Skip to content
Retreats from Oblivion: The Journal of NoirCon

Retreats from Oblivion: The Journal of NoirCon

Noir, crime, and mystery short stories, scholarship, and so much more

  • Home
  • About
  • Index
  • NoirCon History
  • Lou Boxer’s The Writer in the Gutter
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Newsletter Archive

Category: Flash Fiction

“All You Need is a Gun and A Girl” by Jim Towns

He leaned across the seat and opened the door, watching every inch of her…. I. Bare trees clung to the snow-frosted hills around the ravine, and the girl who walked along the railroad tracks was tall and beautiful. She wore mirrored sunglasses, long coat, tall boots. An old surplus army bag swung on a leather […]

Read More “All You Need is a Gun and A Girl” by Jim Towns

“In the 19th Arrondissement” by Mitchell Grabois

“I’ve kidnapped the high school girl with the dirty mouth, and she asks if she can share in the profits. Actually, I didn’t kidnap her. She came with me willingly” 1. I couldn’t find my migraine pills, couldn’t find the secret sauce, could not find the formula. My migraines were killing me, like communists kill […]

Read More “In the 19th Arrondissement” by Mitchell Grabois

“The Dump Truck of Self” by Mitchell Grabois

“My body is a situation, a dilemma. I haul it from place to place in this wheelchair. I am a dump truck of self.” 1. Back in the day, I heard that Mama Cass had died choking on a ham-and-cheese sandwich. In reality, eighty pounds lighter than she’d ever been, after two weeks of standing […]

Read More “The Dump Truck of Self” by Mitchell Grabois

“XXX Marks the Spot” by J.L. Delozier

Ella flounced from the theatre, her diamond earrings scattering angry slivers of red light down the deserted street. Not a cab in sight. Not at this hour; not in this part of town. He’d planned it that way. She stomped one glittery Louboutin against the curb and turned on the lanky man hovering at her […]

Read More “XXX Marks the Spot” by J.L. Delozier

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Top Posts & Pages

  • "Death Takes a Byline: the Interview" by D.S. Lliteras
    "Death Takes a Byline: the Interview" by D.S. Lliteras
  • "Gray" by Gerald So
    "Gray" by Gerald So
  • "Geek" by Matthew Sorrento
    "Geek" by Matthew Sorrento
  • “Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?” by Melanie Dante
    “Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?” by Melanie Dante

Authors

Andrew Nette andy rausch Ann Chernow Barry Gifford Ben Himmelfarb Bert and Dolores Hitchens Brian Greene Carol Smail Charles Rammelkamp Charles Willeford Chas Hansen Chris McGinley Chris Roy Clarinda Harris Craig Faustus Buck D.V. Bennett David Goodis David Rachels Dolores Hitchens Earl Javorsky Fabrice Poussin Gerald So Graham Wynd Heather Santo Ian McIntyre J.D. Smith J.L. Delozier Jaap Boekestein Jack Dann James O. Causey Jay Flynn Jay Gertzman Jenean McBearty Jim Nisbet Jim Ruland Jim Shaffer John McCann Jo Perry Joseph Goodrich Joseph Hirsch Ken Bruen Kent Anderson Kurt Brokaw Lance Mason Lionel White Mark Krajnak Mark Mayes Mark SaFranko Martin Goolsarran Matthew Sorrento Matt Phillips Melanie Dante Mike Madden Mitchell Grabois Nick Sweeney Patricia Abbott Paul D. Brazill Paul Greenberg Peter Rozovsky R. Daniel Lester Reed Farrel Coleman Rick Ollerman Robb T. White Robert Cooperman Sharon Dempsey Stark House Press Stephen D. Rogers Steve Hodel Steve Levi T.L. Huchu Thomas Pluck Tom Leins Vicki Hendricks Warren Moore Woody Haut

Categories

  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Flash Fiction
  • Interview
  • More than Dead
  • noir
  • Nonfiction
  • Novel Excerpt
  • Photography
  • Poetry
  • short story
  • True Crime
  • Uncategorized
  • Visual Art
Blog at WordPress.com.