Edited by Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon. Riveting cocaine-themed tales that are at time funny and harrowing, sad and scary. Stories by Susan Straight, Lee Child, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, Jerry Stahl, Nina Revoyr, Bill Moody, Emory Holmes II, James Brown, Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, Kerry E. West, Donnell Alexander, Deborah Vankin, Robert Ward, Manuel Ramos, and Detrice Jones.

Contents:

• Introduction by Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon
• Part I: Touched by Death
  • Ten Keys by Lee Child
  • The Crack Cocaine Diet by Laura Lippman
  • White Irish by Ken Bruen
  • Beneficent Diversions From the Crackdins Diet by Donnell Alexander
• Part II: Fiending
  • Poinciana by Susan Straight
  • The Screenwriter by James Brown
  • Twilight of the Stooges by Jerry Stahl
  • Chemist by Robert Ward
• Part III: The Corruption
  • Viki, Flash, and the Pied-Piper of Shoebies by Deborah Vankin
  • Golden Pacific by Nina Revoyr
  • Sentimental Value by Manuel Ramos
  • Just Surviving Another Day by Detrice Jones
• Part IV: Gangsters & Monsters
  • A.K.A., Moise Rockafella by Emory Holmes II
  • Carnaro Blue by Bill Moody
  • Serving Monster by Jervey Tervalon
  • Disco Zombies by Gary Phillips