The Molotov Cocktail (Paperback)

Josh Goller

ISBN 10: 1981501274 / ISBN 13: 9781981501274

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Paperback. In Emily Livingstone's "Listening to the Animals," wild boars whisper temptations to a young boy who has been transported through a rift in space-time. Caroline Smith's "The Taxidermist's Only Son" presents a cat-and-mouse game between a hunter and his human prey. The apocalypse strikes like clockwork every Tuesday in Philip Webb Gregg's "The End Is Always." And Christopher Stanley's "Gettysburg" awakens battlefield golems for a siege on the White House. Meanwhile, Erin Kirsh earned a Pushcart Prize nomination for her Shadow Award-winning poem, "Ten Years Later," a meditation on mortality and the passage of time. And that only begins to scratch the strange and surreal surface. Explosive writing from the third year of quarterly contests at the The Molotov Cocktail lit zine abounds in this anthology, which features 50 pieces: 40 bite-sized works of flash fiction under the themes of Fear, Doom, Rage, and Worlds, and 10 dark and offbeat poems. An international project, this anthology includes writers hailing from the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Japan, and Sweden. All told, Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 3 features work by Bill Adler Jr., Gregory Ariail S.K. Azoulay, Lindsey Baker, John Barrale, Matilda Berke, Michael Carter, S.E. Casey, Rachel Cassidy, Christina Dalcher, Celia Daniels, Nicholas De Genova, Dan Diehn, Susan Adler George, Mori Glaser, Jessica Granger, Lazarus Gray, Philip Webb Gregg, Wiebo Grobler, Timothy Gustafson, James Guthrie, GJ Hart, Aaron Housholder, Paddy Kelly, Erin Kirsh, Jennifer Lynn Krohn, Emily Livingstone, Lisa Mecham, Premee Mohamed, Christopher P. Mooney, Sam Morris, Sherry Morris, Fred Nolan, Voima Oy, Laura Potts, Nicolas Poynter, Phill Provance, Aeryn Rudel, Chloe Seim, Nicholas Siegel, Caroline Smith, Christopher Stanley, Michael Tanner, and Nikolaj Volgushev. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Molotov Cocktail (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1981501274
• ISBN 13: 9781981501274
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In Emily Livingstone's "Listening to the Animals," wild boars whisper temptations to a young boy who has been transported through a rift in space-time. Caroline Smith's "The Taxidermist's Only Son" presents a cat-and-mouse game between a hunter and his human prey. The apocalypse strikes like clockwork every Tuesday in Philip Webb Gregg's "The End Is Always." And Christopher Stanley's "Gettysburg" awakens battlefield golems for a siege on the White House. Meanwhile, Erin Kirsh earned a Pushcart Prize nomination for her Shadow Award-winning poem, "Ten Years Later," a meditation on mortality and the passage of time. And that only begins to scratch the strange and surreal surface.

Explosive writing from the third year of quarterly contests at the The Molotov Cocktail lit zine abounds in this anthology, which features 50 pieces: 40 bite-sized works of flash fiction under the themes of Fear, Doom, Rage, and Worlds, and 10 dark and offbeat poems. An international project, this anthology includes writers hailing from the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Japan, and Sweden.

All told, Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 3 features work by Bill Adler Jr., Gregory Ariail S.K. Azoulay, Lindsey Baker, John Barrale, Matilda Berke, Michael Carter, S.E. Casey, Rachel Cassidy, Christina Dalcher, Celia Daniels, Nicholas De Genova, Dan Diehn, Susan Adler George, Mori Glaser, Jessica Granger, Lazarus Gray, Philip Webb Gregg, Wiebo Grobler, Timothy Gustafson, James Guthrie, GJ Hart, Aaron Housholder, Paddy Kelly, Erin Kirsh, Jennifer Lynn Krohn, Emily Livingstone, Lisa Mecham, Premee Mohamed, Christopher P. Mooney, Sam Morris, Sherry Morris, Fred Nolan, Voima Oy, Laura Potts, Nicolas Poynter, Phill Provance, Aeryn Rudel, Chloe Seim, Nicholas Siegel, Caroline Smith, Christopher Stanley, Michael Tanner, and Nikolaj Volgushev.