American Nocturne

American Nocturne

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."<br />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.<br />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.<br /><br />"Stunning! One of the finest collections in the last ten years!"<br /> --Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Dead City and The Dead Won't Die<br /><br />"Dark, surprising, moving and twisted... a dazzling collection."<br /> --David Liss, Edgar Award-winning author of Randoms and The Day of Atonement<br /><br />"Moody, edgy, eclectic--and wonderful... Not to be missed!"<br /> --Heather Graham, NY Times Best-Selling author of The Silenced<br /><br />Table of Contents:<br />Introduction by Jonathan Maberry<br />American Nocturne<br />Midnight Bogey Blues<br />Gomorrah<br />Bone Daddy<br />Phantom Hill<br />A Murmur of Evil (Night Stalker tale)<br />Nurture<br />To Judge the Quick<br />Mugwumps<br />Cold Service