Monday, July 05, 2010

DAMN NEAR DEAD 2

DAMN NEAR DEAD 2's table of contents!

Behold, the table of contents from this November's Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying! (trade paperback original; 978-1-935415-40-4; $18)...

Take a stroll down the boulevard of broken hips...
DAMN NEAR DEAD 2

Edited by Bill Crider
Introduction by Charlaine Harris

“Sleep, Creep, Leap” (by Patti Abbott)
“El Conejo” (by Ace Atkins)
“Stiffs” (by Neal Barrett, Jr.)
“The End of Jim and Ezra” (by C. J. Box)
“Out Stealing Buddha” (by Declan Burke)
“Love Story” (by Scott Cupp)
“All About Eden” (by Christa Faust)
“Flying Solo” (by Ed Gorman)
“Neighborhood Watch” (by Carolyn Haines)
“Memory Sketch” (by David Handler)
“Some Things You Never Forget” (by Gar Anthony Haywood)
“The War Zone” (by Cameron Pierce Hughes)
“You’re Only Dead Once” (by Dean James)
“The Sleeping Detective” (by Jennifer Jordan)
“Kids Today” (by Toni L.P. Kelner)
“The Old Man in the Motorized Chair” (by Joe R. Lansdale)
“Angel of Mercy” (by Russel McLean)
“Miss Hartly and the Cocksucker” (by Denise Mina)
“Sometimes You Can’t Retire” (by Marcia Muller)
“The Investor” (by Gary Phillips)
“Bill in Idaho” (by Scott Phillips)
“Zypho the Tentacled Brainsucker from Outer Space vs. the Mob” (by Tom Piccirilli)
“Trade Secret” (by Bill Pronzini)
“The Summer Place” (by Cornelia Read)
“Warning Shot” (by James Reasoner)
“Cutlass” (by Kat Richardson)
“Chin Yong-Yun Takes the Case” (by S. J. Rozan)
“Granny Pussy” (by Anthony Neil Smith)
“Old Men and Old Boards” (by Don Winslow)

DND 1, they listed contributors by age. Alphabetical order is so much better and I'm not talking about coming first. But rather last.

15 comments:

George said...

Congratulations on being the "lead-off batter," Patti! Alphabetical is better than age.

David Cranmer said...

"Take a stroll down the boulevard of broken hips." Ha.

Most impressive group of writers.

YA Sleuth said...

This looks like a great line-up--good to see your name first, even if it's just because of the alphabet :-)

pattinase (abbott) said...

I am way out of my league.

Charles Gramlich said...

First name up! Whoo hoo, and must mean you're NOT out of your league.

Charles Gramlich said...

Reasoner and Lansdale are two of my faves on that list.

Kieran Shea said...

man, what a crew!

Richard R. said...

THERE IS NO STORY BY CRIDER??????? What the????

pattinase (abbott) said...

They were trying to have a whole new crew for this one-but he did edit it!

Anonymous said...

Patti - Thanks for sharing this! Tres cool! And it's very nice that you get to go first : ).

Terrie Farley Moran said...

Congratulations! And aren't you in grand company!!!

Terrie

pattinase (abbott) said...

A bit too grand.

Alan Griffiths said...

What a super line-up of talent. Many congrats Patti.

Kind regards.

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David Thompson said...

It's a fantastic collection, and Patti's in it because it's a quality story. You're definitely not out of your league. :-)
(David Thompson, Busted Flush Press)