Galleys Are a Go!

The limited galley run of Richmond Noir is back from the printer's, and this week Akashic Books will be sending copies to advance industry reviewers like Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. In other words, this little baby's about to step out in the real world for the first time. It's not quite in its final form -- that will be the finished book, debuting in the spring -- but this advance industry publicity can be important, so keep your fingers crossed!

(Click on the image above to see a larger version of the galley cover.)

Richmond Noir Gets Its Own Blog (Obviously)!

"I would rather die in Richmond, somehow, though God knows Richmond has little enough to offer." -- Henry Miller

Our celebration of crime and malfeasance in the City on the James will arrive in March 2010 as part of Akashic Books' venerable Noir Series. Edited by Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry and Tom De Haven, Richmond Noir features a foreword by Tom Robbins and stunning set of all-new stories from X.C. Atkins, Mina Beverly, Laura Browder, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dennis Danvers, Tom De Haven, Dean King, Clint McCown, Howard Owen, Conrad Ashley Persons, Hermine Pinson, David L. Robbins, Pir Rothenberg, Meagan J. Saunders and Anne Thomas Soffee!

Stay tuned to this space for news about the Richmond Noir roll-out, including two preview events that will be taking place this fall. Then: we're putting together an exciting and rather extensive schedule of events and readings to promote the book throughout Spring 2010. We will update you here as these plans are finalized!

And, yes: the book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon!

(Above: cover mock-up of Richmond Noir from the Akashic catalog.)