Announcing: Writers in Lockdown, a short story collection (edited by me)
Writers in Lockdown is an anthology of fiction short stories, not about the coronavirus itself but representing a broad range of genres and subjects, all written when their authors were confined at home during the first three months of ‘lockdown’, nominally from late March to late June 2020.
Fitting the something for everybody description, this collection should also be taken as an historical snapshot of creative minds across borders, still producing quality works of thought-provoking fiction during a time of global paralysis. When someone asks “What did you do in lockdown?”, well, 27 authors around the world did this.
ISBN: 9798655544482. These stories were written by authors in England, Iceland, Spain, the USA, Ireland, Brazil, Germany and Finland. Their imaginations went everywhere.
The Trout Ticklers, by Kristýna Corres (a rural idyll); Adoption, by Dale E. Lehman (galactic sci-fi); Blood Curse, by Perry Lake (vampire and werewolf horror); The Hospitaller, by Mike Sherer (a paranormal urban fantasy); Mad Language Broadcasting, by Adam Corres (a comedy); RN40, by Magnus Stanke (a South American road adventure); Oberbootsman Becker, by Stephen Mills (historical drama and mystery); Lockdown Hero, by Jenny Torniainen (a touching piece about neighbours); The 7th Dimension, by Paul Sloop (mysterious alternative reality); Form, by L. Jay Mozdy (a surreal anecdote); Gaia, by Casey D. Sloop (gods and spirits let loose); Isolation, by J. Drew Brumbaugh (a human drama); How the Raven Met the Angel, by Jeffrey Caston (the genesis of a hero); Something the Matter with Alpha Centauri (first contact sci-fi); The Arrival, by P.L. Tavormina (grief and hope way out west); Scars, by Ville V. Kokko (a sorcery fantasy); Light, by Sherri Fulmer Moorer (institutional drama); Digital Nomad, by Saj Brodie (alternative lifestyle adventure); The Aviary, by Thor S. Carlsson (drama); The Morpheus Tower, by M.L. Roberts (enter the magical realm); Who Shall Profit, by Carolyn Geduld (a drama of ethics); Genealogy Club, by Faith Jones (terrestrial sci-fi); A Glorious Piece of Chocolate Cake, by Leticia Toraci (Young Adult sci-fi); Time Out, by Eileen Moynihan (romantic mystery); HELP US, by Jim Hamilton (Aliens!); Lunar Illusion, by Julia Davenport (psychiatric drama); The Final Chapter, by Hákon Gunnarsson (from the perspective of a writer); and see if you can find the special Easter Egg.
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