Down and Out Books has released a press release for the upcoming Mama Tried crime anthology that includes a story by me. The title of each story in this collection comes from an outlaw country music song. My story is called "Ain't Living Long Like This" a song by Waylon Jennings. You can hear it here. Only the title comes from the song. The story itself is original. My story introduces private investigator, Jamie Southern as she takes on a blackmail case that leads to murder.
I'm honored to share this book with some extremely talented authors and it was fun to work with my friend, James Tuck for the first time. This one is sure to be a good read.
Mama Tried will be released on Monday, August 15, 2016.
Bobby
Press
Release:
Coming
in August from Down and Out Books…
Title: MAMA
TRIED — Crime Fiction Inspired by Outlaw Country Music
Editor: JAMES R.
TUCK
Format: Trade Paperback
and eBook
Publication date: August
15, 2016
Synopsis: Outlaws
…
It's what makes the best of country music and crime fiction. Sometimes it's
hardened criminals: murders, thieves, and convicts, sometimes it's just a poor
fool driven to the edge by hard times, hard drinking, or a hard lover.
In this collection you will find stories from the best voices in crime fiction
inspired by the best voices in outlaw country music. Stories with:
• An off-books mercenary trying to save a trucker's delivery from a beautiful
thief.
• An ex-con dealing with small town prejudice...and armed robbery.
• Outlaw newlyweds running from a tri-county drug lord.
• A young girl seeking solace in the company of dogs bred to fight that she
never found in family.
• A wife discovering the other woman is not what she thought.
• A writer finding out what prison is really like.
Stories by J.L. Abramo, Trey R. Barker, Eric Beetner, Levi Black, Michael
Bunker, Delilah Dawson, Les Edgerton, Christa Faust, Tommy Hancock, Grant
Jerkins, Ken Lizzi, Riley Miller, James A. Moore, Bobby Nash, Mel Odom, Eryk
Pruitt, Jay Requard, Charles R. Rutledge and Ryan Sayles.
Meet the Editor: Born
and raised in Georgia, James R. Tuck grew up drawing and reading from a wee
lad. A steady helping of Robert E. Howard stories, Golden Age comics, and books
he was far too young to have been reading combined with a very Southern
involvement in church and watching horror movies became the bedrock of his
creativity. He grew up, became a tattoo artist, and is now a writer of dark
fantasy and, as Levi Black, crime fiction. He co-hosts the "Fanboy and
Geek Girl Power Hour" podcast with his wife. Visit his website at JamesRTuck.com.
Down and Out Books, an
indie-publisher based in Tampa, FL, has been serving up the best crime fiction
since 2011. To obtain an eARC (PDF, mobi, epub) for review, to coordinate an
interview with the editor, or to find out more information about this book,
contact lance@downandoutbooks.com. Find out more about Down &
Out Books at DownAndOutBooks.com.
