NOIR NATION NOW AVAILABLE!

Hi folks,

Just want to announce the inaugural issue of the groundbreaking emagazine, NOIR NATION, is now available! This has been a long-awaited event.

Editor-in-Chief
Eddie Vega
Managing Editor, Western Hemisphere
Cortright McMeel
Managing Editor, Eastern Hemisphere
Alan WardThomas
Design Director
Michaela Thomas

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I am pleased and honored to have a story in the inaugural issue, along with many of the "stars" of noir from all over the world. Check out this lineup of contributors! You'll see quite a few of the folks who've graced this humble blog.

No. 1

Art & Illustrations
Danda (Czech Republic) and Hamlet Zurita (Ecuador)

Editorial
Birth of a Nation ~ Eddie Vega (U.S., Cuba)

Fiction
FTW ~ Scott Wolven (U.S.)
Surgeons ~ Tristan Davies (U.S.)
Who Killed Skippy ~  Paul D. Brazill (Poland)
The End of the Trail (Classic Reprint) ~ Bonnie Parker (U.S.)
Gone is Gone ~ Leah Chamberlain  (U.S.)
Pit Stop ~ Les Edgerton (U.S.)
Dog of a Different Breed ~ R.F. Farrell (Canada)
Work ~  Kevin Hardcastle (Canada)
A Love Supreme ~  Jean Charbonneau (Canada)
Trompe L’Oeil ~ Stephen Gibson (U.S.)
Cross ~ Tim Gibson (U.S.)
Lethal Injection ~ Kevin Levites (U.S.)
The Struggle ~ Yewande Omotoso (Nigeria)
Four Pairs of Shoes ~ Gerald Heys (England, Czech Republic)
Jelly Babies ~ JJ Toner (Ireland)
Noir Nano: Four 60-word stories ~ Bianca Bellova (Czech Republic)

Interview
Ten Questions for Scott Wolven ~ Cortright McMeel (U.S.)

Essays
Black Becomes Blacker: The Darkening of Noir ~ J. Madison Davis (U.S.)
Why Noir Now ~ Alan Ward Thomas (U.S., Czech Republic)

Noir Forum
Noir Nation invited writers, editors, and consumers of crime fiction to
address the following question: Must crime fiction have a moral point? These
are their responses.
Don’t Preach Anywhere Near Me ~ Melodie Campbell (Canada)
Crime Must Have Consequences ~ Wendy A. Reynolds (U.S.)
Awareness of Values Does Not Mean You Have to Play Nice ~ Ann Littlewood (U.S.)
It is Not Easy to Know What is Good and Right ~ Ann Cleeves (UK)
Noir heroes don’t uphold moral codes, they are their victims ~ Linton Robinson (U.S.)
Noir is not about morality but about personal codes ~ Joe Trigoboff (U.S.)


Graphic Novel
Fired on Deadline ~ Jon Danko, Writer (U.S.) and Danda, Illustrator (Czech Republic)

Get a copy today! You'll be glad you did.

Blue skies,
Les