Hey guys. The first anthology from Thunderdome Press is coming out soon. Is a great online website that has contacted the previous authors for an awesome anthology. It incorporates photography, which each picture inspires a story that is, as cliche as it sounds, 1000 words.
Here's some information copied and pasted from the website:
11/23/11 - ThunderDome's First Print Collection!
…In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1,000 Words
Inspired by photographs taken around the Los Angeles area, the book features short stories from 26 authors, including Craig Clevenger (The Contortionist’s Handbook, MacAdam/Cage Publishing), Richard Thomas (Transubstantiate, Otherworld Publications), Nik Korpon (Stay God, Otherworld Publications), Simon West-Bulford (The Soul Consortium, Medallion Press), Pela Via (Warmed and Bound: A Velvet Anthology, Velvet Press), Gordon Highland (Major Inversions), L.A. Poet Dennis Cruz, and emerging writers from around the world who are making their voices heard.
Each author was asked to select a photograph from a collection taken by the editor and write a story of precisely 1,000 words inspired by what they saw – no more, no less. The result is quintessential Los Angeles: Dreams, Drugs, Hallucinations, Romance, Life and Death, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Redemption. Like the city itself, the book is multifaceted, hard to label and even harder to put down.
…In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1,000 Words
Available on www.Amazon.com and www.ThundaDome.com/LA1K
on November 23rd, 2011
It looks like it's gonna retail at $25. If you like the FB page: http://www.facebook.com/ThundaDome , you get some discount.
i just got my copies and it's beautiful. not to mention some fantastic stories, i mean, really, there isn't a weak one in the bunch. i know, $25 is steep, but use the coupon code. it's really worth it for the art, and the way the stories work WITH the photography.
my story "the jenny store" is kind of inspired by blade runner.
I'm looking forward to reading this. Thunderdome rocks - always a high quality output of stories. Also they've run a couple of mine so yeah, love em' for that.
I ordered this and am waiting for the shipping. Had to order it from Amazon US which is a little annoying but it should get here before Xmas anyways.
Congrats again to Richard, Jay, and Bob (plus anyone else in the book that uses Litreactor. Clevenger and Korpon post here sometimes so congrats to those guys too.)
Needed bumping.
This book is very cool, people. I'm not even halfway through the stories (trying not to rush them) and already I'm sold. This is a great little collection.
So far Craig Clevenger, Pela Via, Doc O' Donnell, and Nikki Guerlain have been leading the pack for me. Really good stories. Nikki's in particular is my favorite so far.
Amongst others I have Richard, Bob, Jay, & Gordon's stories still to read. There is a strong Litreactor vibe amongst the list of authors.
Finished.
This was very good. I am going to be rereading at some point. This is a great little book for passing the odd quarter hour here or there. Congrats to all you reactors with stories in there.
Top 3 - Nikki Guerlain, Amanda Gowin, & Richard Thomas. Not one bad story amongst the whole bunch though.
that's awesome howie. it's a great compilation of short stories. as well, the photographs are really cool.
@chestie everyone is juicey here! so juicey, in fact, that i think y'all should be in one of my short stories. muahahaha. what will she make me do?! and to whom? and to what?
If you have Amazon Prime, you can borrow the e-book for Kindle for a month for free. It's part of their Kindle Prime Lending Library.
And so far, the stories by Richard's, Nikki's, and Craig's are all great.
Good lord, I have a lot of catching up to do in these forums . . . totally missed the boat on this thread. It is indeed a killer anthology, and contains my favorite of my own shorts. And if the $25 scared you off before, the Kindle edition is defintely a steal at three bucks. Hopefully Mike'll get those other e-versions out later this year.
