Interfictions 02

Mainstream/Fantasy. 114913 words long. First published in 2009 Selected as one of the Best Books of the Year in science fiction and fantasy by Amazon.com.Delving deeper into the genre-spanning territory explored in Interfictions, the Interstitial Arts Foundation's first groundbreaking anthology, Interfictions 2 showcases twenty-one original and innovative writers. It includes contributions from authors from six countries, including the United States, Poland, Norway, Australia, France, and Great Britain.Newcomers such as Alaya Dawn Johnson, Theodora Goss, and Alan DeNiro rub shoulders with established visionaries such as Jeffrey Ford (The Drowned Life), Brian Francis Slattery (Liberation), Nin Andrews (The Book of Orgasms), and M. Rickert (Map of Dreams). Also featured are works by Will Ludwigsen, Cecil Castellucci, Ray Vukcevich, Carlos Hernandez, Lavie Tidhar, Elizabeth Ziemska, Peter M. Ball, Camilla Bruce, Amelia Beamer, William Alexander, Shira Lipkin, Lionel Davoust, Stephanie Shaw, and David J. Schwartz.Colleen Mondor, of the well-known blog Chasing Ray, interviews the editors for the afterword.Henry Jenkins, ex-director of MIT's Comparative Media Studies program and now a member of USC's Annenberg School for Communication and School of Cinematic Arts, provides a fantastic introduction sure to set readers'imaginations alight.Interfictions 2 is here and ready to be read, discussed, taught, blogged, taken apart, and re-interpreted.Delia Sherman was born in Tokyo, Japan, and brought up in New York City. She earned a PhD in Renaissance Studies at Brown University and taught at Boston University and Northeastern University. She is the author of the novels Through a Brazen Mirror, The Porcelain Dove, Changeling, and The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen. A co-founder of the Interstitial Arts Foundation, she lives in New York City.Christopher Barzak is the author of the novels One for Sorrow and The Love We Share Without Knowing. His stories have appeared in Nerve.com, Pindeldyboz, Strange Horizons, Descant, and the first volume of Interfictions. He teaches writing at Youngstown State University.

Twenty-one gems showing that the freshest, most startling stories come from the spaces between conventional genres.

Publishers Weekly

This anthology celebrates its cross-genre concept as much as its content, with a lengthy introduction, contributor notes, and afterword. Will Ludwigsen's lovely, melancholy "Remembrance is Something Like a House" combines paranormal and true crime elements. Alaya Dawn Johnson's dystopian "The Score" reads like a post-9/11 Twilight Zone episode. A scientist tries to prevent a world war in Elizabeth Ziemska's winsome "Count Poniatowski and the Beautiful Chicken." Stephanie Shaw's strong and earthy writing grounds her story of dragons and a four-headed obstetrician in "Afterbirth." Less successful, Lionel Davoust's Arthurian "L'Ile Close" works better in theory than in execution, Alan DeNiro's "(*_*?) ~~~~ (-_-) : The Warp and the Woof" combines brilliance with incomprehensible gobbledegook, and Lavie Tidhar's "Shoes" is simply muddled. Fans of the first Interfictions anthology will dig it; those not already familiar with the interstitial arts movement will be left scratching their heads.
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Introduction: On the pleasures of not belonging / Henry Jenkins The war between heaven and hell wallpaper / Jeffrey Ford Beautiful feast / M. Rickert Remembrance is something like a house / Will Ludwigsen The long and short of long-term memory / Cecil Castellucci The score / Alaya Dawn Johnson The two of me / Ray Vukcevich The assimilated Cuban's guide to Quantum Santeria / Carlos Hernandez Shoes / Lavie Tidhar Interviews after the Revolution / Brian Francis Slattery Count Poniatowski and the beautiful chicken / Elizabeth Ziemska Black dog: a biography / Peter M. Ball Berry moon: Laments of a muse / Camilla Bruce Morton goes to the hospital / Amelia Beamer After Verona / William Alexander Valentines / Shira Lipkin [title represented by symbols]: the warp and the woof / Alan DeNiro The marriage / Nin Andrews Child-empress of Mars / Theodora Goss L'lle Close / Lionel Davoust Afterbirth / Stephanie Shaw The 121 / David J. Schwartz Afterwords: an interstitial interview / Colleen Mondor, Christopher Barzak, and Delia Sherman. Delving deeper into the genre-spanning territory explored in Interfictions , the Interstitial Arts Foundations first anthology, Interfictions 2 showcases 21 original and innovative writers from 6 countries, including US, UK, Poland, Norway, Australia, and France. Afterword includes editor interviews.