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March 15, 2007

Something to Look Forward To ...

While there are tons of great things going on between now and fall of 2008, there is something that will occur then that I can announce. Press 53 is going to publish an anthology I've edited with stories surrounding the idea of visiting hours and the dynamics of situtations where one person must stay, and the others involved are only allowed to be present during specific hours.

This anthology has been a long time coming, started back in early 2004 if I remember properly, based on an idea the wonderful author, Amy Koppelman, had. A few stumbling blocks were plowed into along the way, but upon finding out that Press 53 was going to publish the anthology, Surreal South, put together by Pinckney and Laura Benedict, I decided to approach them, seeing as they were at least a little anthology-friendly. Happily, they enjoyed the stories I put together as much as I did, and offered to publish it next fall.

Many more details will come (including the title - there's a working title, but as it's fairly certain it will not end up on the books, I'll not refer to it as such now) over time; far be it from me to not keep you all informed.

I can say now that the collection has stories that will see the light of day for the first time in print, and others that have already seen their time in both literary journals and story collections. The authors involved are:

David Abrams
Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Beth Ann Bauman
James R. Cooley
Quinn Dalton
Philip F. Deaver
Rochelle Distleheim
Pamela Erens
Patry Francis
Joseph Freda
Steven Gillis
Nancy Ginzer
Roberta Israeloff
Kaytie M. Lee
T.M. McNally
Michael Milliken
Jim Nichols
Benjamin Percy
Ron Rash
Bill Roorbach
Max Ruback
Gabriel Welsch