Original tales about the other, moodier season of change<br/>Some of the short stories and poems in Autumn Noir unfold as gently as a wisp of chimney smoke. Others bring the heart-thumping thrills of an end-of-summer storm. All feature characters as vibrant as fall foliage and dialogue as crisp as autumn air. Join the down (but maybe not quite out), the struggling, the wicked, the forlorn, and the broken-hearted as they stumble and sometimes fall all the way down. To paraphrase Bette Davis, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy read.”<br/>••••••••••••••••••<br/>REVIEWS "Some stories leave you hanging and gasping for more, some make you chuckle at the clever wickedness of seemingly innocent sneaky characters, some leave you shocked over twists at the end. All are worth reading. Autumn Noir: An Unsettling Reads Anthology is the perfect book for a cold night before a blazing fire."<br/>— Kathleen Kaska, author of the award-winning Sydney Lockhart Mystery Series<br/><br/>"Autumn Noir contains stories that get under your skin... an exciting collection of stories, some will make you smile, others will send a chill down your spine, and others will keep you guessing the outcome. I loved it!"<br/>— Kathryn Lane, award-winning author of the Nikki Garcia Thriller Series<br/><br/>••••••••••••••••••<br/>Find some of your favorite authors and discover some new ones. Includes tales by Bev Vincent, Bethany Maines, Teresa Trent, Brandon Barrows, Stephen D. Rogers, and many more from the crime, mystery, noir, suspense, and thriller genres. Includes the following stories & poems: ‘A Slice for Stanley’ © Teresa Trent ‘Abscission’ © Dustin Engstrom ‘An Orchid to Die For’ © Wendy Harrison ‘Anathema’ © Robin Knabel ‘Autumn Heat’ © Oisin Breen ‘Death & Flying Saucers’ © Matthew Kresal ‘Escape Velocity’ © Bev Vincent ‘Every Single Funeral’ © Bethany Maines ‘Golden Silence’ © V.S. Kemanis ‘Hand Shadows’ © Rikki Santer ‘Hope Is an Opiate’ © Bob McNeil ‘Killer in a Diner’ © Nathan S