DON NOBLE is the editor of twelve volumes, three of which are collections of short fiction by Alabamians. He has received a regional Emmy Award for achievement in screenwriting and is the recipient of the state prizes for literary scholarship and service to the humanities, as well as the Governor's Arts Award. Noble is host of the TV literary interview show Bookmark with Don Noble and reviews books weekly for public radio.
Introduction
Part I: Cold, Cold Heart
"Exhaustion" by Anita Miller Garner (Florence)
"Deepwater, Dark Horizons" by Suzanne Hudson (Fish River)
"Bubba and Romy's Platonic Bender" by Kirk Curnutt (Pike County)
"Custom Meats" by Wendy Reed (West Jefferson County)
Part II: Your Cheatin' Heart
"The Price of Indulgence" by Carolyn Haines (Downtown Mobile)
"Come Like a Thief" by Anthony Grooms (South Titusville, Birmingham)
"What Brings You Back Home" by Michelle Richmond (West Mobile)
"Murder at the Grand Hotel" by Winston Groom (Point Clear)
"Sweet Baby" by Ace Atkins (Gu-Win)
Part III: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
"The Good Thief" by Ravi Howard (Escambia County)
"Her Job" by Tom Franklin (Clarke County)
"Xenia, Queen of the Dark" by Thom Gossom Jr. (Avondale, Birmingham)
Part IV: The Angel of Death
"Laughing Boy, Crooked Girl" by Brad Watson (Gulf Shores)
"Triptych" by Daniel Wallace (Shelby County)
"The Junction Boys" by D. Winston Brown (Ensley, Birmingham)
"All the Dead in Oakwood" by Marlin Barton (Montgomery)
