SMFS Members Published in Mickey Finn Volume 3: 21st Century Noir

This is publication day for the new book, Mickey Finn Volume 3: 21st Century Noir. Edited by SMFS list member Michael Bracken who also wrote the introduction, the anthology from Down & Out books features short stories from a number of SMFS list members. The read is available in digital and print formats from the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors.  The SMFS list members in the read are:

 

Ann Aptaker with "Slide.”

CW Blackwell with “Sunset Brunette.”

John Bosworth with "Wine Country."

John M. Floyd with “Burying Oliver.”

James A. Hearn with "Home Is the Hunter."

Steve Liskow with "Stella Blues."

Adam Meyer with “Viking Blood.”

Alan Orloff with "Comes and Goes."

Matt Smith with “Pre-Procedure Timeout.”

Joseph S. Walker with "Echoing."

Andrew Welsh-Huggins with "The Delivery."

Stacy Woodson with “Hometown Headlines.”

 

Synopsis:

Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Volume 3, the third entry of the hard-hitting anthology series, is another crime-fiction cocktail that will again knock readers into a literary stupor.

Contributors push hard against the boundaries of crime fiction, driving their work into places short crime fiction doesn’t often go, into a world where the mean streets seem gentrified by comparison and happy endings are the exception rather than the rule. And they do all this in contemporary settings, bringing noir into the 21st century.

Like any good cocktail, Mickey Finn is a heady mix of ingredients that packs a punch, and when you’ve finished reading every story, you’ll know that you’ve been “slipped a Mickey.”

The nineteen contributors, including some of today’s most respected short-story writers and new writers making their mark on the genre, include: Ann Aptaker, Trey R. Barker, C.W. Blackwell, John Bosworth, John M. Floyd, Nils Gilbertson, James A. Hearn, Janice Law, Steve Liskow, Sean McCluskey, Adam Meyer, Alan Orloff, Jon Penfold, C. Matthew Smith, Joseph S. Walker, Michael Wegener, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Sam Wiebe, and Stacy Woodson.