Ray has a new short story in a just-released anthology called DARK DELICACIES, edited by Del Howison (who owns the Dark Delicacies book store in Burbank, California) and Jeff Gelb, and published by Carroll & Graf. The story is called "The Reincarnate". The publisher has posted a brief extract of Ray's story on the Internet. Here is a link:

http://www.pgw.com/catalog/search.asp?ISBN=0786715863

Incidentally, Cemetery Dance Publishers is scheduled to release a signed, limited edition of this book later this fall (which will be a lot more expensive than the trade paperback, needless to say).

Wow, has he still got it! Another one to add to my shopping list....

The website for the Burbank, CA book store, Dark Delicacies, whose owner is co-editor of this book, has posted some critical comments that the book and its contributors' stories have received. Ray's short story has been praised by several critics:

"...(a) langurous mediation on death and what comes after."- Library Journal

"...a poetic reverie on death and loss."-Publishers Weekly

"...sets the tone of quality that permeates Dark Delicacies collectively...it is a fine, bittersweet tale of loss and yearning with a classic supernatural tone."- The Book Report