Pinup Noir 3

 If you’re wondering why I’m so late with a post, I was waiting for this to drop.

Now, Raconteur Press is run by Ian McMurtrie, also known as Lawdog. Raconteur has a successful line of anthologies. After a while, I took a hint and decided to check out their shorts. One of the ones I considered submitting to was “Pinup Noir 2.”

The description was pretty simple

Gritty streets, hard-boiled detectives, and dames that are trouble on two legs. Whether they're in a world that looks like ours but isn't, a futuristic setting, or a different planet altogether, these are the things that make a noir story.

Obviously, my specialty is Urban Fantasy. The world I could think of was only one: Thomas Nolan.

Yup, here we go again. Tommy just won’t stay down.

Yes, another Thomas Nolan short story. And this one is set after Coven.

For something in this genre, requiring a femme fatale, my first thought was “I need a succubus.”

After that, I was off to the races. I get to throw Tommy into museum and recreate The Relic. Only even more threatening.

However, I didn’t get into Pinup Noir 2

But I did get into Pinup Noir 3.

To mangle a quote, every now and then, in order for there to be justice, a being must walk down the mean streets who is not, themselves, mean. Whether those streets are hard-packed dirt, the metal of a space station corridor, or the slick cobblestones of an alternate San Francisco doesn't matter. And sometimes, the Dangerous Dames can do it themselves.

Join 10 authors as they explore what Noir looks like in the past, present, and future.

Takeout by Samuel Nettles

Behind Every Successful Man by Paul Williams

Blonde and Blue by Michael A. Hooten

In The Kudzu by Robert McDonald

Hot Time in Tomato Town by Seth Taylor

Jared Thorne and the Tech Smugglers Son by John D. Martin

Lady Killer by Andrew Milbourne

A Lady of Means by Kimber Lin

Succubus Blues by Declan Finn

The Doll with the Peekaboo Bangs by Lee Allred

The book is out now.

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