The Cocaine Chronicles joins The Speed Chronicles in launching
Akashic's new anthology series styled after the Noir series. Nothing to
snort at, this ambitious anthology of jaw-grinding criminal behavior is
masterfully curated by acclaimed authors Phillips and Tervalon.
Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the
subject, the subtext, the whys and where ofs in The Cocaine
Chronicles, a collection of original short stories that are funny and
harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting.
The Cocaine Chronicles contains tough tales by a cross-section of
today's most thought-provoking writers. Featuring brand-new stories by:
Susan Straight, Lee Child, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, Jerry Stahl, Nina
Revoyr, Bill Moody, Emory Holmes II, James Brown, Gary Phillips, Jervey
Tervalon, Kerry E. West, Donnell Alexander, Deborah Vankin, Robert Ward,
Manuel Ramos, and Detrice Jones.
The complete list of narrators includes Prentice Onayemi, Christian
Rummel, Lauren Fortgang, Scott Aiello, Mirron Willis, Allyson Johnson,
Scott Brick, Jeff Woodman, Stephen Hoye, Joe Barrett, Christina Delaine,
Elizabeth Evans, Jonathan Davis, Lisa Renee Pitts, Nick Sullivan, and
Kevin Free.
