Thursday, October 08, 2009

Did They Ask for the Wrong Abbott?

(If they did, I'm taking it anyway).

Hope you'll join me in Phlly. I'll show you my old neighborhood, where I made cheesesteaks all day for $.50 an hour, where I hung out with my car-stealing boyfriend--all of it.

Now what could be better than that-

Maybe meeting the scintillating writers on the list below.

From Busted Flush Press

DAMN NEAR DEAD 2, just a year away!

With the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention nearly upon us (next week in Indianapolis... and if you haven't yet registered, it's not too late!), I thought this would be a good opportunity not only to announce the list of planned contributors to BFP's sequel to the award-winning "geezer noir" anthology, Damn Near Dead (edited by Duane Swierczynski), but also to give a plug to the convention at which it'll be launched next November!

First, the scheduled line-up (with possible surprise additions later!) of Damn Near Dead 2...

Patti Abbott
Ace Atkins
Neal Barrett, Jr.
C. J. Box
Declan Burke
Scott Cupp
Christa Faust
Ed Gorman
Carolyn Haines
David Handler
Gar Anthony Haywood
Dean James
Jennifer Jordan
Toni Kelner
Russel McLean
Denise Mina
Gary Phillips
Scott Phillips
Tom Piccirilli
Bill Pronzini
Cornelia Read
James Reasoner
Kat Richardson
SJ Rozan
Anthony Neil Smith
Don Winslow
Dave Zetlserman


Wow!! It doesn't get much better than that. All of it presided over by editor Bill Crider (whose story, "Cranked," from the first Damn Near Dead was nominated for the Edgar & Anthony and won the Derringer!) and with an introduction by Charlaine Harris!

As we get closer to the release, we'll feature on the blog, excerpts & bios & whatnot, so please stay tuned through 2010. But you definitely need to mark your calendars now for the main launch event: NoirCon 2010 in Philadelphia! There's a good chance that many of the contributors will be at the convention (which is, of course, dedicated to noir & hard-boiled crime fiction... books, graphic novels, movies, TV, more!), so what better place to get your copies signed by several authors.

NoirCon will also mark the release of Akashic Books' latest in their noir anthology series, Philadelphia Noir. Guests of Honor include George Pelecanos & Johnny Temple (owner of Akashic Books). Please go here for more information on NoirCon (or to register).

15 comments:

YA Sleuth said...

NoirCon... Man, I wanna go.

Todd Mason said...

Fleur--it's an (overly) expensive con, and that can't be completely blamed on the Teamsters. But with such august company, I guess I'll have to go along with Juri, who is currently schedded to crash at my digs.

And DND2 looks like a book very necessary to own...

wv: wingsv

Unknown said...

That's one juicy line-up to be apart of, Patti! Congrats!

Chris said...

HUGE congrats, Patti! That's fantastic!

Paul D Brazill said...

What a bunch. Great stuff.

Lolita Breckenridge said...

They got the right Abbott - congratulations!

Richard Prosch said...

What a great collection. Can't wait!

Anonymous said...

Patti-- I think this is a pretty big damn deal! Congrats!
John McAuley

Charles Gramlich said...

A good gathering of writers. I remember Cupp well, and have always enjoyed Neil barrett's work. You're in good company.

Corey Wilde said...

Wow! Staggeringly impressive line-up.

pattinase (abbott) said...

Come, Fleur. Todd, we will finally meet--if I'm still alive.
Thanks to all of you. I don't know whose idea it was to ask me, but I thank them with all my heart. Some days are better than others.

Rick Robinson said...

It's great that you're going to be in the collection, Patti! Congrats. Is Crider going to have a story, or is he just the editor-guru?

pattinase (abbott) said...

Hi Rick-I think he's just editing--which is probably a thankless task.

Juri said...

As Todd already advertises, I'm possibly coming to NoirCon, so we'll be seeing there!

And huge congrats on the book! It will be a classic.

pattinase (abbott) said...

Hey, Juri. Will be great to see you.