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