From the good folks at Coffin Hop Press:

So much amazing Canadian Sci-Fi and Fantasy from right here in our own backyard. Coffin Hop Press has a bunch of stuff eligible for the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Prix-Aurora Awards this year, as well as CHP alumni like Lady Jayne Barnard Author, Randy McCharles, SG Wong, Brent Nichols, Robert Bose, Axel Howerton and more! And of course, TALL TALES OF THE WEIRD WEST editors/cover artists Axel Howerton and Rick Overwater. You can sign up to join the CSFFA for $10 and nominate up to FIVE titles/artistes per category. Then you can vote for your favorites! Every member gets a voters package with ebook copies of the official nominees for each category (which is waaaaaay more than 10 bucks worth of great Canadian SF and F!)

Jimmy Finn is having a real bad day. He woke up drunk and on the wrong end of a nightstick. He lost his job, and had to see his shrink. Now the cops are after him, he’s falling apart, and his only friend is a volatile drug lord. How could it get any worse?

As smoke envelopes the city, Jimmy’s world closes in, and he finds himself on the run, and out of time. He’s either losing his mind, or becoming a monster. Or maybe it’s both.

Jimmy Finn has one last hope. A long-buried family secret, lost somewhere above a mysterious town in the mountains, full of bizarre shadows and a strange girl that haunts his memories.

“Populated by a collection of characters you definitely want to have a drink with, but then hide in your basement while you count your fingers and toes afterward, this tale does not disappoint. ” – Amazon review – 5 Stars

“…rich storytelling with twists and turns that leave you breathless until you hit the last page. Highly recommended for anyone who loves supernatural elements without annoying romance.” – Amazon review – 5 Stars

(*Note* Temp artwork by me, and in no way official coverish whatnot)

So I’m back in the saddle, as it were, putting together another Coffin Hop Press anthology for this summer. Following last year’s TALL TALES OF THE WEIRD WEST and AB NEGATIVE, we are finally kicking tires and lighting fires on the long-gestating, often-rumored, never-really-dead, resurrected-nonetheless SCI-FI NOIR Anthology(Title TBA).

If you’re interested, check out the post on Coffinhop.com

4-8K and a stricter definition of Noir, no unsolicited submissions, inquire with a proposal to minimize crossover and make sure your idea will fit. I’m a stickler when it comes to Noir (I’m teaching a class, ferf***sakes)

March 30 deadline for proposals, May 30 for finished stories

Debuts at the When Words Collide convention in August!