The Old Weird South now available!

For your holiday shopping pleasure, at long last, The Old Weird South anthology is available for purchase! (featuring my new tale, "To Gnaw the Bones of Wolf-Mother")...

From the publisher:

This collection of twenty four new stories explores the supernatural side of the American South. Stretching from the Civil War to the present day, these stories visit mysterious bingo parlors and meet devils at the crossroads; they see battles in Florida’s citrus orchards and explore haunted bed & breakfasts. The authors included here speak with as many voices as the South itself, sometimes with great literary skill and sometimes spinning yarns from the front porch. The Old Weird South showcases the eerie, spooky, macabre, and supernatural that is an essential part of the character and literature of the South.

Contents:

“Ghost Dog of Georgia” by Camille Alexa
“To Gnaw the Bones of the Wolf-Mother” by Sean Taylor
“Yalobusha County, 1862″ by Ken Teutsch
“Yankees in Georgia: Chasing Ghosts and the General along the Old W&A Railroad” by Lewis Powell IV
“A Hunnerd Dollars, Gold” by Peter Mehren
“The South, Rise Again” by DL Thurston
“The Dragon and the Shark” by David Boop
“Matty and the Grey Man” by Lara Ek
“Railroad Bill” by Janice Croom
“Passage” by Daniel Powell
“The Devil at the Crossroads” by Wenonah Lyon
“A Busy Day for the Bayou Banshee” by Herb Shallcross
“The Spook Light” by Jay Rogers
“That Damned Game” by Kristina R. Mosley
“Tennessee Ghosts” by Stephen Newton
“The Gift of Understanding” by Sherry Fasano
“Bradford House” by Laura Haddock
“Storm Fronts” by Michael Hodges
“The Healer” by Josh Strnad
“A True Story about the Devil and Jamie’s Shoes” by Megan Engelhardt
“Murdock” by Chris Dezarn
“Underwater” by Erin Mundy
“The End of Grace” by Meriah Lysistrata Crawford
“Florida Natural” by Ben Bowlin 

Purchase Links: 

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Old-Weird-South-Westover/dp/0984974814/

Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/261909

Barnes & Noble and other booksellers editions are also coming very soon. They just take longer than Amazon and Smashwords for files to make it through the pipeline.

Goodreads (the publisher will be hosting a giveaway here starting in a day or two):
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16238698-the-old-weird-south

Publisher page:
http://www.qwpublishers.com/anthology-the-old-weird-south/

Coming soon: The Old Weird South!

The American South is a haunted place — full of ghost stories, native legends, persistent devils & angels, souls sold at the crossroads, and moon-eyed maidens living in the Okefenokee. The South’s best writers — Faulkner, O’Connor, McCullers — all keep this sense of the otherworldly in their fiction.

Featuring my story "To Gnaw the Bones of Wolf-Mother."

From Q&W Publishers.

Call for Submissions: Anthology: The Old Weird South

The American South is a haunted place — full of ghost stories, native legends, persistent devils & angels, souls sold at the crossroads, and moon-eyed maidens living in the Okefenokee. The South’s best writers — Faulkner, O’Connor, McCullers — all keep this sense of the otherworldly in their fiction.

In this spirit, Q & W Publishers is looking for submissions for an anthology of short fiction and non-fiction that explores the fantastic, eerie, and bizarre side of the American South.

What To Submit

Submit fiction and non-fiction pieces between 1,000 and 4,000 words. Pieces should be grounded in the American South (any time period, pre-historic to modern; rural or urban) and should include elements of the fantastic/supernatural that come from Southern history, tradition, or folklore. Generic vampire and werewolf stories aren’t appropriate. While violence, gore, and eroticism may be part of your submission, they should not be the primary focus — let’s keep it more PG-13 than R-rated. Submissions must be previously unpublished.

Payment

Payment is $50 per accepted piece. Q & W Publishers will acquire the first publication rights for the piece; all other rights remain with the author. Authors with accepted pieces will also receive one free copy of the published anthology. The anthology may appear in electronic and printed form.

How to Submit

Please submit your piece to anthology@qwpublishers.com. Send a brief introduction and your piece in the body of the e-mail. Include “Anthology” and the title of the piece in the subject line of your e-mail.


Timeline

Submissions will be accepted until March 1st, 2012. Inclusion decisions will be made by April 1st, 2012.

For more info: http://www.qwpublishers.com/anthology-the-old-weird-south/