Witnesses for the Dead: Stories

How does witnessing a crime change a person? This powerful collection of stories by a star-studded roster of contributors examines this very question, with proceeds benefitting the Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops.

Inspired by recent true events, the all-original stories in Witnesses for the Dead are set in motion by the act of witnessing. The characters who populate these pages are not themselves the perpetrators of the crimes they see, but as they grapple with what to dotake action or retreat into the shadowstheir lives are indelibly changed.

In "Envy" by Christopher Chambers, a sweet, shy wallflower looks on as something horrific happens in his neighborhoodrevealing something horrific about himself. Agatha Awardwinner Richie Narvaez's "The Gardener of Roses" sees a Puertorriqueña college student on the run from the FBI for her accidental involvement in a "terrorist" plot. Anthony Awardwinner Gary Phillips confronts police corruption in "Spiders and Fly." And the protagonist of "A Family Matter" by IPPY Awardwinner Sarah M. Chen investigates the murder of a stranger, leading her to question the political structure of Taiwan entirely. Other stories feature a brothel, the film industry, immigrant detention centers at the Mexico-US border, World War IItorn France, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The stories are incisive, unflinching, wry, dark, and, in some cases, terrifying. You'll ask yourself: If I saw what they saw, what would I do?

Edited by Anthony Awardwinner Gary Phillips and Shamus Awardwinner Gar Anthony Haywood, the collection includes contributions from NAACP Image Awardwinner Pamela Samuels Young, New York Times bestsellers Cara Black and Tod Goldberg, Edgar Awardwinner SJ Rozan, Agatha Awardwinner Richie Narvaez, and more.

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