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

2 comments:

  1. 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.

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    1. Thanks for the kind words, Pamila, and thanks also for a terrific story.

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