Phil in SF reviewed Moscow Noir by Julia Goumen (Akashic Noir)
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn …
leave the cat alone
Content warning harm to animals
In the story "Christmas", Yulia murders her cat because her wallet is stolen, and she needs to feed her boyfriend Oleg. This is noir, where some pretty fucked up stuff happens, but this is the sort of thing I just don't want to read. On the DNF pile, even though there's still a third of a book's worth of short stories left.