RFO Editor to Introduce a Screening of The Burglar at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA

BLOGS: “Matthew Sorrento to introduce a screening of The Burglar (Paul Wendkos, 1957), adapted by David Goodis from his 1953 novel, at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA on Sunday, May 17….”

Howard A. Rodman Book Tour: 5/19-7/19

BLOGS: “The screenwriter and author of Destiny Express and The Great Eastern to visit several cities….”

RFO Editor Matthew Sorrento in Conversation with Novelist Jacinda Townsend, 4/3/26, Inkwood Books, Haddonfield

BLOGS: “She’d gotten no trigger warning. And her entire life, she wanted to scream now, had deserved a trigger warning. Searing, surprisingly witty, and deeply human, Trigger Warning is a novel about the durational aftermath of anti-Black police violence.”

Percival Everett, Author of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel James and the Thriller The Trees, to Appear at Rutgers University-Camden

Percival Everett will appear at Rutgers University-Camden on Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 6:00 p.m.

New Collection Becoming Nosferatu Features Noir, Horror, and SF/Fantasy

BLOGS: “A new collection featuring stories and poems in the tradition of Nosferatu and other silent expressionist classics….”

Five-Two: Poems on Crime to Relaunch in April

BLOGS: “Seeking your honest, powerful reactions to what you see as crime, couched in poetic technique…”

Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss: Goodisville 2025

BLOGS: Join the Goodis bus tour on March 2 when we’ll visit Philadelphia locations tied to the noir master….

“Too Much of a Noir Ending?: on Late Noir” by Anees Aref

REVIEW ESSAY: “With their bold technical style and themes, Touch of Evil, Elevator to the Gallows, and other late-noirs discussed below opened the door for many later masters….”

Stark House Press Celebrates its 25th Year with an Anthology

BLOGS: “Its first anthology features unpublished stories by featured authors, including Peter Rabe and a novella by Jada M. Davis, along with reprints by Lionel White, Fredric Brown, Barry N. Malzberg, Day Keene, and others….”

RFO Editor to Introduce a Screening of Double Indemnity

BLOGS: “Matthew Sorrento to introduce a screening of Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA on Sunday, April 28, as part of The Road to Noir City Philadelphia 2024….”