I am really excited about this anthology that Jed and Scott have put together. It’s to benefit Subterranean Books in St. Louis, as they are struggling these days. Would you look at all of the talent in this collection? I’m honored to be a part of it. Peep the TOC:

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Foreword, Jed & Scott

Gunpowder & Aluminum Foil, Matthew McBride

One Fine Bird, Cameron Ashley

The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones, Scott Phillips

Thin Mints, Daniel O’Shea

Doe Run Road, Dennis Tafoya

They Take You, Kyle Minor

Deviances, Frank Bill

Pig Helmet & The Wall of Life, Pinckney Benedict

An Orphan’s Tale, Jonathan Woods

Ballad of Larry Plank, Derek Nikita

Five Revelations Concerning Jenny L. as Told to  Maura C. by a Compassionate Angel, Laura Benedict

Care of the Circumcised Penis, Sean Doolittle

The Morning After, Jedidiah Ayres

Underground Wonder Bound, Richard Thomas

Outside Lou’s, David Cirillo, Illustrations by Matt Kindt

Everyone Grieves in a Unique Way, Anthony Neil Smith

Big Artie, Malachi Stone

Vampires are Pussies, Chris La Tray

Afterword, Rod Wiethop

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Here’s what Jed had to say over at his blog about the book:

“We are now down to the waiting for hard copies to land and I’m terribly pleased with the book. Just goes to show what you can accomplish when you’re surrounded by generous, talented people and you don’t give two shits about punctuation or spelling.

Y’know who gets a big fat round of applause for this book tho? Fuckin Jon Bassoff and Matt Kindt, thems who. Bassoff formatted it and pulled some strings for my cherry ass and Kindt designed the shit outta it. Y’know who else gets a big thanks? Our blurbers – Lawrence Block, Duane Swierczynski, Megan Abbott, Todd Robinson, Roger Smith, Tom Piccirilli, Stephen Graham Jones and Sara Gran. Without their cavalier attitudes toward public decency in the information age I would’ve been without the leverage to wrangle some juicy recommendations outta that prestigious lot.

So, who wants a copy?

Here’s what you need to know: this has been put together as N@B’s effort to help out our local bookselling heroes at Subterranean Books, which is why they’re the only place you can get it. As soon as it’s available, I’ll make that announcement and you can order one off their website or send me a suitcase full of cash to trade for it. What? You don’t order books online? Fine, come on out to a N@B event ’cause you know we’ll pimp ’em there. Are you attending Bouchercon in September? Subterranean Books will have a table in the book room and you can make for to purchase it there too. There will be no eBook.

Not good enough? Kiss my ass. Publish your own damn book.”