Down These Mean Streets: The Dark Side of the City
Larry Correia, Kacey Ezell, Laurell K. Hamilton, Mike Massa, Steve Diamond, Robert E. Hampson, Chris Kennedy, Marisa Wolf, Griffin Barber, Robert Buettner, Hinkley Correia, Casey Moores, Patrick M. Tracy, Dan WillisNEW FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION STORIES WITH A HARDBOILED NOIR TWIST—FOCUSING ON THE MEAN STREETS OF THE CITY.
“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.” —Raymond Chandler
Humans have always been fascinated by darkness. Especially the darkness of a city at night, when the black sky is made ever more inky by the pools of illumination dropped under streetlights. We harken to the sound of streetcars in the distance. We are drawn to the garish flash of club signs and marquees. We love the danger of shadowed alleyways, of wealth and poverty living side by side.
We love the city. It’s a part of us.
Whether the mean streets be in an alternate past charmed with dark magic or the dirty alleyways of futuristic crowded space stations, the city—and its darkened streets—will always fascinate us. Here then, an anthology of all new stories of science fiction and fantasy with a hardboiled noir twist that acknowledge that the city is a living, breathing entity…and it isn’t always on our side.
Stories by: Laurell K. Hamilton, Larry Correia, Kacey Ezell, Mike Massa, Steve Diamond, Robert E. Hampson, Chris Kennedy, Marisa Wolf, Griffin Barber, Robert Buettner, Hinkley Correia, Casey Moores, Patrick M. Tracy, and Dan Willis.
Low Mountain (Lost Planet Homicide) by Larry Correia
Ophir Chasma by Kacey Ezell
Yokoburi by Hinkley Correia
Empire of Splinters (Genius Wars) by Mike Massa
The Streets of CircumFrisco by Robert E. Hampson
He Who Dies With the Most Scars by Patrick M. Tracy
Fool’s Gold (Arcane Casebook) by Dan Willis
Central After Dark by Casey Moores
Ghosts of Kaskata by Marisa Wolf
A Devil’s Bargain by Steve Diamond
Urban Renewal by Chris Kennedy
1957: The Dark Side of Paradise by Robert Buettner (Follow up - No Game For Knights)
Breathe by Grffin Barber
It’s Always Sunny in Key West (Anita Blake U) by Laurell K. Hamilton