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Each contributor presents a brand new story set in a distinct neighborhood. Brooklyn Noir mixes masters of the mystery genre with the best of New York’s literary fiction community - and, of course, leaves room for new blood. These brilliant and chilling stories see crime striking in communities of Russians, Jamaicans, Hasidic Jews, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Irish and many other ethnicities - in the most diverse urban location on the planet.

Most people don’t realize they’re surviving. They build careers. Families. Reputations. From the outside, everything looks fine. But underneath, something older is still running the show—an old fear, an old belief, an old moment that never got fully faced. The way you survived something quietly became the way you live everything.

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Ken is a socially awkward teenager who is often the victim of pranks by the school bullies. The only thing that helps him escape his tedious life is his love for mobile games, so he spends hours and hours on his phone playing. Until one day he comes across an application that will transform his life: The Djinni. The boy now has the power to turn the tables, for The Djinni will grant him the wishes he desires most. However, Ken will soon come to understand his wishes always come with a price, and perhaps sometimes the price he has to pay is too high for his own benefit.

This small anthology is a collection of short stories and drabbles that feature Death and desolation in varying degrees. Whether it is a lonely man travelling through a dead England, a post nuclear journey home, a man in chains, the apocalypse caused by an innocuous plant, hope from the infected, or nocturnal visitations, they all offer the loneliness and isolation.

Jarek Grayson is a different sort of private investigator. One with a touch of OCD, anxiety, and autism. Jarek isn't your normal hacker; he's also a millionaire, playboy, and PI. Teamed with his childhood friend, protector, and first love, Johanna, they make an unbeatable team...mostly. When they aren't fighting. Or arguing...or snarking.

"In that moment, there arose all the resolve I hoped would be with me when I finally met her, and my vertigo turned to exultation. So what if she was married? I had contemplated that long ago and decided I'd have her anyway." Joshua Rivers was born to expect great things. A former child prodigy and the son of a lottery winner, he also believes himself blessed with a vision of his perfect destiny and his perfect love.

"Have a wonder-filled Christmas," people in Luke's new hometown greet one another as Christmas approaches. With no memory of a Christmas celebration, 10-year-old Luke feels excluded from the town's tradition - until he finds his deceased mother's nativity set. Touched by Mary's protecting embrace of the baby Jesus, Luke experiences his first Christmas wonder.

The beautiful woman who is a street musician in front of Lanzo Gasperetti's family's restaurant sings like an angel. He's spent most his life hearing impaired. The joyous sounds of Christmas are all new to him. Lanzo wants to find a life outside the restaurant, but that doesn't entail his uncle Sal playing matchmaker. Marisa Thompson needs to make a living with her music. If she doesn't make money soon, she'll be relegated to the life her father wants her to have in office cubicle hell.

When faceless assassins stalk the seaside streets, the only vacation is permanent. Max Harding wanted nothing more than to leave his wife, but when his mistress is found gruesomely murdered on the beach, he becomes the prime suspect. But in this quiet seaside town, appearances are deceiving, and secrets not only run deep—they're terrifying. The faceless killers have been set loose and Max soon finds himself fighting for humanity against an enemy he knows only too well.

Jim travels to northern Michigan to decompress and deal with his feelings in a rustic log cabin owned by his deceased girlfriend's family. Not only is the cabin off the grid, it is a place of peace and solitude, that is, until the Ebola virus is unleashed upon the USA. In a panic, the CDC and the FDA release a vaccine that's only just started testing.... Now the infected roam the world, and even in northern Michigan, Jim isn't safe. He eagerly awaits Janie's family to join him; they are preppers, who may be the key to his survival, and they are the only family he has left.

Emily's boyfriend is going to dump her. At least, that is what she's been convinced. He is acting incredibly strange, keeping secrets and lying about money. Worst of all, with Valentine's Day coming up, he might dump her on her favorite holiday! However, things are not as they appear.