Publication: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2010, New York
First edition. One of 250 numbered copies that have been signed by each author and the editors. Introduction by S.J. Rozan. Fine in quarter leather and marbled boards and transparent dust jacket. "The vision of the editors was to produce a collection of dark tales, half written by mystery writers, the other half by mainstream literary writers, in which it is clear that the lines between the two have blurred. Some of the worlds most distinguished authors have written original, never previously published, stories for this landmark volume. The contributors to this collection are Madison Smart Bell, Lawrence Block, Stephen L. Carter, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Lynn Freed, James Grady, Amy Hempel, Janice Lee, Jonathan Lethem, Laura Lippman, Patrick McCabe, Val McDermid, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Abraham Rodriguez Jr., S. J. Rozan, Jonathan Santlofer, and Edmund White."
Inventory Number: 29516