Between these covers, Long Island emerges as a region far more complex and sinister than merely a playground for the rich and famous. ―“The Shiny Car in the Night” by Nick Mamatas was selected for inclusion in  The Best American Mystery Stories 2013 , edited by Otto Penzler and Lisa Scottoline “There is plenty of mayhem for fans of dark fiction in the pages of  Long Island Noir : shootings, killings, all manner of brutality . . . Suburbia may be even meaner than the big city.” ― The New York Times Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with  Brooklyn Noir . Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Jules Feiffer, Matthew McGevna, Nick Mamatas, Kaylie Jones, Qanta Ahmed, Charles Salzberg, Reed Farrel Coleman, Tim McLoughlin, Sarah Weinman, JZ Holden, Richie Narvaez, Sheila Kohler, Jane Ciabattari, Steven Wishnia, Kenneth Wishnia, Amani Scipio, and Tim Tomlinson. From the introduction by Kaylie Jones: “ The Great Gatsby  could be seen as the first noir novel of Long Island―a poor boy who doesn’t have two cents to rub together falls for a rich girl who would never marry him. So he makes himself a massive fortune the only way he can―illegally. And buys himself a mansion on Long Island. Despite his fortune he is never truly accepted, never truly safe, comfortable, or content. And of course, she leaves him because he’ll never be part of her set. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s mansions of Great Neck and Little Neck are still there, lording imposingly over their lesser neighbors. The American dream of suburban bliss has never died, only grown more desperate, more materialistic, and less romantic as it has shoved its way further east, until now there is literally nowhere left to go . . . The most die-hard fans of noir fiction may find a few of these stories a little gris. Not everyone here is literally down and out, though spiritually, they’ll give you a run for your money . . . They are all characters driven by some twisted notion of the American Dream, which they feel they must achieve at any cost. This is real-life noir. These people are our neighbors.“ "The latest installment of the ever-expanding Noir series is full of well-written character pieces that shine a light on the seedier corners of Long Island." ― Booklist "An eclectic and effective mix of seasoned pros . . . The 17 contributors portray a wonderful diversity of people driven to extremes." ― Publishers Weekly "These tales are perceptive glimpses into how people live out the choices they make . . . No one escapes unscathed, but some wounds are redemptive." ― Kirkus Reviews " Long Island Noir is definitely a book to savor, despite the page-turner quality of the stories." ― Midwest Book Review KAYLIE JONES has published seven books, including a memoir,  Lies My Mother Never Told M e, and her most recent novel,  The Anger Meridian . Her novel  A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries  was adapted as a Merchant Ivory film in 1998. Jones has been teaching for more than twenty-five years, and is a faculty member in the Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Creative Writing & Literature program and in Wilkes University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. She is the author of  Speak Now  and the editor of  Long Island Noir . Her newest endeavor is her publishing imprint with Akashic Books, Kaylie Jones Books. Long Island Noir Akashic Books Copyright © 2012 Akashic Books All right reserved. ISBN: 978-1-61775-062-5 Contents PART I: FAMILY VALUES....................................................17Matthew McGevna Gateway to the Stars Mastic Beach......................32Nick Mamatas Thy Shiny Car in the Night Northport......................42Kaylie Jones Home Invasion Wainscott...................................55PART II: HITTING IT BIG..................................................75Charles Salzberg A Starr Burns Bright Long Beach.......................93Reed Farrel Coleman Mastermind Selden..................................107Tim McLoughlin Seven Eleven Wantagh....................................117PART III: LOVE AND OTHER HORRORS.........................................143Jules Feiffer Boob Noir Southampton....................................149JZ Holden Summer Love Sagaponack.......................................167Richie Narvaez Ending in Paumanok Stony Brook..........................182Sheila Kohler Terror Amagansett........................................199PART IV: AMERICAN DREAMERS...............................................211Steven Wishnia Semiconscious Lake Ronkonkoma...........................233Kenneth Wishnia Blood Drive Port Jefferson Station.....................247Amani Scipio Jabo's Bridgehampton......................................258Tim Tomlinson Snow Job Wading River....................................284 Introduction A New Kind of Greedy Tension Summers in the Hamptons were always wild