Sheree Renée Thomas will do an author tour of bookstores and alternate venues. She is a popular panelist for writing seminars & conferences, SF/F cons, Afrofuturism panels and more. A booktrailer will be filmed along with other social media friendly audio and video promotional assets. A freelance book publicist will be hired to promote Nine Bar Blues and solicit reviews Print ads will be placed in The Believer, McSweeney's, SF/F outlets, etc https://shereereneethomas.wordpress.com/ Sheree Renée Thomas (@shereereneethomas) • Instagram Sheree Renée Thomas (@blackpotmojo) • Twitter Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) • Instagram • Twitter Third Man Books (@thirdmanbooks) • Instagram • Twitter

The stories collected in Nine Bar Blues weave emotion, spirit, and music, captivating readers with newfound alchemy and the murmurs of dark gods. Rooted in rhythm, threaded with magic, these tales encompass worlds that begin in river bottoms, pass through spectral gates, and end in distant uncharted worlds. These stories describe the pain that often accompanies the confines of sanctuary and the joy that is inextricably bound to the troubles of hard living. Nine Bar Blues sings a multiverse of fully realized worlds that readers will remember for ages to come and cherish from page to heart thumping, foot-stomping page.