Robert Mailer Anderson, “Briley Boy”, The Richmond

Eddie Muller, “Kid’s Last Fight”, South of Market

David Henry Sterry, “Confessions of a Sex Maniac”, Polk Gulch

Thomas P. Hopp, “Blood Tide”, Duwamish

Bharti Kirchner, “Promised Tulips”, Wallingford

Stephan Magcosta, “Golden Gardens”, Ballard

Robert Lopresti, “The Center of the Universe”, Fremont

Kathleen Alcalá, “Blue Sunday”, Central District

Simon Wood, “The Taskmasters”, Downtown

Patricia Harrington , “What Price Retribution?”, Capitol Hill

Curt Colbert , “Till Death Do Us…”, Belltown

Paul S. Piper, “The Best View in Town”, Leschi

R. Barri Flowers, “The Wrong End of a Gun”, South Lake Union

Brian Thornton, “Paper Son”, Chinatown

Skye Moody, “The Magnolia Bluff”, Magnolia

Lou Kemp, “Sherlock’s Opera”, Waterfront

G.M. Ford, “Food for Thought”, Pioneer Square

Bill Loehfelm, “Snake Hill”, Eltingville

Louisa Ermelino, “Sister-in-Law”, Great Kills

Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”, Port Richmond

Ted Anthony, “A User’s Guide to Keeping Your Kills Fresh”, Fresh Kills

Shay Youngblood, “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground”, South Beach

Michael Penncavage, “Mistakes”, The Ferry

Bruce DeSilva, “Abating a Nuisance”, Tompkinsville

Michael Largo, “Paying the Tab”, Four Corners

Binnie Kirshenbaum, “Assistant Professor Lodge”, Grymes Hill

Todd Craig , “…spy verse spy…” , Park Hill

Eddie Joyce, “Before It Hardens”, Annadale

Linda Nieves-Powell“The Fly-Ass Puerto Rican Girl from the Stapleton Projects”, Stapleton

Ashley Dawson, “Teenage Wasteland”, Tottenville

S.J. Rozan, “Lighthouse”, St. George

John Jodzio, “Someday All of This Will Probably be Yours, Warehouse District, Minneapolis

Peter Schilling Jr., “16mm Blues”, Longfellow, Minneapolis

Tom Kaczynski, “Skyway Sleepless”, Downtown Skyways, Minneapolis

David Housewright, “Mai-Nu’s Window”, Frogtown, St. Paul

Bruce Rubenstein, “Smoke Got in My Eyes”, North End, St. Paul

K.J. Erickson, “Noir Neige”, Near North, Minneapolis

William Kent Krueger, “Bums”, West Side, St. Paul

Ellen Hart, “Blind Sided”, Uptown, Minneapolis

Brad Zellar, “Better Luck Next Time”, Columbia Heights, Minneapolis

Mary Sharratt, “Taking the Bullets Out”, Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis

Pete Hautman, “The Guy”, Linden Hills, Minneapolis

Larry Millett, “The Brewer’s Son”, West 7th-Fort Road, St. Paul

Quinton Skinner, “Loophole”, Downtown, Minneapolis

Steve Thayer, “Hi, I’m God”, Duluth, Up North

Judith Guest, “Eminent Domain”, Edina, Minneapolis

Mary Logue, “Blasted”, Kenwood, Minneapolis

Gary Bush, “If You Harm Us”, Summit-University, St. Paul

Chris Everheart, “Chili Dog”, Downtown, St. Paul

Stephen Rhodes, “At the Top of His Game”, 40 Broad Street

Twist Phelan, “A Trader’s Lot”, 1 North End Avenue

Tim Broderick, “Feeding Frenzy”, 40 Wall Street

Jim Fusilli, “A Terrorizing Demonstration”, 23 Wall Street

David Noonan, “Town Car”, 85 Exchange Place

Richard Aleas, “The Quant”, Times Square

Lawrence Light, “Make Me Rich”, 257 W. 36th Street

James Hime, “Rough Justice”, 200 Park Avenue

Peter Blauner, “The Consultant”, 1313 Avenue of the Americas

Mark Haskell Smith, “The Day Trader in the Trunk of Cleto’s Car”, Los Angeles, CA

Peter Spiegelman, “Five Days at the Sunset”, Lethe, South Dakota

Megan Abbott, “Today We Hit”, 110 W. 139th Street

Jason Starr, “The Basher”, Hoboken, New Jersey

John Burdett, “The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay”, Bangkok, Thailand

Henry Blodget, “Bonus Season”, Shanghai, China

Lauren Sanders, “Everything I’m Not”, Tel Aviv, Israel

Reed Farrel Coleman, “Due Diligence”, Tegucigalpa, Honduras