Most Read This Week In Noir

[close] Noir, hardboiled and pulp. This is the reading group linked to the Point Blank podcast. If you're a fan already, support the guys through Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/pointblankcrime/overview If you've never heard the podcast, find it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/point-blank-hardboiled-noir-detective-fiction/id1276038868?mt=2 If you have heard it, it's also there. If you're not interested in podcasts, but love pulp and noir, your welcome to stay. Each month we read hard boiled, noir, and pulp fiction along with hosts Kurt and Justin. We are a community that feeds into the podcast and we give feedback and we read a whole bunch of other stuff along the way.

[close] This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of Dark Fiction. We tend to avoid the big, banal blockbusters (and the more lurid fare) in favor of beautifully written explorations of the unknown, many of them obscure, all of them extraordinary. [Note from the Moderator: A couple of years ago, we changed our group name from "Literary Horror" in order to expand our sphere of interests (and dislodge a few embedded trolls). Our enthusiasms embrace Gothic, Weird Fiction, and Noir, as well as much that might be classified as Horror, but we also appreciate literary fiction that cannot be easily fitted into a marketing niche. In fact, this latter group of titles has evolved into our primary focus. Most serious fiction deals (to some extent) with darker themes, and many works of distinction have employed supernatural, surreal or existentialist elements. These books have power. They endure, because they appeal to serious readers and provide thoughtful entertainment. Come. Explore them with us.]

[close] The place to be if you love mysteries with an 'international' flavor. Diverse authors, here: Jo Nesbo, Carmen Amato, Henry Chang, Arnaldur Indridason, Natsuo Kirino, Andrea Camilleri. Names like Sipila, Ibe, Higashino, Xiaolong, & Miyuki Miyabe. So, hop aboard... Visit genre pages and lists, too. Authors signing on? Check-in here ; review ground rules group fonts by Cool Text

[close] Penumbra Literaria es el espacio de lectores . Un lugar para quienes disfrutan de la literatura de Terror, la ficción gótica, el noir literario y el fantástico con alma. Aquí hablamos de libros, compartimos lecturas y acompañamos a futuros autores. Siempre buscando nuevas voces y talentos.