The River City emerges as a hot-spot for unseemly noir.

Andrew Blossom is the founding editor of Makeout Creek. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Brian Castleberry has worked as a cook, a dishwasher, a teacher, a carnie, a shoe salesman, a receptionist, and a waiter. He lives in Virginia with his wife and their two dogs.

Tom De Haven is the author of seventeen books, including Freaks? Amour, Sunburn Lake, It's Superman! and the Derby Dugan trilogy of novels.