“Madison Avenue Noir” by Kurt Brokaw

“Madison Avenue is always putting new twists on old pretzels.” Look closely at the shootout in the rain-swept street directly above. It’s the final moments of a 1965 lost neo-noir, The Money Trap. This was the fourth and final pairing of Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth, who made three better known movies (Gilda, Affair in Trinidad, The Loves […]

“Cheap Hotels, Economical Crash Pads, and Low-Budget Hash Houses” by Peter Rozovsky

Peter Rozovsky started Detectives Beyond Borders, created Noir at the Bar, and lost his job when the Philadelphia Inquirer eliminated its copy desks. He found a job in New York 12 days after this liberation, and spent his severance pay at cheap hotels and rooms all over the New York area, because no copy editor […]

“Echoes of a Breath,” “First Day,” and “Ping Like a Dream” by Fabrice Poussin

“Echoes of a Breath” She did little, standing upon the snowy peak remembering the fires of times long gone but exhaled a kind breath of infinite grace. The earth too seemed to be alive with fire restful at last yet filled with great secrets and there, poised as a classic deity she remained. Arms […]

“Pity the Night” by Mark Krajnak

You know what it’s like. You set up the job, check all the angles, fine tune the mark. And what happens. Some greaseball with a yappity yap mouth comes in screws it all up. There’s always a couple of ways to handle that situation. There’s one way . . . And then there’s YOUR way. […]

Lithographs by Ann Chernow

Lithographs by Ann Chernow, each from one stone, 17″ x 22″. All work copyright Ann Chernow. All rights reserved. Ann Chernow’s work has been exhibited at many galleries around the globe including : Hubert Gallery, Uptown Gallery and 220 Gallery in New York City, Odetta Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y. .Lessedra Gallery in Sophia, Bulgaria, The […]