Exceptional GLBT authors Jordan Castillo Price and Josh Lanyon are back with a new collaboration, a set of very loosely related, very brief short stories released under the blanket title “Petit Morts”.  This five story compilation is available as a package deal, or as individual purchases.

Emmet Russo is having a bad day that promises to turn into a bad… eternity.  His bff Rosemary is about to leave for her dream job in Paris leaving Emmett alone with a stinky, falling apart, money pit of a house.  When he stops by Sweets to the Sweet, he’s looking for the perfect going away present, and gorgeous but mysterious shop owner and barista Chance has just the gift for Rosemary and for Emmett.  Emmett’s gift comes in the form of Sam Kowalski, a down on his luck do-it-yourself buff who agrees – no insists – on taking a look at Emmett’s money pit, er, house.  What they find in the cellar is unbelievable.  Unimaginable.  Undeniable.  A portal to the past, Emmett and Sam find them selves smack dab in the middle of prohibition, complete with a still and a wad of cash that would leave them set for life… if they stay.

In Moolah and Moonshine, the third of the Petit Morts, author Jordan Castillo Price tackles a subject near and dear to many of us: how to survive in a failing economy.  Both Emmett and Sam have suffered financial setbacks, mostly through no fault of their own, but unlike the rest of us, they’re given the chance to escape their dreary lives for something better.  While not as delicately realized as many of Castillo Price’s stories, Moolah and Moonshine doesn’t disappoint.