Tony Burton just announced that this year's charity anthology from Wolfmont Press is getting a different theme and look. Titled Murder to Mil-Spec, the project is seeking crime-story submissions involving military personnel or vets but not those portraying them as evil for simply for doing their jobs. Proceeds from book sales will benefit the organization Homes for Our Troops, which is "strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001."
Burton, himself a veteran, will use a 50-50 mix of invited contributions and open submissions, although he cautions that since this is a charitable venture, authors won't be paid except in contributor copies and will be expected to vigorously help promote the book. However, not only will you be helping a good cause, these charity anthologies are developing a stellar reputation: The 2008 anthology, Dying In a Winter Wonderland, was the only small-press title in the IMBA's Top Ten Bestseller list for the year, and stories from the 2009 anthology, The Gift of Murder, are currently finalists for the Agatha, Arthur Ellis, and Derringer Awards.
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