I know the street value of authors

Quick, before they are outlawed. Inhale, inject, and/or read these recently-legalized vices el pronto:

• A Mel Bosworth is worth a follow-up story chapbook called Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom. Street date of NOW! Mine is on my way. Based on Mel’s previous work, I can expect some glorious toilet time in the near future.
• 1 Ben Tanzer will run you 99 Problems (that was an easy conversion). This book is a collection of essays about running. I’m no runner. Write a book called 99 Pastries, and I’m all over it (though I am all over 99 Problems, too; I finally bought a copy today). Want a taste? Meet a guy named Jason Behrends over at the Orange Alert Podcast, episode 27. Tell him “Compulsions” sent you.
• Word is Craig Wallwork will net a cool collection of recent blog posts. You ever tried Pela Via? What about Plagiarism? Ease into the experience with Mission Apostle.
• Vincent Louis Carrella has 1 Serpent Box that he’s willing to offload for a few comments over at the Goodreads.com Velvet group book discussion.
• 1 Nik Korpon is worth 3 CD cases full of drugs, 2 heart-sick slackers, and 1 preorder date of October 1^st, for his debut novel Stay God. I am currently devouring an advance copy of the book for the second time. I could go bankrupt reading this book.

Good luck with the inevitable intervention