This releases on March 18. 

Yay!! Today (March 18 but pre-orders are live) is Release Day for A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow. 
    My song, "Some Kind of Friend," is based on the song of the same name. * See the full story/song list in my other blog post here or scroll down on this site. 
​*** Buy it at various sites everywhere - you can also order via Bookshop.org.  ISBN: 196347970X
     Or... You'll get the best ebook rate (and download not license it) and less expensive paperbacks (plus free shipping!) at the publisher's site here - White City Press. 
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Here are a few other places to get it:
Amazon.com - B&N - Japan: Rakuten  - Indigo/Chapters/Canada  - Smashwords

About the Book:  
From his early days in the 1970s playing piano for Bette Midler in the bathhouses of New York City to his 2025 lifetime residency in Las Vegas, Barry Manilow has put his stamp on the music industry. With legendary hits such as "Weekend in New England," "Mandy," and "I Write the Songs," Manilow has created a catalog of instantly recognizable songs that have lasted decades and continue to be in rotation on radio stations, elevators and Spotify playlists to this day.

Manilow also created a legendary musical crime in his song "Copacabana," telling the story of feather-wearing dancer Lola who is caught between bartender Tony and patron Rico as the two men vie for her affections...and ultimately meet untimely ends.

Now, 13 crime author fans of Barry (affectionately known as "Fanilows") take on other songs from his collection of hits to tell all new stories of love, life, relationships and other situations gone horribly wrong. All the hits are here, as well as a few lesser-known tracks.

Features all new stories from Karen Keeley, Linda Kay Hardie, Adam Gorgoni, Maya St. Clair, Matt McGee, Laurie Stevens, Caleb Weinhardt, Kurtis Rupé, Recita Clemons, J. M. Taylor, John M. Floyd, T. Fox Dunham, Christine Verstraete and Shari Held.

Love crime fiction? Are you a Fanilow?   You'll LOVE this anthology! 
A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow is now up for pre-order here at White City Press. (Releases March 18). Bet you'll be humming along as you read the stories! (* Order via any bookstore: Bookshop.org)
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The Story Line-Up (with links to the songs):
Sweet Life - Karen Keeley
Rain as Cold as Ice (Inspired by Mandy) - Linda Kay Hardie
​Mandy - Adam Gorgoni
I Write the Songs - Maya St. Clair
The Daybreak Killer (Inspired by Daybreak) - Matt McGee
A Connecticut Stalker (Inspired by Weekend in New England) - Laurie Stevens
Can't Smile Without You - Caleb Weinhardt
Ready to Take a Chance Again - Kurtis Rupe'
Since You've Been Gone (Inspired by Even Now) - Recita Clemons
Bermuda Triangle - J.M. Taylor
Lonely Together - John M. Floyd
When the Sun Rises (Inspired by Let's Take All Night (to Say Goodbye) - T. Fox Dunham
Some Kind of Friend - Christine Verstraete
Getting Even Now (Inspired by Even Now)  - Shari Held
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    My story is "Some Kind of Friend," based on the song of the same name.

 🎵  About the story: 
   Clarissa Simone was lucky to fulfill her dreams of dancing at the famed Copacabana nightclub. Those dreams soon tarnished, however, when she was blamed for the shooting death of fellow dancer and former friend Mina Ruiz's mobster boyfriend at another local club, The Bar by the Harbor. But was it Clarissa's fault? 

🎵 My inspiration: I wanted to find a song that lent itself to telling the story of a dancer, without using his signature song, Copacabana, as I figured someone else would pick that song. Surprisingly, no one did.

🎵 First lines, "Some Kind of Friend" - Christine Verstraete:
  The young woman stood on the front stoop, patiently waiting for me to invite her in.
  "Thanks for letting me come talk to you," she said, her smile bright. "I only need about twenty minutes, if you don't mind?"

Can't wait to read all the stories!!

The eerie Behind the Shadows II anthology is now out- perfect for Halloween reading!
  Got my copy! See photo for a sneak peek at the story beginning, too! 
   BUY: * Paperback, e-book - Barnes & Noble -* Paperback  - Amazon US 

My story, "Secrets of the Last Mine," will be in the spooky anthology, Noncorporeal II, coming soon from Inkd Publishing.
 *** Follow the Kickstarter to get in on cool editions and other goodies! LAUNCHES APRIL 17! 
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Writing horror isn't always about blood, guts and gore.
   Sometimes the story has a heart... even if the heart in question doesn't beat any longer.
   My new story, "Of Life, Death and the Krieg" in the just-released anthology, RUN FROM THE DEAD, is a different kind of zombie story.
​   The fun of writing a story like this is getting to create something different, so my story is about the after... What happens after a man is bit by "feral zombies" and finds himself in a new, nightmarish world? What happens when he's dead--but not? Now he's part of a horde... and the horde thinks. And, he realizes, he still feels emotions... even... dare we say, love?
   Another interesting part of writing this story was the anthology had a prompt requiring a certain set of words be included.
   So, read, and enjoy the scavenger hunt! (See photo for list of included words.)
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Amazon CA - Amazon AU
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