New Orleans Noir: The Classics ed. Julie Smith (Akashic Books, March 1, 2016, 978-1-61775-384-8, $15.95, 315pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
- 11 · The Many Ways It Can All Go Away · Julie Smith · in
- 17 · Part I: The Awakening
- 19 · A Marriage of Conscience · Armand Lanusse; translated by David Ball & Nicole Ball · ss; set in St. Louis Cathedral.
translated from the French (“Un Mariage de Conscience”, L’Album Littéraire, August 15, 1843).
- 25 · The Little Convent Girl · Grace King · ss The Century Magazine August 1893; set in The River.
- 35 · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour”; set in Bayou St. John.
- 39 · Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1899; set in French Quarter.
- 59 · Part II: Sweet Bird of Youth
- 61 · The Purple Hat · Eudora Welty · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2758, November 1941; set in Upper Quarter.
- 70 · Desire and the Black Masseur · Tennessee Williams · ss New Directions in Prose and Poetry 10 ed. James Laughlin, IV, New Directions, 1948; set in Tremé.
- 80 · Miss Yellow Eyes · Shirley Ann Grau · nv The Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann Grau, Alfred A. Knopf, 1955; set in Pigeon Town.
- 116 · Pleadings · John William Corrington · nv The Southern Review Winter 1976; set in Uptown.
- 159 · Ritual Murder · Tom Dent · ss Callaloo #2, February 1978; set in Courthouse.
- 175 · Part III: The Thanatos Syndrome
- 177 · Rich · Ellen Gilchrist · ss Intro 9: Close to Home ed. George P. Garrett & Michael Mewshaw, Hendel & Reinke, 1978; set in Garden District.
- 201 · Spats · Valerie Martin · ss The Consolation of Nature & Other Stories by Valerie Martin, Houghton Mifflen, 1988; set in New Orleans East.
- 212 · The Man with Moon Hands [Dino Francis LaStanza] · O’Neil De Noux · ss New Mystery v1 #3, 1993, as “Old Foister, A Folk Tale: The Man with Moon Hands”; set in Tchoupitoulas and Jackson.
- 221 · Rose · John Biguenet · vi Esquire January 1999; set in Gentilly.
- 224 · Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz · Poppy Z. Brite · nv Dark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1995; set in Basin Street.
- 251 · GDMFSOB · Nevada Barr · ss Deadly Housewives ed. Christine Matthews, Avon, 2006; set in Versailles Boulevard.
- 258 · Jesus Out to Sea · James Lee Burke · ss Esquire April 2006; set in Ninth Ward.
- 269 · Last Fair Deal Gone Down · Ace Atkins · ex from Crossroad Blues, Busted Flush Press, 2010; set in Warehouse District.
- 293 · Pie Man · Maurice Carlos Ruffin · ss The South Carolina Review Fall 2012; set in Central City.
- 312 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg
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