BRISTOL NOIR - ANTHOLOGY 1 A collection of stories from some of the best new and established crime and dark fiction writers from around the world. All with a dose of noir and dirty realism. Featuring: Alpheus Williams, Andrew Davie, Anthony Neil Smith, B.F. Jones, Ben Newell, Blake Johnson, Bobby Mathews, C.W. Blackwell, Curtis Ippolito, David Tromblay, Don Stoll, F.J. Romano, Gabriel Hart, Graham Wynd, Ian Ayris, Jason Butkowski, J.B. Stevens, and John Bowie. [noir] no-ir noun a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity. a film or novel in the noir genre. [dirty realism] dir-ty re-al-ism noun a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life It’s meticulously researched; the style is an unforgiving dirty realism. — Times, Sunday Times (2013)