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As kradical and tillyjane have made clear, there is a great hunger in the land for news of 44 Clowns. The book was delivered to the publisher about two months ago. Cover art has been selected. It is due to be released at World Fantasy this fall as a ebook from Scorpius Digital. I do not yet have final confirmation -- that's why this is a pre-announcement -- but the project is off its eternal hold cycle and moving forward.

In case you're wondering what 44 Clowns is, it's an anthology edited by me and Mike Brotherton, 11 stories about the Four Clowns of the Apocalypse. ( The cover... )

The table of contents (not in publication order)...

"All Smiles" by Mercurio D. Rivera
"'And the Little Clown Laughed to See Such Sport'" by Syne Mitchell 
"Behold a White Tricycle" by Keith R.A. DeCandido
"Clown Sauce" by Ray Vukcevich 
"Clowns Come Tumblin' Down or Sad Eyes" by Jeremiah Tolbert 
"End of the Rainbow" by Jay Caselberg
"Four Clowns of the Apocalypse and the Mecca of Mirth" by Ken Scholes
"Rodeo" by Laura Anne Gilman
"The Dogma Wagging the Prophet" by Alan L. Lickiss
"The Fourth Ring" by Deborah Grabien
"Uncle Zany and the Boys" by Kris Dikeman 

Here's the info page from the publisher.

(And no, cristalia, you don't have to read it. EVAR!)