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Mississippi noir / edited by Tom Franklin. - 281 pages : map ; 23 cm. - Akashic noir series . - Akashic noir series .

Introduction / Combustible / Lord of Madison County / Losing her religion / Most things haven't worked out / Uphill / Boy and girl games like coupling / Oxford girl / Digits / Moonface / God's gonna trouble the water / My dear, my one true love / Hero / Pit stop / Anglers of the keep / Jerry Lewis / Cheap suitcase and a new town / Tom Franklin -- Ace Atkins -- Jimmy Cajoleas -- RaShell R. Smith-Spears -- William Boyle -- Mary Miller -- Jamie Paige -- Megan Abbott -- Michael Kardos -- Andrew Paul -- Dominiqua Dickey -- Lee Durkee -- Michael Farris Smith -- John M. Floyd -- Robert Busby -- Jack Pendarvis -- Chris Offutt. Part I: Conquest & revenge. Part II: Wayward youth. Part III: Bloodlines. Part IV: Skipping town.

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies...Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. -- Publisher's website.

ISBN: 1617752282 9781617752285 9781617754722 1617754722

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Noir fiction, American.
Detective and mystery stories, American
Short stories

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mississippi--Fiction.
Mississippi

Subjects--Index Terms: Class of Fall 2016 Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow in Fiction Fellow

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Noir fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.
Fiction
Mystery fiction
Noir fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction.
Noir fiction
Short stories
Detective and mystery fiction.
Noir fiction.
Short stories.

LC Class. No.: PS648.N64 / M57 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.087208358762