{"product_id":"get-up-offa-that-thing-book-gary-phillips-9781643963105","title":"Get Up Offa That Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003eMr. Dynamite, Soul Brother No. 1, The Godfather of Soul, deadbeat dad, convicted spousal abuser... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Brown was all those things and so much more. Yet it can't be denied his music impacted a generation of fans and influenced a grip of musicians who came after him-from David Bowie, Janelle Monae to Usher just to name three. In the tradition then of other Down \u0026amp; Out Books music-themed anthologies such as \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eMurder-A-Go-Go's: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Go's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, this all-original set of fourteen stories follows in that stead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe idea expressed to the writers was not literal interpretations of any given song by Mr. Brown. Rather to use that title or lyric and the ofttimes edginess behind such efforts as King Heroin and The Payback, or the fun in Make it Funky, as a prompt, a starting point for the story the contributor wanted to tell. Covers the Godfather of Soul did of others' songs could have also been tapped. While the majority of stories in the collection are prose, there is a comics style one and more than one of the text versions have an illustration or two to accompany the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection includes stories by six-time Bram Stoker Award winner Lisa Morton; Anthony, Barry and Macavity Awards winner James Ziskin; Jim Fusilli, former Rock \u0026amp; Pop critic for the \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e; and HBO Max \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoom Patrol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer and comics creator Ezra Claytan Daniels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther contributors include Shamus Award winner Gar Anthony Haywood; Mysti Berry, five-time Derringer and Golden Derringer Award winner John M. Floyd; Lise McClendon, writer of the Bennett Sisters mysteries; cultural critic and short story writer Michael Gonzales; novelist and former \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiami Vice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eshowrunner and writer-producer on \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eHill Street Blues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eRobert Ward; Fabrice Sapolsky, comics creator of FairSquare Comics' \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntertwined\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and Marvel Comics' \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpider-Man Noir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e; filmmaker and pioneer of Hip Hop horror Jeff Carroll; crime fiction novelist and \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Yonder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eeditor Katy Munger; and hardboiled novelist and co-producer on \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eSnowfall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Gary Phillips.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51042963915025,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51042967257361,"sku":"NIN9781643963105","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1643963104.jpg?v=1750720936","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/get-up-offa-that-thing-book-gary-phillips-9781643963105","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}