“LA Christmas Present” by Tony Dawson
PROSE POEM: “Now Rambo’s at home on paid leave….”
Read More “LA Christmas Present” by Tony Dawson“Walking the Fine Line: Leonardo Padura and ‘Havana Noir’” By William Blick
NONFICTION: “Padura has had to walk a fine line in his writing as he faces restrictive elements from the Cuban government, while being realistic about the state of his society….”
Read More “Walking the Fine Line: Leonardo Padura and ‘Havana Noir’” By William Blick“Flashbacks and ‘Second Sight’: The Ravine” by Ken Hall
FILM REVIEW: “The combination of noir, suspense, and spiritual and fantastic elements prevents the film from being an ordinary inspirational piece.”
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Read More Help NoirCon Return in 2022“Hard Case Crime, April 2022: It’s Westlake!” by Matthew Sorrento
NONFICTION: “As the renown imprint presents the last unpublished novel by the author, it delivers one of his most unique and rewarding….”
Read More “Hard Case Crime, April 2022: It’s Westlake!” by Matthew Sorrento“Resurrection” by Barbara Buckley Ristine
FLASH FICTION: “There had been a time when she was too squeamish to touch a spider, when she would cry at the sight of a dead bird, but not now….”
Read More “Resurrection” by Barbara Buckley Ristine“Dead at the Center: Enigmatic Noir Femmes and Psychopaths” by Ken Hall
NONFICTION: “Such characters differ in their affect from another class of noir figures, those who seem ‘dead at the center,’ displaying little or no genuine emotion as they proceed through the narrative. Perhaps these characters might be classified popularly as ‘psychopaths,’ although the definition of the term according to psychological theory and practice is complex….”
Read More “Dead at the Center: Enigmatic Noir Femmes and Psychopaths” by Ken Hall“Oh and One” by Joseph Hirsch
POETRY: “Unburdened of victory, and with it, expectation….”
Read More “Oh and One” by Joseph Hirsch“Headline: City Mourns Slain Pol, Chicago Style” by David Hagerty
FICTION: “Compared to a generation ago, when bootleggers and gangsters controlled this city, it’s uncommon for an alderman to die violently now, and many people still looked shocked….”
Read More “Headline: City Mourns Slain Pol, Chicago Style” by David Hagerty“Race, Corruption, and Cover-ups: Aaron Clark on Under Color of Law” by Johnnie Hobbs III
INTERVIEW: “I wanted to explore themes of social justice, police abuses, race and identity, and the impacts of trauma. In many ways, Under Color of Law is a character study….”
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Retreats from Oblivion: The Journal of NoirCon 