Occupied Earth: Stories of Aliens, Resistance and Survival at All Costs

Richard J. Brewer, a native Californian, has always been a lover of stories and storytelling. He has worked as a writer, actor, bookseller, story editor, book reviewer, movie and television Development Executive, and audiobook narrator. He was co-editor of the critically acclaimed Bruce Springsteen inspired short story anthology Meeting Across the River. His most recent short story, Last to Die, was included in another anthology inspired by The Boss, Trouble in the Heartland, and was noted as one of the Distinguished Mystery Stories of the year in The Best American Mystery Stories 2015.Gary Phillips is the author of the Ivan Monk series, and is the author of numerous novels and graphic novels. He co-edited and contributed to the acclaimed Black Pulp, has short stories in the upcoming Asian Pulp and Jewish Noir, and wrote Big Water, a graphic novel about the fight for that most precious of resources. A reviewer said of his novella The Extractors, about a one percenter who steals from the one percent -- Gary never disappoints. Great plots and complex and interesting characters, McBleak being one of them. He lives in Los Angeles.Contributors to the anthology include:Rachel Howzell HallDavid W. HallAdam L. KorenmanLisa MortonRob HartCliff AllenMatthew V. ClemensHoward V. HendrixMarsheila RockwellJeffrey J. MariotteRichard M. JohnsonCraig Faustus BuckJessica KayeNathan WalpowAdam Lance Garcia