Phoenix Noir

" Patrick Millikin ...as if to prove his witty claim that 'sunshine is the new noir,' offers one superb specimen, 'Whiteout on Van Buren,' in which [author] Don Winslow makes skillful use of a city street at high noon to provide the perfect metaphor for life and death."- New York Times Book ReviewBrand-new stories by: Diana Gabaldon, Lee Child, James Sallis, Luis Alberto Urrea, Jon Talton, Megan Abbott, Charles Kelly, Robert Anglen, Patrick Millikin, Laura Tohe, Kurt Reichenbaugh, Gary Phillips, David Corbett, Don Winslow, Dogo Barry Graham, and Stella Pope Duarte. Patrick Millikin is a bookseller at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale. As a freelance writer, his articles, interviews, and reviews have appeared in Publishers Weekly , Firsts Magazine , Paradoxa , Yourflesh Quarterly , and other publications. Millikin currently lives in central Phoenix.

IntroductionPart I: The Big Heat“Bull” by Jon Talton (Downtown)“The Eighth Deadly Sin” by Charles Kelly (Hassayampa Valley)“Dirty Scottsdale” by Diana Gabaldon (Desert Botanical Garden)“Growing Back” by Robert Anglen (Apache Junction)Part II: Where the Sidewalk Ends“Amapola” by Luis Alberto Urrea (Paradise Valley)“Public Transportation” by Lee Child (Chandler)“Devil Doll” by Patrick Milliken (Tovrea Castle)“Tom Snag” by Laura Tohe (Indian School Road)Part III: A Town Without Pity“Others of My Kind” by James Sallis (Glendale)“Valerie” by Kurt Reichenbaugh (Grand Avenue)“Blazin’ on Broadway” by Gary Phillips (South Phoenix)“It’s Like a Whisper” by Megan Abbott (Scottsdale)Part IV: The Cry of the City“Dead by Christmas” by David Corbett (Tempe)“Whiteout on Van Buren” by Don Winslow (Van Buren Strip)“By the Time He Got to Phoenix” by Dogo Barry Graham (Christown)“Confession” by Stella Pope Duarte (Harmon Park)