\u003cb\u003e***Editor's Choice, \u003cI\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c/I\u003e*** A literary coup d'etat, that ponders \"What would the White House be like if U.S. Presidents of the past were not restricted by the time-honored hallmarks and traditional behavior of the office, leaving them free to do whatever they wanted, anytime and anywhere?\"\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE FAKING OF THE PRESIDENT: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir\u003c/b\u003e pulls back the curtain on the ânew normâ for Americaâs highest office, with a collection of bizarre new stories by a diverse group of renowned authors that take readers across the chasm of reality into an alternate universeâwhere Nixon takes a wacky psychedelic trip with Elvis Presley; where a time-traveling renegade targets members of the George Bush administration with disastrous results; where a spy seizes a sudden opportunity for power after Woodrow Wilsonâs stroke. The stories are outlandish butâwhen it comes to the White House of todayâno longer implausible.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nThe line-up of award-winning authors includes \u003cb\u003eEric Beetner\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePeter Carlaftes\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSarah M. Chen\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAngel Luis Colón\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eS. A. Cosby\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNikki Dolson\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMary Anna Evans\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAdam Lance Garcia\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDanny Gardner\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAlison Gaylin\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eChristopher Chambers\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKate Flora\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGreg Herren\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGary Phillips\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAlex Segura\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTravis Richardson\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eS. J. Rozan\u003c/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAbby Vandiver\u003c/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eErica Wright\u003c/b\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nIn an era where the bar for what is acceptable has shifted beyond what the founding fathers ever imagined, \u003cb\u003eTHE FAKING OF THE PRESIDENT\u003c/b\u003e is a highly recommended unique creative act of resistance, and a must-have for fans of politics, noir, and speculative fiction.Â
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