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I mentioned a while back that editors Gerard Brennan (

gerardbrennan) and Mike Stone (

mylefteye) had accepted my "The Life Business" for their anthology of crime stories rooted in Irish mythology, The Red Hand of Crime, to be published by Morrigan next year. Well, I heard this morning from Mike that the list of contributors has now been released into the public sphere, and here it is:

Adrian McKinty
Arlene Hunt
Brian McGilloway
Dave Hutchinson
Garbhan Downey
Garry Kilworth
John Grant
John McAllister
Ken Bruen
Maxim Jakubowski
Neville Thompson
Sam Millar
Stuart Neville
T.A. Moore
Tony Bailie
Tony Black
Una McCormack

Needless to say, I'm chuffed as all get-out to find myself in such distinguished company. The only disadvantage of such a situation is, of course, that all the reviews will say, "This otherwise brilliant book is marred by one true stinker of a story . . ."

I was mighty pleased to hear this morning from Mike Stone (

mylefteye) that he and co-editor Gerard Brennan (

gerardbrennan) would like to include my 7700-word short story "The Life Business" in their forthcoming anthology The Red Hand of Crime.

The idea for the anthology is a fascinating one, which was what drew me to write something for submission in the first place: these are modern-day Irish crime stories (not just crime stories set in Ireland that could as well be set anywhere else) that have a thematic or other reference to Irish mythology or legend . . . which is, of course, not to say they're just modern re-enactments of ancient stories.

The myth I chose was St Patrick's ridding the island of serpents; other myths/legends/icons used apparently include Tir na nOg, the Bull of Cooley, Dairmuid and Grainne, the Salmon of Knowledge, the Red Hand of Ulster, King Lir, the Druids and Ogham script, the Banshee, and Queen Macha.

Contributors so far include people like Brian McGilloway, Garry Kilworth, Ken Bruen, Dave Hutchinson (

hutch0) and Adrian McKinty; you can understand why I'm so inordinately chuffed to be among their number! And also why I can't wait to get my hot little hands on a copy of the book . . .

So, that's: The Red Hand of Crime, edited by Gerard Brennan and Mike Stone, coming from Morrigan Books in late summer 2010.

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