STORIES AND STORY COLLECTIONS Ken has written many short stories which are in story collections, magazines... and some are being printed as special editions. We'll try to keep this page updated with all the latest information on what's available. For various stories, click here. For collections of special editions, see below. NEW AND UPCOMING DOWN THESE GREEN STREETS: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century! edited by Declan Burke UK: May 2011 US: July 2011 ISBN: 978-1-907-59319-2, trade paperback, introduction by Michael Connelly DOWN THESE GREEN STREETS presents a detailed look at Irish crime writing over the past decade. Well-known and award-winning authors take on the role of crime fiction in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, addressing topics from its representations of Irish identity to the influences of American culture. Contributors include John Connolly, Ken Bruen, Benjamin Black (aka John Banville), Ruth Dudley Edwards, Tana French, Stuart Neville, Eoin McNamee, Alex Barclay, and Declan Hughes. Praise: "...this wonderful collection [contains] energetic, passionate voices." —David Park, The Irish Times "Down These Green Streets is notable for its compelling and accessible history of crime fiction in Ireland. This is an obligatory title for serious fans of Irish crime fiction—and there's also enough here to hold the interest of the casual reader." —Alex Meehan, Sunday Business Post "A fascinating snapshot of this new genre in Irish literature." —Daragh McManus, Irish Independent A FIFTH OF BRUEN by Ken Bruen (Busted Flush Press, May 2006, 352 pages) An omnibus collection of Ken's first four novels and two short story collections has been published by Busted Flush Press. The collection includes an introduction by Allan Guthrie and the following stories/short novels: Shades of Grace (1993) (short novel) Martyrs (1994) (short novel) Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities (1992) Sherry: And Other Stories (1994) Time of Serena-May/Upon the Third Cross (1995) All the Old Songs and Nothing to Lose Crime novelist Russel McLean says, "If you love complex, thought-provoking work, then you'll find something in this collection to intrigue you." BUST by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr (Hard Case Crime, May 2006, 256 pages) Did Max Fisher ever love his wife Deirdre? Maybe once, briefly—but that was a long time ago. Now he just wishes she were gone, so he wouldn't have to keep hiding his affair with his gorgeous Irish-American executive assistant, Angela. But how do you arrange for an unwanted spouse to disappear? The old-fashioned way: You hire a hit man. But the man Max hires—an ex-IRA bruiser of Angela's acquaintance—is an uncontrollable sociopath. He's also, secretly, Angela's boyfriend. And he and and Angela have plans for Max that the philandering businessman might not care for... PW says: "A seamless blend of Bruen's dead-on Irish underworld and Starr's hellish vision of the Big Apple, Hard Case's latest release is smart, trashy fun, fulfilling ably the series' irresistible promise..." Murder By The Book: A 48-page, limited edition (limited to 300 copies) hardback, numbered, signed by Ken. Features an introduction by C. J. Box (but not signed by Box). Sorry... SOLD OUT! The Dead Room: Ken's first short story with detective Jack Taylor (published by A.S.A.P. Publishing, 2005). The limited edition (150 copies) is bound in a light green cloth. The collectors edition (26 copies) is in a dark green cloth, presented in a clamshell case with a reproduction of a carved Celtic cross on one side and the book on the other. Sorry... Both editions SOLD OUT! A.S.A.P. Publishing 23852 Via Navarra, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Phone: 949-455-1319   Fax: 949-455-1359 VARIOUS SHORT STORIES Ken contributed Jack Taylor to the Edgar Award-winning The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives, edited by Otto Penzler. Other contributors include Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Robert B. Parker and Anne Perry. Ken's short story Black Stuff is a part of Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger vs. The Ugly American, an anthology Ken also edited. Wednesday's Child by Ken is part of the First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors anthology, edited by Lee Child. London Noir, edited by Cathi Unsworth includes Ken's short story Loaded. Duane Swierczynski edited Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir that includes Ken's short story Old Gun. To Have and To Hold, by Ken appears in Hardluck Stories. An essay by Ken Bruen about his relationship with his father, I Never Sang For My Father, appears in The Quiet Quarter, a collection of Irish writing edited by Eoin Brad. Ken has a short story, White Irish, in The Cocaine Chronicles, edited by Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon. Other contributors include Susan Straight, Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Laura Lippman, Bill Moody and Nina Revoyr. Ken's short story Losing My Religion is in the November 2004 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Ken's short story, Fade To...Brooklyn, is in the story collection Brooklyn Noir.