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BLEED, coming soon from PMMP Publishing.

Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing has released the titles and authors for its upcoming charity anthology, BLEED: A BOOK OF HOPE, which will include my short story, “The Funeral Portrait”.

I wrote “The Funeral Portrait” after looking through a gallery of post-mortem portraits, which was fairly common in the early days of photography.

Forty-five total authors contributed to the anthology, including some bestselling and award-winning writers, guaranteeing that the table of contents will be packed with terrifying stories, insightful essays, and evocative poems … all where the monster represents cancer:

Table of Contents:

Short Stories

• “Never Enough” by J. David Anderson
• “The Nightly Disease” by Max Booth III
• “Red-Wat-Shod” by Jason V. Brock
• “Get the Cell Outta Here” by Marian Brooks
• “A Billion Monstrosities” by Mort Castle
• “King Rat” by James Dorr
• “Mr. Expendable” by Peter Dudar
• “Welcome to the World Mr. Smiles” by T Fox Dunham
• “All the Sludge” by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
• “I Am Disease” by Jen Finelli
• “Remission” by Charlie Fish
• “No Limit” by Peter Giglio and SS Michaels
• “The Gift” by Lindsey Beth Goddard
• “That Which is Not Seen” by Dane Hatchell
• “The Call” by Rick Hautala
• “The Lucky Mouth” by Gerry Huntman
• “The Unstoppable Annihilation” by Jeffrey C. Jacobs
• “March” by Micah Joel
• “Goddess of the Moxie Moon” by Absolutely Kate
• “Lost and Found” by Patrick Lacey
• “The Funeral Portrait” by Christian A. Larsen
• “The Addition” by Bentley Little
• “The Monster in Me” by Suzie Lockhart and Bruce Lockhart
• “With Paper Armour and Wood Sword” by Tracie McBride
• “Sky of Brass, Land of Iron” by Joe McKinney
• “The Sallow Man” by Adam Millard
• “Descent” by William Nolan
• “Dance of the Blue Lady” by Gene O’Neill
• “I Know this World” by John Palisano
• “Muted” by Hollie Snider
• “Sludge” by Stan Swanson
• “Death Knell” by Richard Thomas
• “Unwoven” by Tim Waggoner
• “Fight” by Jay Wilburn
• “Ears” by Eli Wilde
• “Dreams of Shadows” by Robert S. Wilson

Essays

• “Five Little Tips” by Kristin Bryant
• “Healing my Cancer through Horror” by T Fox Dunham
• “Slippery Love” by April Hawks
• “Introduction” by Lori Michelle
• “The Rooster” by Glenn Rolfe

Poems

• “Leukemia is Fookin’ Stoopid” by Anna DeVine
• “Where the Wild Welo Waits” by John Hawkhead
• “Impossible is Nothing” by Jack Ivey
• “Bumper Car Bandit” by David Pointer
• “Wounded Star” by David Pointer

The order has not been finalized, but it’s pretty safe to say that Lori Michelle’s introduction will go at the beginning. After that is anybody’s guess, but each story is worth the price of admission, especially since all profits will go toward helping children who have cancer.

The release is expected in September, coinciding with Children’s Cancer Month.

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