F(r)iction #9: Obsession
What a mesmerizing spell of stories we’ve cast for you today, dear reader. Sample irresistible tales of love, lust, and loneliness. Savor characters haunted by desire, feverish with power, and consumed by the question, what if?
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From Tinder dates to the alluring vertigo of the open window, we offer you an all-you-can-crave buffet of stories, soaked through with the sweet rot of obsession. These aren’t your average fairy tales—welcome, traveler, to a darker, headier neck of the woods.
In our Pioneering Writer Feature, author of Annihilation and “King of Weird Fiction” Jeff VanderMeer pulls back the curtain on his recent fixation: a novella-in-progress called The Book Murderer. Debut Author Tyrell Johnson spills all on The Wolves of Winter, his post-apocalyptic novel about secrets and the Yukon. Both the fabulist Kirsty Logan and illustrator Arthur Asa lure us into the deep forests of folklore with the short story “Sleep, You Black-Eyed Pig, Fall into a Deep Pit of Ghosts” and comic “Elf Queen,” respectively. From the magnetic works of Thom Young and Stuart Dybek to our Community Feature with Lambda Literary, there’s poetry for every fascination.
Tell us what you hunger for, dear reader. The Obsession Issue beckons.
- Editor’s Note, words by Dani Hedlund, art by Brian Demers
- From the Roof of The Henry Vaughn Hotel, words by Peter H.Z. Hsu, art by Daniel Reneau
- Three Poems, words by Jeremy Radin, art by Arthur Asa
- Sleep, You Black-Eyed Pig, Fall Into a Deep Pit of Ghosts, words by Kirsty Logan, art by Lilly Higgs
- Disappearing Act, words by David Galef, art by Enrica Angiolini
- To Get To Sleep, words by Benjamin Kinney, art by Enrica Angiolini
- “A Tropical Autumn”, words by Stuart Dybeck, art by Tyler Champion
- The Lawn Situation, words by Brittany Bronson, art by Brian Demers
- Spectrum of Voices: A Feature with Lambda Literary, words by Nic Alea; Sossity Chiricuzio; Miranda Schmidt; Imani Sims; Christopher Stephen Soden, art by Tyler Champion
- Drone, words by Matt Jones, art by Ryan Gajda
- The Happiest Place on Earth, words by Mac Bowers, art by Tyler Champion
- Breaking Ground: A Debut Author Feature with Tyrell Johnson, words by Tyrell Johnson, art by Daniel Reneau
- Still Life: A Ghost Story, words by Rebecca Nison, art by Enrica Angiolini
- Elf Queen, words and art by Arthur Asa
- The Weird World of Jeff VanderMeer, words by Jeff VanderMeer, art by Alyssa Menold
- Three Poems, words by Thom Young, art by Arthur Asa
- You Die in the End, words by Nicole Hebdon, art by Alyssa Menold
| Publication Date | December 15, 2017 |
| Page Count | 132 |
| Language | English |
| Cover | Full-colour with glossy design accents over a matte protective finish |
| Interior | Full-color illustrations throughout, with glued binding |
| Paper Stock | 128gsm matte paper |
| ISSN/ISBN | 074470298199 73 |
| Dimensions | 10" x 7" x .25" / 25cm x 18cm x .64cm |
| Weight | 0.91lbs / 416g |
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