Subtle Edens: An Anthology of Slipstream Fiction
Edited by Allen Ashley.
What is Slipstream? Slipstream may use the tropes and ideas of science fiction, fantasy and horror but is not bound by their rules. Slipstream may appear to be conventional literary fiction but falls outside the staid boundaries of the mainstream. In short, Slipstream is the most important, innovative and relevant fictional response to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Genre is dead; long live the genre that is not a genre!
In this anthology, award-winning editor Allen Ashley has collected 21 brand new Slipstream stories from across the globe from both established and up and coming writers. This is the fiction to thrill, puzzle, excite and disturb. You have nothing to lose but your preconceptions.
Featuring stories by: Nina Allan, Neil Ayres, Daniel Bennett, Scott Brendel, Toiya Kristen Finley, Gary Fry, Jeff Gardiner, Ari Goelman, D. W. Green, S. J. Hirons, Joel Lane, Josh McDonald, Mike O'Driscoll, Marion Pitman, Kate Robinson, Ian Shoebridge, David Sutton, Steve Rasnic Tem, Richard Thieme, Douglas Thompson, Andrew Tisbert, and Aliya Whiteley.
Contents:
- And Zero at the Bone by Mike O'Driscoll
- Darkroom by Nina Allan
- Alouette by Joel Lane
- Adrift by Ian Shoebridge
- Phobophilia by Jeff Gardiner
- Mind-Forged Manacles by David A. Sutton
- Icarus in Nouvelleville by Douglas Thompson
- The House Beneath Delgany Street by Scott Brendel
- Overturned by Aliya Whiteley and Neil Ayres
- Man, Who Considers the Cosmos by S. J. Hirons
- Nose Piercing by D. W. Green
- Nomads of the Slipstream by Jeff Gardiner
- Saxophony by Marion Pitman
- My Copy of Robinson by Daniel Bennett
- Silent Emergent, Doubly Dark by Richard Thieme
- Gods' Country by A. B. Goelman
- Welcome to Rodeomart by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Upstairs Room by Kate Robinson
- Luxury Flats by Josh McDonald
- Conspiracy Courts the Maiden by Toiya Kristen Finley
- Out of Time by Gary Fry
- Jasmine by Andrew Tisbert
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Allen Ashley
One of the most distinctive voices in modern literature, Allen Ashley has been published in dozens of books and magazines in the UK, USA, Canada and Spain and has now passed his first century of short story publications. Allen is a highly respected author equally adept at novels, short stories, poetry and lyrics. He is also well known for a wealth of critical commentary and non-fiction articles and, more recently, as an acclaimed and award winning editor.
Allen has run successful writing workshops in Newham and Tower Hamlets libraries. In October 2005 he gave two readings at the Norwich Fringe Festival. In November 2005 he was the special guest of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. In May 2006 he ran a writing workshop in Derby as part of the very first "Alt. Fiction Day". On 2nd June 2006 he was the Guest of Honour at The British Fantasy Society (BFS) Open Night at The Devereux Arms, London WC2. On 7th July 2006 he compered the annual BFS "Showcase" evening, also at The Devereux.. At Fantasycon 2006 he moderated a panel on "Independent Versus Mainstream Editing" and was also thrilled to receive the BFS Best Anthology award as editor of "The Elastic Book Of Numbers". At Fantasycon 2007 he moderated a panel entitled "The Small Press - Building and Maintaining an Audience".
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