Fiction as a Vessel For Historical Memory
Contributor Amber Sparks has posted some provocative thoughts about fiction and history at her blog.
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From Chapter 39:
The manager was fired. Not the next day or the day after that but a week or so later, under mysterious circumstances for unspecified reasons. A memo was released to all personnel saying that he had decided to pursue other opportunities and the company wished him well, but all personnel had seen those memos before and knew what they meant.
Necessary News
Only one chapter remains of Grant Bailie’s serial novel New Hope For Small Men, and it will be posted on Monday.
We may be only electrons ourselves, but two recent efforts at getting stories into the world in innovative, tangible ways have caught our attention: Ryan Boudinot’s geocaching project Lost and Found, and James Kaelan’s Zero Emission Book.
Contributor Robert Kloss recently posted this remix of a story by Laura van den Berg, and is looking for partners to swap remixed stories with.
Wolf Parts, a limited edition minibook by contributor Matt Bell, is now available for pre-order from Keyhole Press.
Contributor Robert Kloss thinks about 2009.