Nonstop Press has chosen the winner of the Pick The Cover contest for Why New Yorkers Smoke (see this article). They write “We would like to thank everyone who voted, especially all the non-smokers. (And no the book is not about smokers or intended only for smokers.) Ten randomly selected voters will be contacted shortly before the release date of 9/11/2011 to receive their free copy.”
The stories in Why New Yorkers Smoke blend both the real and the fantastic in a topical mix that illuminates the full range of some of the best speculative writers working today: Paul di Filippo, Scott Edelman, Carol Emshwiller, Gay Terry, Lawrence Greenberg, Barry Malzberg, Don Webb, Aligria Luna-Luz and others. From “Grey Area”, the story of a taxi driver who bears witness to 9/11 by becoming the Wandering Dutchman of lower Manhattan, to “Why We Talk to Ourselves”, where Osama is still alive, living in NYC, and getting into speed dating.