Gary Phillips

Foreword by Scott Turow. Twenty-two authors contributed short crime fiction stories on the theme "Every stolen vote is a crime." All the money earned from sales is contributed to the Southern Poverty Law Center's programs to fight voter suppression and defend voting rights. In addition to the authors listed, the volume includes stories by Gabriel Valjan, Stephen Buehler, Jackie Ross Flaum, Stormy White, M. J. Holt, Frank Rankin, Bev Vincent, Puja Guha, James McCrone, Jim Doherty, Terry Sanville, Robert Lopresti, Madeline McEwen, and Ben Harshman.

From out of the Wild West, gun on his hip, song on his lips, returns a historic hero of the silver screen in brand new stories- THE BRONZE BUCKAROO RIDES AGAIN Portrayed by singer/actor Herb Jeffries, The Bronze Buckaroo, Bob Blake, appeared on screens in 1939 as the first African American singing cowboy. Cast in the mold of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, The Buckaroos' films had one major difference. They sported largely African American casts and were produced by African American companies. With four films usually listed as the Buckaroo's legacy, this truly great moment in cinema history has been largely forgotten, except for film experts and fans of great stories.THE ADVENTURES OF THE BRONZE BUCKAROO feature leading authors in Genre Fiction today, each giving their own take on the most unique Singing Cowboy to ever ride into a theater Load your sixguns, saddle up, and get ready to charge into two fisted matinee movie action with THE ADVENTURES OF THE BRONZE BUCKAROO

Malcolm Cavanaugh Bleekston, MC Bleak, McBleak, enjoys hobnobbing with the one percenters and stealing from them. In The Extractors, he puts his life on the line to take a greedy man's gain while wondering if his girlfriend sees through his fa ade. Ned "Noc" Brenner is a drifter with an unusual skill set-he's an extreme athlete good at whatever he does be it MMA fighting to riding a motorcycle off a mountaintop. After winning in an all-night poker game, this sets in motion a series of events in The Anti-Gravity Steal where Noc must use all his abilities to prevent wholesale destruction. Part Shaft and part Batman sans the cowl, Luke Warfield, a philanthropist with a black ops background, the Essex Man, goes on the trail in 10 Seconds to Death of the villain who killed his foster father and uncovers not only ghosts from his past, but must stop a deadly plan of mass slaughter in his own backyard. Bonus Essex Man short story, "Murder by Remote Control."

A grounded, gritty look at the world of money laundering in the vein of Elmore Leonard (Jackie Brown, Get Shorty), set against a classic, Chandler-esque detective yarn (The Big Sleep). Supremely talented and oozing charm, Jeff Sinclair is the premiere laundryman in San Francisco... and we're not talkin' wrinkled jeans and dirty gym socks. But when he is unwillingly pulled into a dangerous gig laundering $25 million in stolen casino skim money, Jeff is forced to truly consider his line of work and the evil he facilitates, searching (in vain?) for a way to not only clean the cash, but to clean himself as well.

""The Cocaine Chronicles "is a pure, jangled hit of urban, gritty, and raw noir. Caution: these stories are addicting."--Harlan Coben, award-winning author of "Just One Look""Every story is A+. All contributors are top notch. . . . Should be required reading for writers who want to master the craft of the short story."--Cherry BleedsOriginal stories by Susan Straight, Lee Child, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, Jerry Stahl, Nina Revoyr, Bill Moody, Donnell Alexander, Deborah Vankin, Robert Ward, Manuel Ramos, and others.Gary Phillips writes for several mediums from novels to screenplays to comic books, and lives in Los Angeles, California.Jervey Tervalon is the author of "All the Trouble You Need," "Understand This," and the "Los Angeles Times "bestseller "Dead Above Ground." He lives in Altadena, California.

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