Paranoia Blues

A thrilling anthology of tales of murder, theft, revenge, and more, from twenty-one authors, each inspired by the music of Paul Simon.

Includes the Anthony Award–nominated story “Still Crazy After All These Years” by E.A. Aymar

Paul Simon is one of the greatest contemporary American singer-songwriters. The music and lyrics of his five studio albums with Art Garfunkel (1964–1970) and fifteen solo albums (1965–2023) have won sixteen Grammy Awards and inspired generations of listeners and other musicians. 

Now, in this updated edition of Paranoia Blues, twenty-one amazing authors share thrilling tales of crime inspired by the music of Paul Simon. Hearing loss turns a Manhattan cop into a liability as he hunts for a serial killer. A cunning beauty introduces herself to a pair of aspiring embezzlers. A sister exhibits an insatiable appetite for murder. A bullied office drone plots revenge. A con artist picks the wrong mark. An enigmatic sisterhood accepts a new member. These and more await inside . . .

Each story is inspired by a song from either one of the five Simon & Garfunkel studio albums or one of Simon’s first fourteen solo albums, and this edition features a brand-new story by Joseph S. Walker, based on Simon’s entire 2023 album, Seven Psalms. 

Contributors include award winners E.A. Aymar, Martin Edwards, Debra H. Goldstein, Anthony Lee Head, Cheryl A. Head, Edwin Hill, Rebecca K. Jones, Tom Mead, Raquel V. Reyes, and Gabriel Valjan, as well as Mark Bergin, Paul Charles, Robert Edward Eckels, Eve Fisher, Kristin Kisska, R.J. Koreto, Josh Pachter, Anna Scotti, Joseph S. Walker, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Frank Zafiro.