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1) Matinee
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He moved through the town, harassing and assessing his prospects. He would be forced to kill this night. Because his urges couldn't be stopped. One of Gil Brewer's creepiest noir tales.
2) Home
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Chandler, on a week-long break from school, has an awkward homecoming. To clear his head, he takes an aimless walk. However, he has forgotten the nature of his hometown and ends up in a diner, where he is nearly beat up for being black in a white neighborhood.
In typical Gil Brewer fashion, that's just the start of his gritty, relentless downward spiral...
3) Fog
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Keeping an eye on a friend's wife has its perils, after dark!
7) Moonshine
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When Jim comes home early, he finds a man sneaking out the back door of his house. Of course, being the jealous type, he can't help but take his revenge, and in typical Gil Brewer style, things spiral out of control from there.
8) Come Across
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What makes a stalker? And what happens when a perfectly respectable man becomes obsessed with the girl across the street? A noir crime story, originally published in the April 1956 issue of MANHUNT magazine, as only Gil Brewer could tell it!
9) Shot
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When Renick is wounded in a drive-by shooting, the people around him stop to try to help. But one may be a little too helpful...
11) I Saw Her Die
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Grisson, Halliwell, and Dibble are cops in their station when Marvin Hewitt walks in, wondering whom to talk to about witnessing a murder. Hewitt is a landscaper, working on a new development; he claims to have witnessed a murder in one of the houses. However, he has great amount of trouble telling his story...
12) Cut Bait
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The right bait is the key to good fishing. But back-seat fishing can get you in trouble!
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Classic mystery story by Gil Brewer. Shortly after going AWOL from the Navy, Al York find his wife completely changed: she has started drinking, he knows she's having an affair, she is clear that she doesn't really want to be with him anymore. Jack pays a street thug, Bart Snyder to check up on Nina's supposed lover, Errol Trout. And that's where the trouble starts...
15) Prowler!
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An unfaithful husband finds much more than he bargained for when he tangles with a prowler.
16) With This Gun
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Danny's older brother, Tad, had a knack for showing up at just the right moment to stop him from doing things that would get him in trouble with the law. But with Tad in prison and a beautiful dame whispering criminal thoughts in his ear, Danny is sorely tempted to pull the robbery job of his life...
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Carmoody looked down again at the slack and awkwardly positioned nude body of the young girl lying on the kitchen floor of No. 5, Gulf-ways Motel. Nice figure, dusty black hair in sharp contrast against the white tile floor, dark blue eyes that were half-lidded and glaring in the lamplight. Her throat was cut.
A noir mystery classic originally published in 1956!
19) Kill Crazy
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Crattock strained against the ropes binding his wrists behind the chair. He cursed his brother, who breathed harshly as he lashed Crattock's legs to the chair, knotting the biting hemp. "I won't stay tied forever, Mel," Crattock said, "I'll kill you for this."
