Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition (Akashic Noir)

*An expanded edition?with brand-new stories added to the fourth printing of this best-selling Noir Series installment. Here, the unseemly underside of Minneapolis/St. Paul is revealed like never before.*

?If you've never read an Akashic Noir book, Twin Cities Noir is a fine place to start.? ?San Francisco Book Review/Sacramento Book Review

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Brand-new stories by: John Jodzio, Tom Kaczynski, Peter Schilling Jr., David Housewright, Steve Thayer, Judith Guest, Mary Logue, Bruce Rubenstein, K.J. Erickson, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart, Brad Zellar, Mary Sharratt, Pete Hautman, Larry Millett, Quinton Skinner, Gary Bush, and Chris Everheart.

Auteur

Julie Schaper has been a Twin Cities resident for eighteen years. She is the coeditor with Steven Horwitz of Amplified: Fiction from Leading Alt-Country, Indie Rock, Blues, and Folk Musicians.

Steven Horwitz worked in publishing for over thirty-five years. He lives with his wife and two dogs in St. Paul.

Contenu

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Star of the North
"Someday All of This Will Probably Be Yours" by John Jodzio (Warehouse District, Minneapolis)
"16 mm Blues" by Peter Schilling Jr. (Longfellow, Minneapolis)
"Skyway Sleepless" Tom Kaczynski (Downtown Skyways, Minneapolis)
Part II: Minnesota Nice
"Mai-Nu's Window" by David Housewright (Frogtown, St. Paul)
"Smoke Got in My Eyes" by Bruce Rubenstein (North End, St. Paul)
"Noir Neige" by K.J. Erickson (Near North, Minneapolis)
"Bums" by William Kent Krueger (West Side, St. Paul)
"Blind Sided" by Ellen Hart (Uptown, Minneapolis)
Part III: Uff Da
"Better Luck Next Time" by Brad Zellar (Columbia Heights, Minneapolis)
"Taking the Bullets Out" by Mary Sharratt (Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis)
"The Guy" by Pete Hautman (Linden Hills, Minneapolis)
"The Brewer's Son" by Larry Millett (West 7th-Fort Road, St. Paul)
"Loophole" by Quinton Skinner (Downtown, Minneapolis)
"Hi, I'm God" by Steve Thayer (Duluth, Up North)
Part IV: Funeral Hotdish
"Eminent Domain" by Judith Guest (Edina, Minneapolis)
"Blasted" by Mary Logue (Kenwood, Minneapolis)
"If You Harm Us" by Gary Bush (Summit-University, St. Paul)
"Chili Dog" by Chris Everheart (Downtown, St. Paul)