The Cocaine Chronicles

Want to be part of a cool anthology? Then Akashic Press, the folks responsible for the success that was last summer’s BROOKLYN NOIR, is your best bet. Their next offering is out in April, edited by Gary Phillips and Jervey Tavalon, and bears the title of this post:

Nothing to snort at, this ambitious anthology of jaw-grinding criminal behavior is masterfully curated by acclaimed authors Phillips and Tervalon. Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in Cocaine Chronicles, a collection of original short stories that are funny and harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting. Cocaine Chronicles contains tough tales by a cross-section of today’s most thought-provoking writers.

Contributors: Susan Straight, Lee Child, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Nina Revoyr, Jerry Stahl, Bill Moody, Emory Holmes II, James Brown, Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, Kerry West, Donnell Alexander, Deborah Vankin, Robert Ward, Manuel Ramos, and Detrice Jones.

An eclectic mix of writers, to be sure (and is it any surprise that Jerry Stahl’s included?) and I know I want my copy soon….