Cure All, a new collection of linked fictions by Kim Parko, is posted for preorder. Further details and a sampler PDF are available now. Copies will ship in February. 20 Jan 2010

The results of the 2009 Caketrain Chapbook Competition have arrived from Final Judge Michael Burkard and we’re proud to announce that this year, the generosity of Caketrain supporters will afford the publication both the Winner and Runner-Up selections as Caketrain chapbooks. Additionally, we wish to publicly acknowledge three “Also Notable” manuscripts which we the editors herald for their daring originality and prowess. The list is as follows:

Winner
Ghost Machine, Ben Mirov.

Runner-up
Bird Any Damn Kind, Lucas Farrell.

Also Notable
Fables, Sarah Goldstein.
Hauptstrasse, A. Minetta Gould.
Minimum Heroic, Christopher Salerno.

Ben Mirov’s Ghost Machine and Lucas Farrell’s Bird Any Damn Kind will see publication this summer as the seventh and eighth titles in Caketrain’s ongoing chapbook series. Our gratitude goes out to all entrants of the competition for entrusting us with their work and making the decision harder than ever. The chapbook competition will return this May, the genre focus shifting back to fiction with a new guest serving as Final Judge. 13 Jan 2010