Release the Virgins

It was during a late-night conversation that the phrase Release the Virgins was spoken. Seemingly nonsensical it stuck in our minds and turned into a group project that would lead to an anthology.We brought the idea to a crowd-funding site which interested enough people to provide the seed funding to turn this anthology into reality. We took that springboard and gave eighteen talented authors the task of writing a great story with only one guideline: the story had to include the phrase Release the Virgins.The results are surprisingly varied and creative: science fiction fantasy outright comedy serious imaginings... in this anthology youll find Manhattan gangsters sad superheroes marathon-running aliens teenage Cthulhu worshippers ghost dinosaurs computer hackers and even a unicorn or two. And we think youll agree: its a good thing that phrase stuck in our minds.Featuring stories by: Nebula Hugo and Stoker Award-winner David Gerrold; Hugo Award-winners Allen M. Steele and Lawrence Watt-Evans; IAMTW Grandmaster Keith R.A. DeCandido; Skylark Award-winners Daniel M. Kimmel Sharon Lee and Steve Miller; WSFA Small Press Award-winner Alex Shvartsman; and Matt Becthel Shariann Lewitt Gordon Linzner Gail Z. Martin Jody Lynn Nye Beth W. Patterson Hildy Silverman Patrick Thomas Cecilia Tan and Brian Trent.Release the Virgins is a hoot of an anthology! Fun weird and wildly entertaining! --Jonathan Maberry New York Times bestselling author of Deep Silence and V-Wars