For our 300th issue we asked our favourite writers to create an original noir story. The catch? It had to be exactly 300 words long. Strap yourself in for a blood-soaked celebration of bitesize hardboiled fiction
Three hundred by Anthony Horowitz
Frank was a bad man by Denise Mina
The bullet had eyes by George Pelecanos
Twitter stalker by Chris Brookmyre
Black beauty by Stuart Neville
Out of the darkness by Arne Dahl
Like a bad dream by Mark Billingham
Running on bloody floors by Malcolm Mackay
Black sheep by David Whitehouse
A dream of winter by John Connolly
Reader entry
Donny OKeefe is innocent by Ben Banyard
(Illustrations: Edward Tuckwell)
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