Some recent anthologies that are raising money for various charities have popped up in my various newsfeeds lately. Here are some of the more recent ones that are helping to provide money and awareness for Covid relief, cancer, and violence against women:
This Halloween, a group of crime writers including Peter James, M W Craven, T M Logan, and Trevor Wood are publishing a spooky crime anthology to help raise funds for the Barnardos Children in Crisis Appeal, set up in the wake of the "shadow pandemic" created by Covid-19. The collection, Afraid of the Shadows, features 20 short stories edited by Miranda Jewess, editorial director at Viper. It is the third volume in the bestselling Afraid of the Light series, launched during the March 2020 lockdown, which has raised thousands of pounds for its chosen charities. It includes contributions from CWA Short Story Dagger shortlistees Victoria Selman, Elle Croft, Robert Scragg, James Delargy, and Dominic Nolan, as well as stories by Phoebe Morgan, S R Masters, Clare Empson, Matt Wesolowski, N J Mackay, Kate Simants, Jo Furniss, Heather Critchlow, Adam Southward and Rachael Blok.
Telos Publishing has picked up a new crime anthology edited by USA Today bestselling author, Samantha Lee Howe. The book, titled Criminal Pursuits: Crimes Through Time, has been put together by Howe to raise money for the charity POhWER which works to give a voice to those struggling with Human Rights issues in the UK. The authors taking part are: A A Chaudhuri, Raven Dane, Caroline England, Paul Finch, Samantha Lee Howe, Rhys Hughes, Maxim Jakubowski, Awais Khan, Paul Magrs, Sandra Murphy, Amy Myers, Bryony Pearce, Christine Poulson, and Sally Spedding.
The Pixel Project, established to end violence against women, has launched its first charity anthology, Giving the Devil His Due, published in partnership with Running Wild Press. Best described as "The Twilight Zone meets Promising Young Woman," the anthology will feature sixteen stories in homage to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, one of the largest annual anti-violence against women events in the world. Edited by Rebecca Brewer, formerly of Ace (Penguin Random House), the anthology includes sixteen major names and rising stars in Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror today including Angela Yuriko Smith, Christina Henry, Dana Cameron, Errick Nunnally, Hillary Monahan, Jason Sanford, Kaaron Warren, Kelley Armstrong, Kenesha Williams, Leanna Renee Hieber, Lee Murray, Linda D. Addison, Nicholas Kaufmann, Nisi Shawl, Peter Tieryas, and Stephen Graham Jones.
The C Word: For some lockdown has been murder is a collection of short stories collated during the COVID-19 pandemic to raise money for NHS Charities Together. Described as "a plethora of wonderful stories created by a wide variety of writers, each with their own unique style," the anthology includes contributions from Steve Mosby, Sophie Hannah, Elly Griffiths, Sarah Hilary, and twenty other crime fiction authors.
The fourth installment in Gutter Books’ Rock Anthology Series, Coming Through in Waves, pays tribute to Pink Floyd and is edited by horror author and cancer survivor T. Fox Dunham. Coming Through in Waves weaves together a plethora of dark, strange, and intriguing images that only Pink Floyd could inspire, with stories by Dunham, K. A. Laity, Paul Brazill, Allan Rozinski, A. Patterson, Morgan Sylvia, S. Lauden, Andy Rausch, Tom Leins, and Kimberly Godwin. A portion of the proceeds from this project will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, to which T. Fox Dunham, a survivor of a rare form of lymphoma, is indebted.
Back in February, Down & Out released The Great Filling Station Holdup, edited by Josh Pachter, featuring crime stories inspired by the music of Jimmy Buffett, famous for his iconic "Margaritaville." Here, you can enjoy stories from Leigh Lundin, Josh Pachter, Rick Ollerman, Michael Bracken, Don Bruns, Alison McMahan, Bruce Robert Coffin, Lissa Marie Redmond, Elaine Viets, Robert J. Randisi, Laura Oles, Isabella Maldonado, Jeffery Hess, Neil Plakcy, John M. Floyd, and M.E. Browning.
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