David J. Schow's short stories have been regularly selected for over twenty-five volumes of "Year's Best" anthologies across three decades and have won the World Fantasy Award, the ultra-rare Dimension Award from Twilight Zone magazine, plus a 2002 International Horror Guild Award for his collection of Fangoria columns, Wild Hairs.  Black Leather Required collects thirteen of Schow's short stories and includes an intro by John Farris.  The stories included in this collection are:

The Shaft 

Sedalia

A Week in the Unlife

Scoop Makes a Swirly

Kamikaze Butterflies

Beggar's Banquet, with Summer Sausage

Pitt Night at the Lewistone Boneyard

Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy

Life Partner

Last Call for the Sons of Shock

Where the Heart Was

Sand Sculpture

Bad Guy Hats