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movies Liam Neeson becomes Raymond Chandler's iconic private eye in the trailer for Marlowe Devin Nealy

art The art of Juanjo Guarnido Devin Nealy

writing I've been writing a book for 25 years Séamus Bellamy

Crime Fiction Writing advice from crime novelist James Crumley Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants John Varley's "Irontown Blues" – noir doggy science fiction from one of the field's all-time greats Cory Doctorow

movies Rot the eyes right out of your head with this collection of 60 free Film Noir classics Séamus Bellamy

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animation Watch The Agitated, a dark and twisted noir stop-motion short David Pescovitz

Funny The Everything Box: demonological comedy from Richard "Sandman Slim" Kadrey Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Made to Kill: 1960s killer-robot noir detective novel Cory Doctorow

lemony snicket A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler Mark Dery

lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery

William S. Burroughs and the Dead-End Horror of the Centipede God Mark Dery