In collaboration with artist Silver, From Beyond Press will be releasing my story “Death, With Sequelae” as a broadside. This original flash fiction will only be available as an 11 x 17 print and limited to 100 copies.
With text obscured, here’s a peek:
The art and story are sure to scare away unwanted normies from your office space or cave dwelling, so don’t miss out! Order now and your copy will ship on September 15th.
Regarding the story, it’s extremely surreal and very high-concept despite its brevity. It comes from a genuine place of pain and haunting. When Mike at From Beyond Press asked me to summarize it for the website, I said:
“This is a story about a woman I once met who died often. Like a stain, I haven’t ever gotten her off me, not completely. Every word of it is true.”
Order yours here: Death, With Sequelae
Reminder! Next week on Saturday, September 6th, I’ll be in Iowa City tabling at the new horror fest One Of Us, organized by our beloved Ira Rat from Filthy Loot. Come by if you’re in the area. And if you’re not interested in me, perhaps you’d like to meet Paula D. Ash? I’m certainly psyched to finally meet her in real life!
Here’s the details and directions: One Of Us at Public Space One
Thanks for reading!
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Excited to pick this up! I’m interested in how you ended up connecting with the artist and From Beyond Press to put this project together? Will the story end up being part of some collection, or was it specifically written as something to end up on in an artistic broadsheet format? This might be something I’ll explore in the future since I mostly write flash style fiction…
Hope you’re doing well and that recent events in the twin cities haven’t been too upsetting for you. My wife and I will be up there in a couple of weeks for a long weekend (my first time in Minneapolis, in spite of working for Fairview!)
Take care and be well. Matt
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Hi Matt, I wrote the story specifically for this project with the thought in mind that it would hang on the wall as art, and not only be read as words on a page. I wanted it to be something one might revisit with fascination. Mike at From Beyond Press paired me with Silver for the project and sent him the piece once I’d written it. I prefer not to influence or disrupt an artist’s work when they illustrate my writing, and instead trust their vision and that of the publisher.
Hope you enjoy the twin cities! The weather is about perfect right now so you picked a good time to visit.
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