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"We need to make books cool again. If you go home with someone & they don't have books, don't fuck 'em."--John Waters

I'm the author of more than twenty novels including SHADOW SEASON, THE COLD SPOT, THE COLDEST MILE, THE MIDNIGHT ROAD, THE DEAD LETTERS, and A CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN. Look for my next one THE LAST KIND WORDS due out May '12 from Bantam Books. Contact: PicSelf1@aol.com

Friday, August 7, 2009

Futile Efforts


The long wait is over, friends. Just announced: my new massive collection FUTILE EFFORTS will soon be available from Cemetery Dance. Starred review in PW. Almost 600 pages long featuring introductions to my short fiction by the likes of Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum, Christopher Golden, TM Wright, Tom Monteleone, Ray Garton, Jack O'Connell, Simon Clark, James A. Moore, Gerard Houarner, Tim Lebbon, Michael Laimo, and many others.


Check it out here: http://cemeterydance.com/

3 comments:

sidpcobain said...

Ordered same day. Gotta have the Pic.

Cate Gardner said...

Beautiful cover.

Rabid Fox said...

That cover is insane. And I'm a sucker for a short fiction collection that includes introductions to each story, either by the author or contemporaries. I'll be looking out for this one.