"Plenty of mayhem for fans of dark fiction... Suburbia may be even meaner than the big city." - The New York Times
Long Island may bring to mind quiet middle-class homes among leafy trees and lawns, or the glitzy enclaves of the Gold Coast and the Hamptons. But this gigantic stretch of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, home to nearly eight million people, can also be home to schemes, scandals, and various criminal activities. This volume collects an assortment of noir short stories set in Nassau and Suffolk counties-among them "The Shiny Car in the Night" by Nick Mamatas, selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013.
Original stories by: Jules Feiffer, Matthew McGevna, Nick Mamatas, Kaylie Jones, Qanta Ahmed, Charles Salzberg, Reed Farrel Coleman, Tim McLoughlin, Sarah Weinman, JZ Holden, Richie Narvaez, Sheila Kohler, Jane Ciabattari, Steven Wishnia, Kenneth Wishnia, Amani Scipio, and Tim Tomlinson.
"New stories as diverse as the massive island itself... even the Hamptons have a wrong side of town." - Kirkus Reviews
"An eclectic and effective mix of seasoned pros and new voices." - Publishers Weekly
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Kaylie Jones moved to Sagaponack in 1975, where her family continued to live for more than thirty years. She is the author of more than five novels, including A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, and the memoir Lies My Mother Never Told Me. She teaches in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton, and in the Wilkes University low-residency MFA program in professional writing. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.
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"Plenty of mayhem for fans of dark fiction . . . Suburbia may be even meaner than the big city." -The New York Times
Long Island may bring to mind quiet middle-class homes among leafy trees and lawns, or the glitzy enclaves of the Gold Coast and the Hamptons. But this gigantic stretch of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, home to nearly eight million people, can also be home to schemes, scandals, and various criminal activities. This volume collects an assortment of noir short stories set in Nassau and Suffolk counties-among them "The Shiny Car in the Night" by Nick Mamatas, selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013.
Original stories by: Jules Feiffer, Matthew McGevna, Nick Mamatas, Kaylie Jones, Qanta Ahmed, Charles Salzberg, Reed Farrel Coleman, Tim McLoughlin, Sarah Weinman, JZ Holden, Richie Narvaez, Sheila Kohler, Jane Ciabattari, Steven Wishnia, Kenneth Wishnia, Amani Scipio, and Tim Tomlinson.
"New stories as diverse as the massive island itself . . . even the Hamptons have a wrong side of town." -Kirkus Reviews
"An eclectic and effective mix of seasoned pros and new voices." -Publishers Weekly
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Family Values
"Gateway to the Stars" by Matthew McGevna (Mastic Beach)
"Thy Shiny Car in the Night" by Nick Mamatas (Northport)
"Home Invasion" by Kaylie Jones (Wainscott)
"Anjali's America" by Qanta Ahmed, MD (Garden City)
Part II: Hitting it Big
"A Starr Burns Bright" by Charles Salzberg (Long Beach)
"Mastermind" by Reed Farrel Coleman (Selden)
"Seven Eleven" by Tim McLoughlin (Wantagh)
"Past President" by Sarah Weinman (Great Neck)
Part III: Love and Other Horrors
"Boob Noir" by Jules Feiffer (Southampton)
"Summer Love" by JZ Holden (Sagaponack)
"Ending in Paumanok" by Richie Narvaez (Stony Brook)
"Terror" by Sheila Kohler (Amagansett)
"Contents of House" by Jane Ciabattari (Sag Harbor)
Part IV: American Dreamers
"Semiconscious" by Steven Wishnia (Lake Ronkonkoma)
"Blood Drive" by Kenneth Wishnia (Port Jefferson Station)
"Jabo's" by Amani Scipio (Bridgehampton)
"Snow Job" by Tim Tomlinson (Wading River)