– a muskrat two prey animals in a grim & gritty city where the prey animals are usually at the bottom of the anthro-animal social pole. It’s specifically a pastiche of The Maltese Falcon, with Mike Harrison, a pig P.I., investigating the murder of his best friend, another P.I. Ocean Tigrox has started out with one of the best here “Muskrat Blues” by Ianus Wolf. Rivets tells 13 stories not cases of his own, but 13 that he’s heard of. It would have been nice to get a full story with him. He wears his trench coat and fedora while sitting in his office? Well, maybe he’s just returned, exhausted, from a case - appears only in the very brief Foreword and Afterword. The wide brim of his fedora raises to see what visitor would stop by this late at night.” –p. who tells these stories - “A sable in a long beige trench coat sits behind the desk, dark ears perking at the entrance of the newcomer. Stanley Rivets, the stereotypical sable P.I. Pour your favourite whiskey and light up a cigarette as Stanley Rivets, PI shares with you his collection of case files from dim to dark to downright ugly.” (blurb) “Explore thirteen anthropomorphic noir stories about betrayal, corruption and deceit from award-winning authors and up-and-coming writers. Inhuman Acts A Collection of Noir, edited by Ocean Tigrox.ĭallas, TX, FurPlanet Productions, September 2015, trade paperback $19.95 (316 pages), Kindle $9.95.Īccording to the publisher, this is a horror anthology. Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.
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