Phil in SF commented on New Jersey Noir by Joyce Carol Oates (Akashic Noir)
"A Bag For Nicholas", Hirsh Sawhney
Shezad Ansari gets a call from his ex-wife that he can have a job as a musician for a movie if he can make an audition. But Shez decides to make a weed delivery. So many things conspire to make getting to the audition an ordeal.
"Glass Eels", Jeffrey Ford
Len & Marty know a good spot to harvest eels for the black market. They figure a good score will ease their lives.
"Meadowlands Spike", Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini
A low level mobster decides to come clean about how he killed Jimmy Hoffa and got away with it.
"Kettle Run", Robert Arellano
Ernie and his friend Pervert drive to a secluded place to smoke weed. Keith & Tull, Ernie's dealers, show up looking for missing weed. Interspersed with bits of story about how Ernie got himself into the situation.
Really enjoyed this story too.