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 BackList has been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Christopher Chambers and Gary Phillips' THE DARKER MASK. Talk about a star-studded anthology...Check it out below.

What is a superhero? Must they be blond amazons, or white men in costume. No. We find them among the ignored, forgotten, reviled: homeless single mothers, people struggling with rehab, refugees from Darfur, ex-cons seeking a new life. Ordinary people imbued with extraordinary power. They wear...THE DARKER MASK.

Tor/Macmillan announces coming of THE DARKER MASK August 18, 2008. The anthology features original artwork by Marvel, DC/Vertigo and Newsday illustrators Sean Wang, Shawn Martinbrough, Jeff Fisher and Brian Hurtt and riginal stories by Walter Mosley, Tananarive Due, Lorenzo "Sleepers" Carcaterra, Alexandra Sokoloff, LA Banks, Naomi Hirahara, Mat Johnson, Victor LaValle, Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Speigelman, Ann Nocenti, the late Jerry Rodriguez, Chambers & Phillips.  Available in bookstores, comic shops and online.

"Intriguing, entertaining, and cutting edge!" -- Zane, New York Times bestselling author

"Why're you reading this blurb?  Carcaterra, Mosley, tough, juicy stories...  What else you need?  This is the good stuff.  Pay for the damn thing already." --Brad Meltzer New York Times bestselling suspense and graphic novel author 

Check out a BackList interview with Chambers:

Also, see the San Diego Comic Con interview with Chambers and Phillips at  www.comicon.com/pulse.