American Nocturne is a tour de force of dark fantasy from two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Hank Schwaeble, a collection of original, first-time stories of horror and noir alongside a select number of his published short fiction combined in what Edgar Award-winner Robert Jackson Bennett describes as "a hardboiled journey into the spectral nightscape at the edges of Americana." A merging of Sin City and LA Confidential, with a touch of Twilight Zone for added spice, American Nocturne includes what could be the LAST authorised Carl Kolchak/Night Stalker novella. Featuring a rousing Introduction by NY Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry, AMERICAN NOCTURNE is a feast for the imagination, a smorgasbord of stories for those who like their thrills dark and dangerous. "Stunning! One of the finest collections in the last ten years!" --Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Dead City and The Dead Won't Die "Dark, surprising, moving and twisted... a dazzling collection." --David Liss, Edgar Award-winning author of Randoms and The Day of Atonement "Moody, edgy, eclectic--and wonderful... Not to be missed!" --Heather Graham, NY Times Best-Selling author of The Silenced Table of Contents: Introduction by Jonathan Maberry American Nocturne Midnight Bogey Blues Gomorrah Bone Daddy Phantom Hill A Murmur of Evil (Night Stalker tale) Nurture To Judge the Quick Mugwumps Cold Service BONUS STORIES: Natural Selection AB-IV