Much thanks to all who submitted;
it has been an interesting ride.
The following authors have agreed to appear in RBE's first fantastical crime noir title:
Michael Ehart - "Lon Chaney Playing Poker, on Velvet" (4600)
Patrick Thomas - "Hook, Line, and Sinker" (9500)
Douglas Smith - "Out of the Light" (5900)
Jennifer Baumer - "Early's Engine Repair and Auto Body: We'll Fix It" (4500)
David Rae - "Seeing Things" (7000)
Matt Abraham - "All Monsters: A Gold Coast City Brief" (9300)
Joel Thomas Blackstock Jr. - "The Lake" (4400)
Matthew Chabin - "Mary in Gadara" (9800)
David M. Donachie - "The Fortune Teller" (2300)
Julie Frost - "All Our Yesterdays" (3900)
Milo James Fowler - "Back for Blood" (6000)
Jay Caselberg - "Blind Pig" (3700)
Mas Williams - "Forty Winks" (4600)
Peter McLean - Foreword
(75,000 words!)
Cover photography provided by Peter Gnas @ Just Add Light.
Y'all are in for a helluva ride with this one. This title is RBE's darkest, far darker even than DEMONS. I mean, really, everyone knows the extents demons and demon killers go to - they can only do so much. In CRAZY TOWN? We don't do extents here; there are no limits. Why do we call it crazy? In this town, we got 13 folks who step into the dark, then poke the blackest corner of it; 13 inquisitive minds who dig into the slime, then stir up whatever twitches; 13 cynical souls who may not be able to save themselves but just might redeem something outta their miserable lives. This town? Lotsa crazies here; coming here might not be just what the doc ordered.
FYI Alert: We just got a very cool commitment for a foreword from an exciting and hot voice in fantasy crime!