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(Damn glad to see some of my favorite writers--Vicki Hendricks, Megan Abbott, Daniel Woodrell, and Ken Bruen--nominated. Hendricks's Cruel Poetry and Abbott's Queenpin are knockouts. Go get em.)

JANUARY 2008 NEWS

Busted Flush Press is proud to announce that Daniel Woodrell's chilling noir tale, "Uncle," from A HELL OF A WOMAN: An Anthology of Female Noir, has been nominated for a 2008 Edgar Award for Best Short Story! Congratulations to one of America's greatest—and overlooked!—crime novelists.

Four other BFP authors have been nominated for Edgars, as well:

Ken Bruen, Best Novel for Priest (St. Martin's Minotaur) Find his early fiction—A FIFTH OF BRUEN—available from Busted Flush Press here. We even have FIFTH OF BRUEN Zippos! E-mail for a FREE Ken Bruen bibliography bookmark.

Reed Farrel Coleman, Best Novel for Soul Patch (Bleak House)
Find his first two Moe Prager private eye novels—WALKING THE PERFECT SQUARE (available in April) and REDEMPTION STREET (available now)—available from Busted Flush Press here.

Megan Abbott, Best Paperback Original for Queenpin (Simon & Schuster)
Find her Anthony Award-nominated short story, "Policy" (which inspired Queenpin!) —in DAMN NEAR DEAD: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, available from Busted Flush Press here.

Vicki Hendricks, Best Paperback Original for Cruel Poetry (Serpent's Tail)
Find her acclaimed debut noir novel—MIAMI PURITY—available from Busted Flush Press here.



OTHER HELL OF A WOMAN NEWS:

Join Megan Abbott, Eddie Muller, David Corbett, Christa Faust, Sara Gran, and Cornelia Read when they sign at the Noir City premiere of Eddie Muller's short film, The Grand Inquisitor, based on his own Zodiac Killer-inspired HELL OF A WOMAN story. This Saturday night, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. (signing), 9:00 p.m. (film screening), San Francisco's Castro Theatre. Go here for more information.

For more information on Eddie's short film, please go here.

Book sales will be provided by "M" Is For Mystery (San Mateo, CA), which is where the authors (except Christa Faust) will sign again on Sunday at noon. For more information on this event (and to reserve signed first editions of this hot crime anthology!), please contact "M" Is For Mystery here.

"A HELL OF A WOMAN is not only an exceptionally entertaining anthology, it's an invaluable resource that will be cherished by aficionados of the genre."
—Chicago Tribune

Busted Flush Press books can be found at your favorite independent, chain and online booksellers, or directly from BFP at www.bustedflushpress.com.