William R. Eakin (Bill) is best known for his award-winning stories set in his own Redgunk, Mississippi. His collection, Redgunk Tales: Tales from the Kudzu, volume one of a 5-6 volume series, is now available! If you’ve never read Redgunk, if you did not get to see the original publications, get introduced for less than 10 dollars (plus shipping) at:

http://www.genremall.com/fictionr.htm#redgunk.

In the book jacket blurbs for his original collection Redgunk Tales (Invisible Cites Press, 2001), Kim Mohan called Bill a "brilliant storyteller"; Shawna McCarthy said he is "a truly original and unique voice" comparable to "James Joyce on moonshine." Reviewers have called him a "brilliant stylist" creating a “genre all his own,” something like “Bhagavad-Gita meets National Enquirer." Bill’s work has been featured numerous times in Amazing Stories and seven times in Realms of Fantasy; in Black October, City Slab, Albedo One; Fantastic Stories, Science Fiction Age, F&SF, Space and Time, and sci-fi.com; and it includes his satirical novel Tick Hill (an obscene gesture at an obscene world!). Bill welcomes visitors to his website: http://www.sfwa.org/members/eakin/