Protectors Anthologies Series

41 writers. One cause. We've rallied a platoon of crime, western, thriller, fantasy, noir, horror and transgressive authors to support PROTECT's important work: lobbying for legislation that protects children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.  Powerful stories from George Pelecanos, Andrew Vachss, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles de Lint, Ken Bruen, Chet Williamson, James Reasoner, Charlie Stella, Michael A. Black, Wayne Dundee, Roxane Gay, Ray Banks, Tony Black, Les Edgerton and 16 more, with 100% of proceeds going to PROTECT.  PROTECTORS includes a foreword by rock critic Dave Marsh, and fiction by Patti Abbott, Ian Ayris, Ray Banks, Nigel Bird, Michael A. Black, Tony Black, R. Thomas Brown, Ken Bruen, Bill Cameron, Jen Conley, Charles de Lint, Wayne D. Dundee, Chad Eagleton, Les Edgerton, Andrew Fader, Matthew C. Funk, Roxane Gay, Edward A. Grainger, Glenn G. Gray, Jane Hammons, Amber Keller, Joe R. Lansdale, Frank Larnerd, Gary Lovisi, Mike Miner, Zak Mucha, Dan O'Shea, George Pelecanos, Thomas Pluck, Richard Prosch, Keith Rawson, James Reasoner, Todd Robinson, Johnny Shaw, Gerald So, Josh Stallings, Charlie Stella, Andrew Vachss, Steve Weddle, Dave White, and Chet Williamson.  Among PROTECT's victories are the Protect Our Children Act of 2008, which mandated that the Justice Department change course and design a new national nerve center for law enforcement to wage a war on child exploitation, the Hero to Hero program, which employs disabled veterans in the battle against child abuse, and Alicia's Law.  Join the fight, with 41 stories by top writers. Be a Protector!

55 Stories to benefit Protect, the political lobby of the National Association to Protect Children, whose victories include the Circle of Trust act and the HERO Corps, which hires wounded veterans to assist law enforcement in hunting online predators.  Contributors include Andrew Vachss, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison®, David Morrell, Laird Barron, Linda Rodriguez, Charles de Lint, Hilary Davidson, Joe R. Lansdale, Joelle Charbonneau, Reed Farrel Coleman, SJ Rozan, and Alison Arngrim. 600 pages of fiction of all genres, poems and art, essays and memoirs, to fund one cause: to protect children from abuse and exploitation of all kinds.   Table of Contents:  When!? by Linda Sarah  The Questions by Alison Arngrim  City Water by Allison Glasgow  Black and White and Red All Over by David Morrell  Silvia Reyes by P.J. Ward  Plan B by Andrew Vachss  Gatekeeper by Richard Prosch  The Night Watch by Susan Schorn  One Night in Brownsville by Gary Phillips  Silverfish by S.J. Rozan  Parental Guidance by Scott Adlerberg  Superhero, With Crooked Nails by Rachael Acks  Angel by Terrence McCauley  Mr. Nance by Linda Rodriguez  Something I Said by Bracken MacLeod  El Puente by Rios de la Luz  Mesquite by Graham Wynd  Level 5 by C.R. Jahn  On the Road to La Grange by Karina Cooper  Reprisals: Enmity by John A. Curley  The Whistler in the Graveyard by Chad Eagleton (illustration by Dyer Wilk)  Solar Highway by S.A. Solomon  Jibber Jabber by Reed Farrel Coleman  Doll: A Poem by Jyl Anais Ion (illustrations by Jyl Anais Ion)  Doggone Justice by Joe R. Lansdale  The Occurrence of the Black Mirror by Teel James Glenn  Sister Cecilia by Hilary Davidson  Croatoan by Harlan Ellison®  Little Howl on the Prairie by Thomas Pluck  Things Held Dear by Neliza Drew  49 Foot Woman Straps It On by Laird Barron  Moon Over the Midwest by Elizabeth Amber Love  Sixth Floor by Albert Tucher  Adamsville by Clare Toohey  Point of View by Will Graham  High Meadow Storm by Wayne Dundee  Out of Context by Joelle Charbonneau  Lone by Alex Segura (illustrations by Dennis Calero)  Love and Valour on ‘the Victorian Titanic’ by Gill Hoffs  Just Pretend by Martyn Waites  Freak by Charles de Lint  The New Heroes of the Old Fairgrounds by K.L. Pereira  When the Hammer Comes Down by Josh Stallings  Stretching Fifteen by Angel Luis Colón  Bounty by Jerry Bloomfield  Light-Bringer by Laura K. Curtis  Hercules and the Spawn of the Titans by Michael A. Black  How to Paint Your Dragon by Andrew D’Apice  Don’t Fear the Ripper by Holly West Two Views by Tim Daly  A Hundred Pearls by Errick Nunnally  Snapshots by Christopher Irvin  Deceit by Joyce Carol Oates  The Perfect Weapon by Zak Mucha  An Open Letter to the Children of the Secret by Dionysios Dionou  Behavior is Truth by Gwyndyn T. Alexander  Pigeons for Protect! by Linda Sarah