Akashic Noir (Publication Order) is a 24-book series with 24 released primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by David Henry Sterry, Jill Eisenstadt, Shailly P. Agnihotri, K.J.A. Wishnia, Victoria Eng, Alan Gordon, Beverly Farley, Joe Guglielmelli, Glenville Lovell, Denis Hamill, Malachy McCourt, Maggie Estep, Mary Byrne, Tori Carrington, Megan Abbott, Liz Martínez, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Edward P. Jones, Ward Just, Jean Toomer, Roach Brown, Larry Neal, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, James Grady, Julian Mayfield, Marita Golden, Elizabeth Hand, Julian Mazor, Mustafa Ziyalan, and Jessica J.J. Lutz.