I had two items on the agenda today. The first was to tell you about a new anthology by Delirium Press called In Delirium. It was a clever idea … get together a group of writers that had been published by Delirium, have each of them contribute a short story, put all the stories together and offer the book to Delirium’s Shane Ryan Staley as a gift of appreciation from all the writers. I wish the idea had been mine, but it was the brainchild of Brian Keene, who also edited the anthology.

The story I submitted to Brian was called “Watershed.” It was a reprint from many years ago, but I thought it still held up well. And apparently it held up well enough to make it into the book.

So I was going to tell you how you could pick up a copy if you were interested. Unfortunately, when I went to Delirium’s website (http://www.deliriumbooks.com/) to check out the price, etc. I discovered that the book had sold out in pre-publication. Still, if you get a moment, you might want to pop in over there and check out some of their other titles. Shane tends to publish material that’s a little more gruesome than I generally write, but there’s a good selection to sift through if you enjoy the horror genre.

The second item I wanted to tell you about is called A Little White Book of Lies. It’s published by Borderlands Press, as part of their Little Book Series. The concept is simple … pick a color, create a theme around that color, then add in some stories that fit the theme. White lies quickly became my theme, since it runs through so many of my stories, and these are the stories that I selected to be reprinted: “Fade In/Fade Out,” “Brothers,” “The Hollow,” and “Where The Past Lay Buried.” Sandwiched in between these is a new short story, titled “Never Far From Mind,” which fits right into the theme since it’s all about lying and self-deception.

Now, let me be perfectly honest with you … I’m quite pleased with the theme and the collection of stories that were built around it. However, the Little Book Series is unique in that the books are quite literally little. They measure 4 3/4″ by 6 1/4″. Some readers may find this off-putting. Others may find it intriguing.

A Little White Book of Lies comes numbered and signed, and sells for $20.00. You can learn more by dropping by the Borderlands Press site here: http://www.borderlandspress.com/white.html