Wrecks & Violets

Cimarron Street Books is pleased to bring you Wrecks & Violets — Mehitobel Wilson’s newest and biggest collection of flammable short fiction. She’s been doing this since 1998 and it’s time you caught up with her singular voice, pinpoint prose, caustic ways and devilish imagination. Be prepared to be caught unaware. As Bel says, “It’s unnerving when one’s reptile brain has something to say, especially when it whispers secret truths.” With an Introduction by Brian Keene. Praise for Mehitobel Wilson: Caustic, classic, classy, nasty, elegant, relevant post- punk horror for people who give a ****. — China Miéville, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award. Think of Bel Wilson as a Ralph Ellison or a J.D. Salinger of horror. With mere words she chisels art out of darkness, and manipulates prose the way Munch, Bosch, and Goya manipulated brush strokes. Her exceptional skills couldn’t be better exemplified than in Last Night at the Blue Alice, likely the most intriguing and original horror-fantasy book I’ve ever seen, and Dangerous Red is purely and simply one of the five best horror collections I’ve ever read in my **** life. — Edward Lee, author of The Bighead, Header and The Dunwich Romance Bel writes dark but she writes from the heart. You won’t find any cliches here. you’ll find clean lines, tight work, and somebody who gives a damn about you. Meanwhile, you will be scared. — Jack Ketchum, author of Off Season and The Girl Next Door Mehitobel Wilson (no relation) doesn’t write nearly enough, so something new from her is a cause for celebration. “Last Night at the Blue Alice” reveals a writer in full control of her considerable talents. The unique premise lifts it far above other tales of hauntings as each character comes alive on the page and pulls you in. Do not miss this. — F. Paul Wilson