New Book
Warmed and Bound is an anthology of short stories stitched together by the people at The Velvet and edited by the beautiful and talented Pela Via. The book will be released July 22, 2011, and will be available at major online retailers, and also in e-formats for your e-Reading pleasure.
Contributors: Matt Bell, Tim Beverstock, Blake Butler, Vincent Louis Carrella, Craig Clevenger, Craig Davidson, Chris Deal, DeLeon DeMicoli, Christopher J Dwyer, Brian Evenson, Sean P Ferguson, Amanda Gowin, JR Harlan, Gordon Highland, Anthony David Jacques, Mark Jaskowski, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Stephen Graham Jones, Nik Korpon, Gary Paul Libero, Kyle Minor, Doc O’Donnell, J David Osborne, Rob Parker, Bob Pastorella, Gavin Pate, Cameron Pierce, Edward J Rathke, Caleb J Ross, Bradley Sands, Axel Taiari, Richard Thomas, Brandon Tietz, Gayle Towell, Paul Tremblay, Craig Wallwork, Nic Young. Edited by Pela Via.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Craig Clevenger, Stephen Graham Jones Headline Army Of Indie Lit Writers For Noir Story Collection
North Hollywood, CA – 6/28/2011 – The Velvet, an online incubator for future literary writers, have come together to publish WARMED AND BOUND, a story collection that brings “Velvet Noir” to the masses. On July 22nd, the result of this months-long outing will be available in paperback and eBook form with major retailers.
From critically-acclaimed authors Craig Clevenger (The Contortionist’s Handbook) and Stephen Graham Jones (Demon Theory) to indie lit heavyweights Matt Bell (How They Were Found) and Jeremy Robert Johnson (Extinction Journals), this collection brings the best in established and up-and-coming talent to explore “scary love stories” and “nostalgic thrillers” that will grip and never let go.
Says Steve Erickson, author of Our Ecstatic Days: “The writers of the Velvet are contemporary fiction’s most effective and least self-conscious aesthetic guerrillas.” From the twisted parent in Caleb J. Ross’ “Click-Clack,” to Bradley Sands’ bizzaro “Soccer Moms And Pro Wrestler Dads,” this collection can only be called “Velvet Noir,” distinctly familiar and yet completely indescribable.
From publisher Logan Rapp: “Velvet Noir is the comfortable danger of a love that may come back to completely obliterate you. WARMED AND BOUND distills this feeling perfectly.”
For more information about WARMED AND BOUND, please visit WWW.WARMEDANDBOUND.COM or contact PELA VIA at PELAVIA@THE-VELVET.COM.