I received this email this morning from author/editor J. David Osborne:
My name is David Osborne and I am the editor-in-chief of the new crime fiction imprint Broken River Books. I am currently working on an anthology, and Brian Lindemuth suggested I contact you regarding getting the word out:
"Next
year, Broken River Books will release a crime fiction anthology, which I
am tentatively calling INCOGNITO. In this book, all of the authors will
be writing under pseudonyms, and will be required to sign a gag order
so that they cannot divulge their involvement. This will be writing at
its purest: without any thought of the value of your name brand. These
could be friends of mine telling these stories, these could be famous
authors (a few of which are already on board), these could be first-time
strangers. No one will ever know. The compensation is as such: all of
the royalties, every penny, will go to the authors. I'll front the cash
for it, you reap the benefits. Kind of an inversion of the "no pay, but
exposure" wank-off shruggery. No one
will cherry pick this antho to read their favorite author's pieces.
Everyone is nameless. No one will gain anything: there will only be a
fucking solid block of writing. Send your submissions to brokenriverbooks @ gmail.com. If this idea seems mind-bogglingly dumb to you, you are cordially invited not to participate."
The deadline for this is December 31. At the moment they have no active website but you can find out more about the press and Mr. Osborne at this link.
UPDATE: December 2, 2013 Here's a link to their new Twitter feed. And their website link.
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