West Coast Crime Wave

The electronic anthology of crime stories, West Coast Crime Wave is out, or appears to be anyhow, on the Kindle. Other formats are to follow, and it should be available in all of them by this time tomorrow. It includes my story "The People's Republic of Everywhere and Everything", which is about Berkeley. Specifically the gelato district. I liked writing the story, and the novelty of being paid for a e-book in an era where most crime magazines, whether print or digital, pay only in exposure. And then, in the introduction to the book by Ken Bruen, there was this:





I don't know if one should select a favorite story when writing an introduction for an anthology, but I'll take it anyway. Bow to the king, bhoys.