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A review by amyl88
Dallas Noir by
4.0
Not sure I'd describe all of these stories as noir. Noir-ish, maybe. Dark, certainly. Depressing, some of them. I did enjoy most of them. "Night Work" by Clay Reynolds would probably be my least favorite (but not a stinker, I just didn't like the way it ended), though maybe one of the most noir flavored. One or two have shades of Stephen King, writing style and/or content-wise - "Full Moon" by Lauren Davis and "Swingers Anonymous" by Jonathan Woods both felt a little King-y to me.
A couple of authors seemed to be just having their characters drive places so they could name streets and intersections to make it feel like it was set in Dallas, but for the most part, descriptions of the parts of DFW that I am familiar with were pretty spot-on.
All in all, a solid collection.
A couple of authors seemed to be just having their characters drive places so they could name streets and intersections to make it feel like it was set in Dallas, but for the most part, descriptions of the parts of DFW that I am familiar with were pretty spot-on.
All in all, a solid collection.