“Ryan Werner’s debut marks the arrival of an important new voice: quirky, world-wise, and as joyfully rambunctious as your favorite punk rock song. Listen up. You’ll be glad you did.” — Tom Cooper, author of Phantasmagoria and Barataria

Shake Away These Constant Days is only a week away and you’re probably asking yourself what you can do to prepare. Aside from the obvious — practicing your wrestling moves and breaking out the KISS make-up — we put together the following list to help you help us make Ryan Werner’s book the biggest thing to hit Amazon next Tuesday.

(Aside, um, from The Avengers DVD/BluRay release. But, hey, we’ll gladly take second place to a movie that made $1.5 billion.)

1. Go read the online excerpt we’ve posted with the first four stories from this great collection.

2. Check out the fantastic review Shake Away These Constant Days received from Curbside Splendor.

3. Enjoy “Murmuration” from our May Issue. Yeah, it’s not in the collection but it’s damn good story and pretty illustrative of what an amazing writer Ryan is.

4. Visit Ryan’s blog for seriously interesting insights into the background behind each of the thirty stories in Shake Away These Constant Days.

5. Pre-order your copy. We probably won’t run out, but you never know. Plus, having Ryan’s book first allows you to taunt the other people in the coffee shop about how much cooler you are than them.

6. Be a digital reviewer. We’re still looking for more people to read and review this collection, so if you’re a blogger or otherwise involved in the indie lit scene drop us a line and we’ll send you a digital review copy.

7. Follow Ryan on Twitter and help him antagonize Danzig.