Los Angeles Noir, which is also edited by Denise Hamilton, is one of the best-selling in the Noir Series; with sales of roughly 20,000 copies to date it is currently in its 8th printing. Los Angeles Noir featured The Golden Gopher by Susan Straight, which won an Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics,Hamilton is very well-connected within the Southern California book world, and does numerous events at libraries, bookstores, etc. Speculative Los Angeles will come out just before the 2021 Los Angeles TimesSimilar to the city-based Akashic Noir Series, each story in Speculative Los Angeles is set in a distinct neighborhood filled with local color, landmarks, and flavor. Speculative Los Angeles features brand-new stories by: Aimee Bender, Lisa Morton, Alex Espinoza, Ben H. Winters, Denise Hamilton, Lynell George, Stephen Blackmoore, Francesca Lia Block, Charles Yu, Duane Swierczynski, Luis J. Rodriguez, A.G. Lombardo, Kathleen Kaufman, and S. Qiouyi Lu.