Psychological Noir: Richard Burgin’s Shadow Traffic
By Marc Watkins
October 9, 2011Some 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…