Matt Bell's Wolf Parts

Starting today, we're taking orders for Matt Bell's limited edition minibook Wolf Parts.

A dark, fragmentary retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in forty flash fictions, this version of Wolf Parts will only be available to people who order the book before March 21, 2010. The book costs $8 (with free shipping), for which you'll receive the perfect-bound minibook, plus an audiobook version that you'll be able to download immediately upon completion of your order. As an added bonus, you'll also receive an e-coupon for $3 off the full-length collection How They Were Found when it becomes available for pre-order later this year.

To give you a taste of what's inside, here's the beginning of the book:

"After Red cut her way out of the wolf’s belly—after she wiped the gore off her hood and cape, her dress, her tights—she again found herself standing on the path that wound through the forest toward her grandmother’s house. Along the way, she met with the wolf, with whom she had palavered the first time and every time since. Afterward, she went to her grandmother’s, where she again discovered the wolf devouring the old woman, and where he waited to devour her too, as he had before. Once again she was lost, and once again, she cut herself out of his belly and back onto the stony path. Over and over, she did these things until, desperate to break the cycle, she laid across the stones and, with the knife her mother had given her, gutted herself, quickly, left to right. She cried out in wonder at the bright worlds she found hidden within herself, and with shaky hands she scooped their hot wet flesh into the open air, where with a flick of her wrists she set them each free."

If you order Wolf Parts during the next two weeks--the only time it will be available for purchase online--you'll receive the audiobook immediately, the print minibook in early April, and, should you later choose to order How They Were Found directly from Keyhole, you'll get that book for just $11.

ORDER NOW AT WWW.HOWTHEYWEREFOUND.COM