SMFS Members Published in Prohibition Peepers: Private Eyes During the Noble Experiment

 

Today is publication day for Prohibition Peepers: Private Eyes During the Noble Experiment. Published by Down & Out Books in digital and print formats, the read is available at the publisher, Amazon, and other vendors. The anthology is edited by SMFS list member Michael Bracken. The SMFS list members that reported being in the read are:

 

Editor Michael Bracken with "Cigarette Girl."

 

David Dean with "Three Irishmen.”

 

Jim Doherty with "The Private Untouchable."

 

John M. Floyd with “River Road."

 

Nils Gilbertson with "Lovely and Useless Things."

 

Richard Helms with “West of the Ashley.”

 

Hugh Lessig with "Cloths of Heaven."

 

Steve Liskow with "Peace of Mind Guaranteed."

 

Adam Meyer with “The Dance.”

 

Joseph S. Walker with "Getting Away Clean."

 

Stacy Woodson with “Moonshine Turn.” 

 

Publisher Description:

The 18th Amendment created prohibition—a “noble experiment” that banned the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors—and gave rise to criminal activity associated with bootlegging, gang violence, and more. During the 1920s and early 1930s, the police had their hands full, and private investigators were there working both sides of the law.

Prohibition Peepers stories are set during and immediately after the end of Prohibition, with private eyes serving clients of all social statuses. These hardboiled and fast-paced tales written by some of today’s hottest crime fiction short story writers will have you reaching for your own mason jar of moonshine or highball glass of bathtub gin.

Edited by Michael Bracken with stories by Michael Bracken, Susanna Calkins, David Dean, Jim Doherty, John M. Floyd, Nils Gilbertson, Richard Helms, Hugh Lessig, Steve Liskow, Leigh Lundin, Adam Meyer, Penny Mickelbury, Joseph S. Walker, and Stacy Woodson.