Cars and Girls: The Pankhearst FemNoir Sampler

Bad things happen. Everybody dies. But the girl in the red dress kicks against the pricks. In these merciless and compelling stories, four emerging writers set a new standard for noir.

From behind the wheel of her father's lovingly restored Barracuda, a waitress will protect her baby sister at all costs.

A nihilistic junkie whore hell bent on revenge snatches a last-gasp shot at an unlikely redemption. Her father sold her virginity for the price of a custom paint job. Now she's back and she's taking the whole damn car.

An English aristocrat drives across Europe to end a bloody feud before it consumes the next generation.

And two young runaway lovers with a steep price on their heads take a savage road trip through all kinds of crazy.