<h4>Scott Adlerberg is the author of the novel <em>Spiders and Flies</em> and the novella <em>Jungle Horses</em>. He hosts the Word for Word Reel Talks film commentary series in Bryant Park in Manhattan and blogs at <a href="http://scottadlerberg.blogspot.com">scottadlerberg.blogspot.com</a>.</h4>

Scott Adlerberg

Elementary, Dear Harlem: On the First African-American Detective Novel

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

Noir

Characters, Not Walking Polemics: A Q&amp;A with Gary Phillips on His Web Serial, “The Dixon Family Chronicles”

The Forgers

Fake Mysteries

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Troubled Narrators, Troubled Times

Scott Adlerberg is the author of the novel <em>Spiders and Flies</em> and the novella <em>Jungle Horses</em>. He hosts the Word for Word Reel Talks film commentary series in Bryant Park in Manhattan and blogs at <a href="http://scottadlerberg.blogspot.com">scottadlerberg.blogspot.com</a>.