Description: "Inspired by recent true events, the all-original stories in [this book] are set in motion by the act of witnessing; the characters who populate these pages are not themselves the original perpetrators of crimes, but find their lives indelibly changed by what they see, as they grapple with coming forward, taking action, or retreating into the shadows"--
Review Quotes: Praise for Witness for the Dead: Stories
"Explores the ramifications of bearing witness to terrible crimes."--The New York Times Book Review "Marvelously unique premise supported by equally marvelous stories. I think it's the best short story anthology I've read in ages. Especially fond of co-editor Gary Phillips's 'Spider and Fly, ' but you can't go wrong with any of these stories."
--Joe R. Lansdale "The 14 stories in this strong all-original anthology from Phillips (The Obama Inheritance) and Haywood (the Aaron Gunner series) focus on witnesses to crimes who, as the editors point out in their introduction, 'take the initiative to see that the guilty are punished and the victims receive justice.' . . . These tales put a gimlet eye on the satisfying rewards of retribution."
--Publishers Weekly