The Forest of Fortune book trailer is here! The trailer, directed by Santa Fe filmmaker Jason DeBoer, features blurbs by Patrick deWitt, Fiona Maazel, Scott O’Connor, Teresa Svoboda and Jerry Stahl, and music by Texas garage rockers Mind Spiders. The song “Haunted Casino” was written exclusively for Forest of Fortune.

“The Haunted Casino” was my working title for the book and while that sounds like a Nancy Drew mystery I used it because I never wanted to forget that the characters trapped inside of Thunderclap Casino were all haunted by one thing or another in ways that baffled them entirely.

I’ve been a fan of Mind Spiders since 2011 when they released their first album on Dirtnap Records so I’m thrilled to be able to work with Mark Ryan on this project. (You should buy all of their records now, especially this one.) They’re also featured on the cover of Razorcake #80. Incidentally, the name Mind Spiders comes from the science fiction short story “The Mind Spider” by Fritz Leiber. 

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