Twenty Epics

For something I had absolutely nothing to do with, I feel some connection to Twenty Epics, the new anthology from All-Star Stories being released today. It's not just because it's edited by my friends and esteemed colleagues, David Moles and Susan Marie Groppi. Nor that I was present at a workshop a few years ago when David was sort of piecing the anthology's concept together. Nor is it because I heard some early readings from the anthology at the last World Fantasy Con, nor because the table of contents is loaded with people who are not only among my favorite writers, but also friends and acquaintances.

Wait.

Those actually are the reasons why I feel connected enough with this anthology enthuse about it here.

So ... here's what Twenty Epics is all about, courtesy Amazon's description:

Epics have lost their charm. There was a time when you finished an epic. When an epic left you feeling not discontent and exhausted, but joyous, melancholy, rejuvenated, satisfied -- left you feeling that you were a better person for the experience. TWENTY EPICS will bring that feeling back. In ten thousand words or less. All-new stories from Christopher Rowe, Tim Pratt, Alan DeNiro, Rachel McGonagill, K.D. Wentworth, Marcus Ewert, Christopher Barzak, Meghan McCarron, Stephen Eley, Jon Hansen, Paul Berger, David Schwartz, Sandra McDonald, Jack Mierzwa, Mary Robinette Kowal, Zoe Selengut, Ian McHugh, Yoon Ha Lee, Benjamin Rosenbaum, and Scott William Carter. Edited by David Moles and Susan Marie Groppi.

Sounds pretty cool, huh? Yeah, it really is.

You can get it today at Amazon or Lulu. I'm not sure about this, but I think more money goes into David's and Susan's pockets if you get it through Lulu. But either way, they win, the writers win, and you win, because you get to read the thing.

And I did the math, and it's, like, a buck per epic. That's a lot of epic per penny.