BLOOD THAT BURNS SO BRIGHT: A SHORT STORYSakura has a chance to be the greatest fighter in the pit, if her body survives one more fight against the fang-jobs. Ned has one last chance to help her become a legend, and spark a revolution. Inspired by the life of boxer Joe Louis and first published by award winning writer Nancy Kilpatrick in EVOLVE II, “Blood that Burns so Bright” is a short, sharp tale of one woman’s fight against the odds, and inspiring a nation. It made the long-list of Ellen Datlow’s Best New Horror stories in 2011, features a cover by Kealan Patrick Burke, and channels all the blood, guts and heart of a Jason Ridler novel into one hell of a short story. For fans of BLOOD AND SAWDUST and DEATH MATCH, “Blood that Burns so Bright” is a quick jolt of Ridler fiction not to be missed!PRAISE FOR THE WORK OF JASON S. RIDLER"An exciting new writer." Lucius Shepard, multiple-award-winning author of HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN PRAYER. “Jason Ridler is kind of like a bull rider who’s tossed a saddle on a Tiger tank, and he’s riding that bucking sucker for all he’s worth, because, hey, no one told him that he couldn’t do it, did they? So here he is, the Man in the Barbed-Wire Straitjacket." Norman Partridge, Award Winning Author of DARK HARVEST. "Jason Ridler’s work is intense and taut, with incredible characters and plots that keep your mind buzzing long after you’ve reached the final page." Trent Zelazny, author of TOO LATE TO CALL TEXAS, and FRACTAL DESPONDENCY. ABOUT THE AUTHORJason S. Ridler is the author of BLOOD AND SAWDUST, the Spar Battersea thrillers (DEATH MATCH, CON JOB and DICE ROLL), the short story collection KNOCKOUTS, and has published over fifty stories in such magazines and anthologies as Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Brain Harvest, Chilling Tales, and more. His popular non-fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Dark Scribe, and the Internet Review of Science Fiction. A former punk rock musician and cemetery groundskeeper, Mr. Ridler holds a Ph.D. in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. Visit him at:http://twitter.com/JayRidler http://www.facebook.com/RidlervilleRidlerville: www.jsridler.com