2018 BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES and RETREATS FROM OBLIVION: The Journal of NoirCon

Edited by Louise Penny — What an entertaining collection this is! The stories cover a wide range of mystery, crime and suspense writing, with a fair bit of edge. Edited by popular Canadian author Louise Penny from a collection assembled under the direction of Otto Penzler, the 20 stories first appeared in short story magazines and anthologies during 2017.

Chris McGinley, HELLBENDERS

Jo Perry, THE KICK THE BUCKET TOUR

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The Writer in The Gutter : RETREATS FROM OBLIVION is RESURRECTED!

The Writer in The Gutter : RETREATS FROM OBLIVION is RESURRECTED!: SUGAR WATER by Charles Willeford at RFO READ IT NOW. It's my pleasure to announce the return of  Retreats From Oblivion: The Journ...

RETREATS FROM OBLIVION is RESURRECTED!

SUGAR WATER by Charles Willeford at RFO
READ IT NOW.

It's my pleasure to announce the return of Retreats From Oblivion: The Journal of NoirCon with the publication of "Sugar Water," a lost story by the great Charles Willeford, and to introduce myself, Matthew Sorrento, your new humble Editor-in-chief (many thanks to publisher Lou Boxer and fellow-in-noir, Andrew Repasky McElhinney): "It took another ten years before I actually learned how to make sugar water. It takes a combination of sugar, blood, sweat, crushed hearts, burned archives, sweltering heat, icicles, molten steel, water, grape juice, gin, wine, melted cheese, cherries, and tears. Plenty of tears."