Subtle Edens, Elastic Press’s collection of unhinged spec fic was released this month and is available pretty much everywhere. Joshua Reynolds of The Fix - Short Fiction Review had this to say about the contribution written by DW: “D.Grîn, with “Nose Piercing,” spins us a story about puppets with a side order of satire. But the latter is light and never hammered home as it is elsewhere. Instead, we’re given a choice of targets and never led directly to any of them as the story comes to a gory (splintery?) ending in fine, action-cinema tradition. There’s a hint of Harlan Ellison in this one—it berates, but uncertainly, as if unsure of whether to champion the rebel or the rebelled against.”

Anyway, it’s a beautiful and fascinating book, well worth your ducats..

Three Crossing Chaos enigmatic ink writers found a home for some of their strangest fiction in Chimeraworld 5 this year… The full list of contributors for this very odd collection: Jade Eckert, Larry Lefkowitz, Chris Reed, Kaalii Cargil, Julya Oui, Deb Atwood, Alex Severin, Ralph Robert Moore, Wayne Summers, J.R. Murdock, George O’Gorman, Gary McMahon, Geoffrey Maloney, D.Grîn, David Simms, Joel Jacobs, Jeremy Hepler, John B. Rosenman, Kevin James Miller, Forrest Armstrong, James R.Cain, Christina Capewell and Adam Lowe.

Find it here, read with caution - Chimeraworld 5

Troglodyte Rose, temptress of my dreams, has her own home. Visit her now and again, and then come back here on July 1, 2009 for the full story. Troglodyte Rose