31 January 2009

A short story collection without a leash...


Illustration: New York Public Library Digital Gallery

I read a nice profile piece of Bleak House Books editor, Alison Janssen, on The Graveyard Shift, CSI and police procedures expert Lee Lofland's blog.

In the comments area, Ms. Janssen remarked that UNCAGE ME, edited by Jen Jordan, is "a short story collection without a leash." She proclaimed its contents to be "startling, beautiful, terrible, and entertaining all at once."

It was eerie for me reading those four words as they were the very qualities -- an unlikely balance -- I hoped to ultimately achieve with my story COW PALACE. The reader, as always, shall be the final arbiter.

UNCAGE ME can be pre-ordered at Amazon.

06 December 2008

UNCAGE ME !

Image by Shaving Kit.

I am thrilled to announce that my debut crime short story, the very dark COW PALACE, will be appearing in the anthology UNCAGE ME, edited by the Superfab Jen Jordan, to be published in July 2009 by the venerable Bleak House Books. It's the follow-up to Ms. Jordan's 2007 offering, EXPLETIVE DELETED. I am beyond ecstatic to have the honor of wedging my little self into its pages alongside a luminous and stellar lineup of crime, mystery, horror and thriller writers!

The Table of Contents is a veritable Who's Who:

Introduction by John Connolly
Pearce Hansen
Tim Maleeny
Nick Stone
Simon Kernick
Christa Faust
Victor Gischler
Stephen Blackmoore
Blake Crouch
Declan Burke
Gregg Hurwitz
Brian Azzarello
Simon Wood
Steven Torres
Allan Guthrie
Martyn Waites
Bryon Quertermous
J. D. Rhoades
Stuart MacBride
Patrick Shawn Bagley
Scott Phillips
Greg Bardsley
J. A. Konrath
Maxim Jakubowski
Talia Berliner

You can pre-order UNCAGE ME at Amazon!

Yipee!!

29 August 2008