Hard Bite and Other Short Stories (9 page)

Five out of five stars

M-N-S (n) nurder-necrophilia-suicide—the central conceit is a division of Hell that runs off of the conventions of a police story. Trust me when I say a summary doesn’t do it justice. From the name of the division to the paperwork necessary to fill out how to get a tap on a person’s mind, this is an insanely inventive and one hell of a well told story. The winner of the issue far and away. There is a novel’s worth of ideas here and I wish there was one so I could go and buy it now. Anonymous-9 is one hell of a drug.

--BRIAN LINDENMUTH, BSC Review.com

Anonymous-9 is one of my favorite crimewriters.”

--Nick Mamatas, Novelist, Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild awards nominee.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A writer faces the page alone, but it takes a bunch of people to get the stories out to the world. My deepest appreciation goes to, in chronological order: Glenn Gray, Todd Robinson of Thuglit, DZ Allen of Muzzleflash, Cindy Crosmus of Yellow Mama, Gin E. L. Fenton, artist, David Cranmer and Denise Mix of Beat to a Pulp, Albert Tucher, Anthony Neil Smith, Aldo Calcagno of Powder Burn Flash, Christopher Grant of Twist of Noir, The Gas Man and Brownie, David Barber, David Backer, Lindsey Goddard, Nan Vaughn, Linda Guss, Phyllis Ungerleider, Mary Ann La Russa, Renata Sdao, Joy Trifiletti, Jodi MacArthur, Frank Bill, Keith Rawson, James Reasoner, Brian Lindenmuth and Sandra Rutton of Spinetingler Magazine, Patti Abbott, Michael J. Solender, Chris Holm, Nick Mamatas, Andy Henion, Charles Gramlich, Alan Griffiths, Paul Brazill, Col Bury, Nigel Bird and Brian Drake.

Special thanks to Rebecca Forster who “killed” the cover art.

If I’ve forgotten anyone please e-mail me so I can mention you elsewhere: [email protected]

DEDICATION

To readers like me, who don’t mind hurting when they laugh.

Thank you, thank you for reading.

Anonymous-9 online at: www.anonymous-9.com

Email: [email protected]