Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
Author: | Delia Sherman Christopher Barzak |
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Small Beer Press, 2009 |
Series: | Interfictions: Book 2 |
1. Interfictions |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Delving deeper into the genre-spanning territory explored in Interfictions, the Interstitial Arts Foundation's first groundbreaking anthology, Interfictions 2 showcases twenty-one original and innovative writers. It includes contributions from authors from six countries, including the United States, Poland, Norway, Australia, France, and Great Britain.
Newcomers such as Alaya Dawn Johnson, Theodora Goss, and Alan DeNiro rub shoulders with established visionaries such as Jeffrey Ford (The Drowned Life), Brian Francis Slattery (Liberation),Nin Andrews (The Book of Orgasms), and M. Rickert (Map of Dreams). Also featured are works byWill Ludwigsen, Cecil Castellucci, Ray Vukcevich, Carlos Hernandez, Lavie Tidhar, Elizabeth Ziemska, Peter M. Ball, Camilla Bruce, Amelia Beamer, William Alexander, Shira Lipkin, Lionel Davoust, Stephanie Shaw, and David J. Schwartz.
Colleen Mondor, of the well-known blog Chasing Ray, interviews the editors for the afterword.
Henry Jenkins, ex-director of MIT's Comparative Media Studies program and now a member of USC's Annenberg School for Communication and School of Cinematic Arts, provides a fantastic introduction sure to set readers' imaginations alight.
Interfictions 2 is here and ready to be read, discussed, taught, blogged, taken apart, and re-interpreted.
Contents
- Introduction: On the Pleasures of Not Belonging - essay by Henry Jenkins
- The War Between Heaven and Hell Wallpaper - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
- Remembrance Is Something Like a House - shortstory by Will Ludwigsen
- The Long and Short of Long-Term Memory - shortstory by Cecil Castellucci
- The Score - novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson
- The Two of Me - shortstory by Ray Vukcevich
- The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria - novelette by Carlos Hernandez
- Shoes - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
- Interviews After the Revolution - shortstory by Brian Francis Slattery
- Count Poniatowski and the Beautiful Chicken - shortstory by Elizabeth Ziemska
- Black Dog: A Biography - shortstory by Peter M. Ball
- Berry Moon: Laments of a Muse - shortstory by Camilla Bruce
- Morton Goes to the Hospital - shortstory by Amelia Beamer
- After Verona - shortstory by William Alexander
- Valentines - shortstory by Shira Lipkin
- (*_*?) ~ ~ ~ ~ (-_-): The Warp and the Woof - novelette by Alan DeNiro
- The Marriage - shortstory by Nin Andrews
- Child-Empress of Mars - shortstory by Theodora Goss
- L'Isle Close - shortstory by Lionel Davoust
- Afterbirth - novelette by Stephanie Shaw
- The 121 - shortstory by David J. Schwartz
- Afterwords: An Interstitial Interview - essay by Colleen Mondor and Christopher Barzak and Delia Sherman
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