The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories: Now Available

Since this cool little book is now available, out just in time for the holiday season, I thought I'd post the press release for it. At under ten bucks, it makes a perfect little gift, and if you order now we'll personalize it and add a little holiday card if you want it shipped directly to the giftee. (Just note that in your paypal order)THE SURGEON'S TALE AND OTHER STORIESCat Rambo & Jeff VanderMeerFeaturing a cover by Starchild creator James Owenand interior art by New York artist Kris DikemanOnce Upon a Time...There was a surgeon with a terrible obsessionwho befriended a dead girl in a strange underground cityfrom whence came the trolls that made the farmer's cat mad,and which manifested itself on the surface in the form of boththe heart of a dark and sinister enchanterand an eccentric, damned cafe.No one lived happily ever after,but some of them did, indeed, live.The Surgeon's Tale & Other Stories is the first book by exciting new talent Cat Rambo, in collaboration with World Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer. John Barth has described Cat Rambo's writings as "works of urban mythopoeia"--her stories take place in a universe where chickens aid the lovelorn, Death is just another face on the train, and a rodent's wooing can affect an entire underground city. Rambo's stories have been appearing for the last few years in Subterranean Magazine, Clarkesworld, and Strange Horizons, with work forthcoming in Weird Tales and Asimov's SF Magazine. She also recently became co-editor of the highly-praised Fantasy magazine.Enter a world of rat suitors, severed arms, and Fungi Et Fruits de Mer, served up with prose both appetizing and uncanny. Dark Fantasy has never been quite so decadent. (And including the infamous Lovecraft Cafe collaboration between Jeff, D.F. Lewis, and M.F. Korn.)TWO FREE LANCERS PRESSSeattle, Washington / Tallahassee, Florida100 pages - ISBN: 978-0-8095-7268-7 - $9.99For more information on the authors, visit: http://www.kittywumpus.net and http://www.jeffvandermeer.comAlso available through Amazon.com.