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The best noir writers make us feel the heat of the sun, the touch of a lover. Setting can be gritty but can also be sublime, no longer relegated to urban locales and seedy hotel rooms but also mansions and swimming pools. Hence, Palm Springs, which may seem like an odd setting for a collection of dark short stories—it’s so sunny and bright here. The stories in this collection come on like the wicked dust storms common to the area.

Writing in Place: Stories from the Pandemic is a collection of short stories and essays inspired by COVID-19 and the range of emotional experiences brought about by this surreal time. Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, author of Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within, and host of the public radio show and podcast, Writers on Writing, brings together 17 writers from her long-term writing workshops, Writers Block Party and the Literary Possé, to produce this eclectic collection. The pieces range from the dystopian to the apocalyptic. There are mystery stories, as well as ...