Mickey Finn Vol. 2

<pre spellcheck=false><i>Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir Volume 2</i> the second entry of the hard-hitting anthology series is a crime-fiction cocktail that will again knock readers into a literary stupor. <br><br>Contributors push hard against the boundaries of crime fiction driving their work into places short crime fiction doesn't often go into a world where the mean streets seem gentrified by comparison and happy endings are the exception rather than the rule. And they do all this in contemporary settings bringing noir into the 21st century. <br><br>Like any good cocktail Mickey Finn is a heady mix of ingredients that packs a punch and when you've finished reading every story you'll know that you've been slipped a Mickey. <br><br>The nineteen contributors including some of today's most respected short-story writers and new writers making their mark on the genre include: Trey R. Barker John Bosworth Michael Bracken Scott Bradfield S.M. Fedor Nils Gilbertson J.D. Graves James A. Hearn Janice Law Hugh Lessig Gabe Morran Rick Ollerman Josh Pachter Robert Petyo Stephen D. Rogers Albert Tucher Joseph S. Walker Sam Wiebe and Stacy Woodson.</pre>