In the New York Journal of Books’ glowing review of “At Home in the Dark,” the anthology edited by Lawrence Block, Beth Kanell cited Jim’s short story “Eve of Infamy” as among its best.
She writes:  “What would you guess a story called ‘The Eve of Infamy’ would be about? Hint: Think FDR and his famous speech. Here’s a taste of the story by Jim Fusilli:
No, he decided, knee-deep in debris. He’d wait out the war and go back to the Bronx. The streets were in his blood. He knew the rooftops and alleyways. Theft came naturally, violence did too. If the next few years broke his way, he could bankroll a future, playing steady amid the turmoil. Then he’d go back home a champion. He’d aim high. The cops wouldn’t dare touch him.
Kanell also celebrates stories in the anthology by Joyce Carol Oates, Joe R. Lansdale, Nancy Pickard, Thomas Pluck, Duane Swierczynski James Reasoner, Elaine Kagan and Joe Hill.  Of the collection, she writes, “if you’re a survivor of many a dark crime novel, there’s great pleasure in these concise, tight, and twisted tales.”
