The text is off to the publisher. The contracts are signed. The layout's been done. And the contributor copies are en route. The Ghost Is the Machine arrives Aug. 14.

Click HERE to view the cover art!

Readers can pre-order the book for $14 -- that's $2 off the cover price with immediate shipping -- until Aug. 12. Visit the pre-order page and note the promo code. Congratulations again to all the writers involved. I'll be posting updates here and on my Facebook fan page about the book's release as the days tick off to the 14th.

In other news, I recently conducted an interview with Open Heart Publishing in advance of the release of my short story "Salvage," which will appear in their yearly anthology, An Honest Lie Vol. 4: Petulant Parables. I previously worked with the folks at Open Heart in 2010, when they published my short story "The Registry of Lost Socks" in the second volume of their annual anthology. More information about the publication of this book will be posted here as it becomes available.