TAMPA, Fla. - s4story -- Down & Out Books is pleased to announce MICKEY FINN VOL. 5: 21^st Century Noir edited by Michael Bracken has been published on December 2, 2024 in trade paperback and ebook formats.

About MICKEY FINN VOL. 5…

Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Volume 5, the fifth entry of the hard-hitting anthology series, is another crime-fiction cocktail that will again knock readers into a literary stupor.

Contributors push hard against the boundaries of crime fiction, driving their work into places short crime fiction doesn't often go, into a world where the mean streets seem gentrified by comparison and happy endings are the exception rather than the rule. And they do all this in contemporary settings, bringing noir into the 21st century.

Like any good cocktail, Mickey Finn is a heady mix of ingredients that packs a punch, and when you've finished reading every story, you'll know that you've been "slipped a Mickey."

The eighteen contributors, including some of today's most respected short-story writers and new writers making their mark on the genre, include: K.L. Abrahamson, Alan Barker, Michael Chandos, Caleb Coy, Eddie Generous, Nils Gilbertson, James A. Hearn, Hugh Lessig, Sean McCluskey, Tom Milani, Bill W. Morgan, Alan Orloff, Travis Richardson, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Robb T. White, Sam Wiebe, Joseph S. Walker, and Stacy Woodson.

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About the Editor…

Michael Bracken (CrimeFictionWriter.com) has edited or co-edited thirty-two published and forthcoming crime fiction anthologies, including the Anthony Award-nominated The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods. Additionally, he is the editor of Black Cat Mystery Magazine and an associate editor of Black Cat Weekly. Stories from his projects have received or been short-listed for Anthony, Derringer, Edgar, Macavity, Shamus, and Thriller awards, and have been named among the year's best by the editors of The Best American Mystery Stories, The Best American Mystery and Suspense, The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, and The Best Mystery Stories of the Year.

In its fourteenth year as an independent publisher of award-winning literary and crime fiction, Down & Out Books (https://downandoutbooks.com) is based in Tampa, Florida. For more information about the book, to request a review copy of the book, or to inquire about an interview with the author, contact info@downandoutbooks.com.