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   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  Hagelstein | Mar 16, 2014 |   With stories divided into three separate sections, this collection is filled with the darkness of humanity. These stories will challenge you, disturb you, and keep you coming back for more. However, you may find yourself putting the book down after completing each story. They are truly that intense. The characters in the stories could be your coworker, your ex, your son or daughter. The authors included in this volume transport you with the immediacy of their writing. One can almost smell the trash dump, hear the seagulls squawking in mid-air, and feel the pulse of the killer as he or she struggles to figure out how to dispose of the body. Ms. Patricia Smith did a bang-up job of editing and compiling this book. This is a must-read for any fan of classic noir. 1  moonaluna | Sep 19, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:"In a thrilling tilt-a-whirl of crime and drama . . . Smith has carefully chosen writers concerned with the true nature of the small suburban borough." â??Electric Literature Staten Island may be New York City's forgotten borough, but it ranks high up on the list of places known for organized crime. If that wasn't enough to boost its noir reputation, there are its haunted mansion, hate crimes, and Cropsey urban legend. Dark deeds will always find a home on this side of the Verrazano bridge, and they give Staten Island a character all its own. Staten Island Noir includes editor Patricia Smith's Robert L. Fish Memorial Awardâ??winning short story, "When They Are Done with Us," which was also selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013. You'll find more tales by Bill Loehfelm, S.J. Rozan, Ted Anthony, Todd Craig, Ashley Dawson, Bruce DeSilva, Louisa Ermelino, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Michael Largo, Mike Penncavage, Linda Nieves-Powell, Shay Youngblood, and Eddie Joyce. "It's not enough for noir to be dark. It's got to be bad-ass. Its words, its decaying and horrible beauty have got to hit you like a spiked heel dragged from your guts to your gullet. It's got to twist the hot knife of passion in that soft space right below your belly while pumping bullets into your heart. It's got to make you bleed . . . Staten Island Noir features some dusky and drop-dead gorgeous gems (emphasis on the dead) that do just that." â??Grub Street Daily "[An] exceptionally strong anthology." â??Publishers Weekly, sta No library descriptions found. 
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Some standouts are Todd Craig’s “…spy verse spy…,” S. J. Rozan’s “Lighthouse,” and “Abating a Nuisance” by Bruce DeSilva. Eddie Joyce’s “Before It Hardens,” has no crime, but also no happy ending. (