Biting Dog Press will be publishing three novellas in time for WHC. One is by yours truly ("Midlisters"), the others are by Jeff Strand ("Disposal"), and John Paul Allen ("Monkey Love" (working title)). The covers of all three--provided by Keith Minnion--will be almost identical, with subtle differences here and there to distinguish them from each other (if the title and name isn't enough). Preorder info will be available soon, and Matt will of course have copies. The books will be limited to 400 signed copies and 26 lettereds.
I'll let the other guys give you the details on their novellas (as I don't have the info), but for now, here's mine:
MIDLISTERS
by Kealan Patrick Burke
Introduction by Jack Ketchum
Cover Art and Interior Illustrations by Keith Minnion
Meet Jason Tennant, a writer of violent horror novels whose career is mired firmly in a maddening swamp of frustration somewhere north of nowhere and south of success. He is a midlister, those thankless souls who labor in the shadows of sometimes better, sometimes luckier writers, and it's starting to take its toll.
Meet Kent Gray, wildly popular author of a string of so-called "sex-fi" novels. He's wealthy, handsome, and the object of Jason Tennant's professional jealousy.
Welcome to Baltimore, Maryland, and the Aurora Science Fiction & Horror Convention, where these two men, midlister and bestseller, will meet for the first time, and the midlister motto "Better Read Than Dead" will be put to the ultimate test.
Kealan