Saturday, May 24, 2014
EXILES: An Outsider's Anthology
EXILES: An Outsider's Anthology
This is available in good ole' U.S. of A. as of today. I wrote the intro, which is calculated to depress the shit out of you right from the get-go. 'cause that's what I do, partner.
Edited by His Satanic Majesty, otherwise known as Paul Brazill, and featuring an absolutely top-notch collection of small-press literary/pulp/something-else-entirely genius writers. Here's the line-up:
INTRODUCTION: HEATH LOWRANCE
REFLECTIONS ON A DECADE IN THE WILD EAST – COLIN GRAHAM
EATING THE DREAM – K A LAITY
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO DELHI – CHRIS RHATIGAN
BOXING DAY IN MUROS – STEVEN PORTER
WE ARE ALL SPECIAL CASES – PATTI ABBOTT
NEVER A VESSEL LARGE ENOUGH – RYAN SAYLES
THE SOLOMON SEA – GARETH SPARK
AGENT RAMIEL GETS THE CALL – PAMILA PAYNE
THE WEATHER PROPHET – PAUL D. BRAZILL
THE RAIN KING – JASON MICHEL
DULLCREEK – CARRIE CLEVENGER
IN AMERICA – DAVID MALCOLM
THE PLACE OF THE DEAD – NICK SWEENEY
DISAPPEARING ACT – SONIA KILVINGTON
WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR – ROB BRUNET
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY – JAMES A. NEWMAN
DEAD MAN WALKING – TESS MAKOVESKY
SHUT OUT THE LIGHT – CHRIS LEEK
FLYING IN AMSTERDAM – MCDROLL
THE TRIBE – RENATO BRATKOVIC
WETWORK – WALTER CONLEY
DIGGER DAVIES – MARIETTA MILES
TAKING OUT THE TRASH – AIDAN THORN
MISSING AN EAR – BENJAMIN SOBIECK
THE TENDER TRAP – GRAHAM WYND
FALLING THROUGH THE HOURGLASS – RICHARD GODWIN
Very fine introduction, Heath. It wasn't depressing at all. You went straight for the gut of the issue and didn't pull any punches. But in so doing, you revealed the heart of the matter as only an outsider can. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, Pamila, and thanks also for a terrific story.
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