Denis Johnson

The Laughing Monsters: New Audio Excerpt

By Denis Johnson

November 1, 2014

The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson is an international thriller featuring Ronald Nair who returns to Sierra Leone with hopes of repeating the get-rich-quick scheme he employed ten years past (available November 4, 2014). Roland Nair calls himself Scandinavian but travels on a U.S. passport. After ten years’ absence, he returns to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to…

Shadow Traffic by Richard Burgin is the ultimate in psychological noir.

Psychological Noir: Richard Burgin’s Shadow Traffic

By Marc Watkins

October 9, 2011

Some of the best tales of psychological noir are written when an author straddles genres: Richard Burgin’s Shadow Traffic, Denis Johnson’s Jesus Son, Jayne Anne Phillip’s Black Tickets, and Barry Hannah’s Airships are all collections that craft remarkable tension in every story because the authors blur the line between traditional literary and noir worlds, creating…