Down These Mean Streets
Down These Mean Streets by Larry Correia, published by Baen on February 11, 2025, is a collection of new fantasy and science fiction stories that explore the gritty allure of urban life. With 544 pages, this anthology presents a hardboiled noir twist on the theme of city streets, drawing readers into the shadows and lights of various urban landscapes. The stories delve into the complexities of human fascination with darkness, highlighting the juxtaposition of wealth and poverty, and the ever-present danger lurking in alleyways.
Readers will encounter a diverse array of narratives that traverse both alternate pasts infused with dark magic and futuristic settings filled with crowded space stations. Each story acknowledges the city as a living entity, often revealing its unpredictable nature. This anthology features contributions from various authors, including Laurell K. Hamilton and Kacey Ezell, offering a rich tapestry of perspectives on the mean streets that captivate our imagination.
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NEW FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION STORIES WITH A HARDBOILED NOIR TWIST—FOCUSING ON THE MEAN STREETS OF THE CITY
“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.” —Raymond Chandler
Humans have always been fascinated by darkness. Especially the darkness of a city at night, when the black sky is made ever more inky by the pools of illumination dropped under streetlights. We harken to the sound of streetcars in the distance. We are drawn to the garish flash of club signs and marquees. We love the danger of shadowed alleyways, of wealth and poverty living side by side.
We love the city. It’s a part of us.
Whether the mean streets be in an alternate past charmed with dark magic or the dirty alleyways of futuristic crowded space stations, the city—and its darkened streets—will always fascinate us. Here then, an anthology of all new stories of science fiction and fantasy with a hardboiled noir twist that acknowledge that the city is a living, breathing entity…and it isn’t always on our side.
Stories by: Laurell K. Hamilton, Larry Correia, Kacey Ezell, Mike Massa, Steve Diamond, Robert E. Hampson, Chris Kennedy, Marisa Wolf, Griffin Barber, Robert Buettner, Hinkley Correia, Casey Moores, Patrick M. Tracy, and Dan Willis.
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