Sensorama
Edited by Allen Ashley.
The Senses. We’ve all got them and are using them constantly. Even the Pinball Wizard had a couple. What’s that sound? Did you see that? Don’t let that touch me. Smells delicious. The taste of heaven...
As humans, we are constantly processing our responses to the sensory input. With this in mind, editor Allen Ashley has collected together 21 new stories that explore our relationship with our primary senses. What’s it really like to be invisible? What can we do against sounds that kill? And what do you think is truly in that feely bag? These are stories from British and north American writers that will take you to the far reaches of the sensory world and beyond. You may not look at / hear / smell / taste / touch reality in quite the same way again.
Contents:
- Blinding a Few Dogs - Gary Budgen
- Stone - Richard Mosses
- Stain - Ian Hunter
- Little Fingers - Christine Morgan
- Good Old Dirt - Aliya Whiteley
- Graft - Adam Craig
- Making See - Mark Patrick Lynch
- The Taste of Turtle Tears - Rhys Hughes
- Going Dark - E. Lillith McDermott
- Musk - Douglas Thompson
- The Impression of Craig Shee - David McGroarty
- Maneater - David Gullen
- Wide Shining in the Remote - Kelda Crich
- Bang, Bang, Thud - Ralph Robert Moore
- A Mimicry of Night - Jon Michael Kelley
- Space - Terry Grimwood
- The Sound Cyclones - David Turnbull
- A View from a Crowded Street Corner - David Buchan
- Watching the Ashbless Bloom - T.J. Berg
- The Crystal Gazer - Stanley B. Webb
- The War Artist - Tim Nickels
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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