TWISTED TAILS IV named FINALIST in FOREWORD AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR

TWISTED TAILS IV: FANTASTIC FLIGHTS OF FANTASY has placed as Finalist in the Anthologies category of the 2009 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards.  The 16 short stories in TT IV are:

1. Megan’s Baby by Kim McDougall

2. Anti-Diver by David L. Kuzminski

3. Osculating Bufonidae by J. Richard Jacobs

4. Repo Girl and the Fortune Faerie by Marilyn Peake

5. The Man Who was a few Pixels Out by Biff Mitchell

6. And Dance by the Light of the Moon by Joyce K. Jensen

7. The Guardian by Todd R. Snow

8. La Niña by Terence West

9. Crimson Dawn by Margaret Whitley

10. Atypical Traits by Ann Dulhanty

11. Roller Duck by John Klawitter

12. Brutus and the Pig by J. Richard Jacobs

13. Space Ace by John Klawitter

14. Last Flight by Clay Rhett

15. Sex and the Emerald City by K. L. Nappier

16. Evil Witch by Ann Dulhanty

J. Richard Jacobs' TT IV has been chosen along with anthologies by many big names in literature. One book, edited by Peter Straub, includes short stories by Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, and Ray Bradbury, and classic writers including Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald,Tennessee Williams, many others. Another book includes classics by authors including John Steinbeck, Jack London, Mark Twain, many others. Here's the list of Finalists in the category:

http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/finalists/2009/category/anthologies


Winners will be announced at BookExpo America on May 25