Larry’s Introduction
We started this noir-themed sci-fi and fantasy anthology series with Noir Fatale, and stories that featured the femme fatale archetype. Sultry, seductive, clever, sometimes she was angelic and others she was murderous and in some stories she was both, but she’s always got an angle that makes for a fun read.
Then we saw what our authors could do with the hard-boiled detective in No Game for Knights. The problem solver, the fact finder, the guy who sticks his nose in business where it doesn’t belong, usually to bloody results.
And now, our theme is the cities these kinds of characters call home.
Every one of our authors brought us a wildly different take on this concept. We’ve got everything from fantastical worlds populated to mythical beings, to space stations, to alien worlds, and other truly exotic locations . . . like Sacramento. Some of our authors even used the same city, only like chefs working off the same recipe create different and distinct flavors, each came up with very different results.
Kacey and I have been lucky enough to assemble a remarkable talent pool on this series. Our authors range from relative newcomers to extremely experienced pros. Whoever they are, if you enjoy their stories here, I’d invite you to check out the rest of their work.
From the glass wonderland of a ghost-infested Tokyo, to the murderous chasms of Mars, to the ancient metropolis of Remnar, to the weirdness of Albuquerque after dark, let’s take a walk down these mean streets.
—Larry Correia