Indian Country Noir (Akashic Noir)
Sarah Cortez
Language: English
Pages: 300
ISBN: 1936070057
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Features brand-new stories by: Mistina Bates, Jean Rae Baxter, Lawrence Block, Joseph Bruchac, David Cole, Reed Farrel Coleman, O'Neil De Noux, A.A. Hedge Coke, Gerard Houarner, Liz Martínez, R. Narvaez, Kimberly Roppolo, Leonard Schonberg, and Melissa Yi.
Sarah Cortez, a law enforcement officer, is the award-winning author of the poetry collection How to Undress a Cop. She brings her heritage as a Tejana with Mexican, French, Comanche, and Spanish blood to the written page.
Liz Martínez’s stories have appeared in Manhattan Noir, Queens Noir, and Cop Tales 2000. She is a member of Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, and she lives in New York.
Jake. Did you know your dad does have a Mohawk?” He scrunches up his face. “He does not!” “What do you think a Mohawk haircut looks like?” He rolls his eyes. “Are you gonna tell me it’s a Mohawk because he’s a Mohawk? That’s lame.” She shakes her head. “For Indians, long hair is sacred. Men and women have long hair because that’s what our Creator gave to us.” “It looks okay on you.” Always the poison saved for me. “But everyone knows a Mohawk is that punk thing, you know, where you shave the
emphasizing the title. “You come from money? Or is the city of Memphis exceptionally generous with its hazardous duty pay?” When Lawry remained silent, he continued, “Or does this have something to do your being here after your buddies have gone home?” The man glanced down at the ledgers, and Carson nodded. “I figured it was something like that. Something big enough that you’d risk the complications of a broken crime scene seal. I don’t care what your business was with Buddy Martin,” Carson said
turned the knob, and strode in, his escort looming behind him. The eyes on the two well-dressed men inside the office got big as dinner plates at the sight of Marissa LaTerre. Harry had expected nothing less. Helen Keller, he thought, would’ve gotten big eyes in the presence of the power-forward drag queen, especially dressed up in that outfit. “I’m Harry Garson,” he said, walking up to the older of the two men. He slid his ancient black-and-white head shot and CV across the top of the fancy
he can to keep them safe. That’s why they’ll do anything for him. Mike was born in Czechoslovakia but passed through Ellis Island when he was three. He has the strong bone structure common to Eastern Europeans that keep them looking young, even in their old age. Mike’s most prominent feature is a pugnacious chin. The Indian walked up to a man standing at the bar, his hands wrapped around a beer glass. The man wore a cap and had a defiant chin. The Indian peered at him. “Mike?” he said in a
Humanities Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Writing Fellowship for Poetry. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. DAVID COLE has published seven mystery novels set in southern Arizona, dealing largely with problems facing Native Americans and illegal immigrants. His next fiction project, set in Tucson, involves Mexican drug cartels and home invasions. He is also collecting real-life personal stories from women in