Kane and the Candidate

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This story will appear in Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume II, a crime-fiction anthology that will raise $10,000 for the Southern Poverty Law Center to help fight voter suppression.

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Twenty-two authors contributed short crime fiction stories on the theme "Every stolen vote is a crime." All the money earned from sales is contributed to the Southern Poverty Law Center's programs to fight voter suppression and defend voting rights.

In addition to the authors listed, the volume includes stories by Gabriel Valjan, Stephen Buehler, Jackie Ross Flaum, Stormy White, M. J. Holt, Frank Rankin, Bev Vincent, Puja Guha, James McCrone, Jim Doherty, Terry Sanville, Robert Lopresti, Madeline McEwen, and Ben Harshman.

Now available for pre-order here

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An Interview with Mysti Berry, Editor of The Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume II

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Scott Turow--the author of Presumed Innocent and, more recently, The Last Trial--has written an introduction for this anthology.

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Today is launch day for this anthogy!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086WDZH5H

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The paperback edition is now available from Amazon

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From booklife:

The 22 stories in Berry’s politically charged second Low Down Dirty Vote crime fiction anthology all revolve around the premise that “every stolen vote is a crime.” The anthology opens with Faye Snowden’s “One Bullet. One Vote,” which sets the tone as 85-year-old Willie Mae Brown becomes the first black person in her small town to vote despite threats to the safety of her family. The stories that follow highlight similar issues, including the voting rights of convicted felons (in Tim O’Mara’s “Voting Block” and S.B. White’s “The Sentencing Conundrum), the Equal Rights Amendment (in David Hagerty’s “An ERA of Inequality”), and the purging of voter registration lists (Ann Parker’s “Purged”).

The potentially depressing effect of such stories is buoyed by an array of vivid and dynamic characters, such as the cantankerous septuagenarian in Sarah M. Chen’s “Unit 805” who blackmails the board members of his retirement home; the stubborn, old-fashioned grandfather in Camille Minichino’s “Three Funny Things Happened on the Way to Vote” and the granddaughter who cares for him; and two assassins (one each from Frank Rankin’s “A Moral Assassin” and Terry Sanville’s “Pro Bono”) who try to do the right thing.

The depictions of election-rigging occur across time periods both historic (a 1910 sheriff’s election in Jackie Ross Flaum’s “Two Dead, Two Wounded”) and modern (a congressman’s campaign jeopardized by Photoshop and Facebook in Bev Vincent’s “Kane and the Candidate”), in communities both small (a nonprofit theatre organization in Robert Lopresti’s “Shanks Gets Out the Vote”) and large (a state governor’s race in James McCrone’s “Numbers Don’t Lie”). Neither side of the political divide is immune: Madeline McEwen’s “Benevolent Dictatorship” features a proud Democrat who forges the signatures on her family’s ballots, while Travis Richardson’s “The Cost of Ethics” sees a GOP volunteer lament that he’d “love to have an ethical Republican Party.” Regardless of affiliation, readers will find these stories give color and life to a relevant and often controversial issue.

Takeaway: Social studies teachers, history buffs, and anyone curious about politics will appreciate this anthology of crime stories about fighting, scheming, and taking action for the right to vote.

Great for fans of Michael Dobbs’s House of Cards, Tom Clancy.

GNTLGNT

.....tip of the hat Bev....

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Low Down Dirty Vote Authors Celebrate National Voter Registration Day

The authors of Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume II are celebrating National Voter Registration Day:

• Writers will interview each other, and some will read a page or two from their stories in LDDV Vol II. 
• Readers & fans who attend and can show proof of voter registration can win a free copy of LDDV Vol II.
• We'll share the recipe for Pisco Punch (a San Francisco invention, like cipino and the Hangtown fry!). 
• We’ll show the $10k check as it is signed and put into an envelope and addressed to SPLC.
• Answer attendee questions.

Please join us for this free event! Register for the event at: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/low-down-dirty-vote/register

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GNTLGNT

...curious, but is "Mysti Berry" a real name or nom de plume?.......

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BevVincent said:

Tonight! 8:30 Central.

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From Scott Turow's introduction:

Didactic story telling is hard, because too often such stories shout their point.

There is not a single story in this collection that falls into that trap. They are uniformly clever and entertaining. Indeed, it’s impressive how many different tacks these talented authors have taken in writing about the same theme, a testimonial to a set of remarkable imaginations. Snowflake-like, every one of these stories is distinctive, sometimes funny, always surprising and always a pleasure to read. And taken together, they will help make the world a more equal and, thus, a better place, more faithful to our founding vision.

GNTLGNT

BevVincent said:

From Scott Turow's introduction:

Didactic story telling is hard, because too often such stories shout their point.

There is not a single story in this collection that falls into that trap. They are uniformly clever and entertaining. Indeed, it’s impressive how many different tacks these talented authors have taken in writing about the same theme, a testimonial to a set of remarkable imaginations. Snowflake-like, every one of these stories is distinctive, sometimes funny, always surprising and always a pleasure to read. And taken together, they will help make the world a more equal and, thus, a better place, more faithful to our founding vision.

....how gratifying Bev, proud of you.....

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The anthology won a Gold Medal at the eLit Book Awards, illuminating digital publishing excellence.

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Fantastic!