An anthology devoted to "neo-noir": stories of despair, ugliness, violence, and the lowest depths.
- Data from Locus Magazine #641 as of 2014-06-04; date of publication from publisher.
- Only speculative fiction has been indexed here. The remaining stories are:
- How • short story by Roxane Gay [First published in Annalemma #6, 2010]
- Rust and Bone • short story by Craig Davidson [First published in the fiddlehead #219 (Spring 2004) as "28 Bones"]
- Blue Hawaii • short story by Rebecca Jones-Howe [First published in Nova Parade, edited by Martin Garrity and Nathan Pettigrew (Solarcide, 2012)]
- Children Are the Only Ones That Blush • short story by Joe Meno [First published in One Story #122, June 30, 2009]
- Christopher Hitchens • short story by Vanessa Veselka [First published in Zyzzyva, Winter 2012]
- His Footsteps Are Made of Soot • short story by Nik Korpon [First published in Troubadour 21, November 16, 2009]
- The Etiquette of Homicide • short story by Tara Laskowski [First published in Barrelhouse #10, 2012]
- Dredge • novelette by Matt Bell [First published in Hayden's Ferry Review #45, Fall/Winter 2009-10]
- Sunshine for Adrienne • short story by Antonia Crane [First published in The Heroin Chronicles, edited by Jerry Stahl (Akashic Books, 2013)]
- Fuzzyland • novelette by Richard Lange [First published in the Georgia Review, Vol. 56, No. 3, Fall 2002]
