Each story is illustrated with a full-color reproduction of the painting that inspired it

"A newly commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper"--Dust jacket

Girlie show / Megan Abbott -- Story of Caroline / Jill D. Block -- Soir Bleu / Robert Olen Butler -- Truth about what happened / Lee Child -- Rooms by the sea / Nicholas Christopher -- Nighthawks / Michael Connelly -- Incident of 10 November / Jeffery Deaver -- Taking care of business / Craig Ferguson -- Music room / Stephen King -- Projectionist / Joe R. Lansdale -- Preacher collects / Gail Levin -- Office at night / Warren Moore -- Woman in the window / Joyce Carol Oates -- Still life 1931 / Kris Nelscott -- Night windows / Jonathan Santlofer -- A woman in the sun / Justin Scott -- Autumn at the automat / Lawrence Block