The stories in Streets of Blood all take place in the greater New York City area. Authors include Mercedes Lackey, Norma Collins, Laura Ann Gilman, Edward Bryant, Evelyn E. Smith, Esther F. Friesner, Chet Williamson, Lawrence Schimel, Alan Ryan, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ellen Kushner, Suzy McKee Charnas, and Julian Hawthorne.