Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT

Good stories for a good cause. You cant go wrong. Bill Crider Mystery Scene Magazine 41 Authors. 41 Stories. One Cause. Weve rallied a platoon of crime western thriller fantasy noir horror and transgressive authors to support PROTECTs important work: lobbying for legislation that protects children from physical sexual and emotional abuse. PROTECTORS includes the exclusive opening chapters to Ken Bruens upcoming novel Spectre in the Galway Wind plus powerful stories from George Pelecanos Andrew Vachss Joe R. Lansdale Charles de Lint Chet Williamson James Reasoner Charlie Stella Michael A. Black Wayne Dundee Roxane Gay Ray Banks Tony Black Les Edgerton and 27 others with 100% of the proceeds going to PROTECT. Among PROTECTs 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 Alicias Law. 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 OShea 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. Join the fight be a Protector!