Old Work: The Land of Bad Dreams

[klward]

It's hard to believe, but it has been five whole years since my poetry collection and first solo book was published by P'rea Press.



Editor Charles Danny Lovecraft, compositor David E. Schultz and designer David Schembri all did a wonderful job with this release, which has been described as "...a rich, eccentric miscellany of dark music, skilfully crafted and strangely wrought." (Ann K. Schwader) and "...a carnival of life's cruel and grotesque side, with much pageantry and dark laughter." (K, J. Bishop). It includes such oddities as the Rhysling-nominated "The Kite" and "The Soldier's Return", as well as "The Feast of Mistrust", which has been described as "an involuntary epic" (me, in the instalment I wrote for the Blood and Spades column in the HWA newsletter). The entire Predation City triptych, consisting of "The Bat's Boudoir", "The Cat's Cortege" and "The Rat's Repast". Perfomance pieces, such as "The Torturer's Confession".

Nicely illustrated, if I do say so myself, including an interview and a bibliography that was comprehensive at the time, I am still as pleased as punch with this volume. In fact, I'm going to share with you the very first poem it includes.

The DEAD leave no token
But DECAY and fade:
Shall our bond be broken
By this new DECAYed?
O lest our lives resume
DeluDEAD and faDEAD,
I declare this volume
to be DEAD DECAY DEAD.

Should you wish to explore, http://www.preapress.com/books.php?isbn=9780980462579 is the way to go. Or, should you wish to see me in full swing as The Torturer, then head straight here!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ex-RSQP0rc

Comments

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Still have my copy (somewhere). I've even read it.

[kylaw.livejournal.com]

Good Reads review? : )

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

When I find it again.....also not on Good Reads

[ankh-hpl.livejournal.com]

I'm proud to have blurbed this puppy. An impressive read, still.

[kylaw.livejournal.com]

And I am still as pleased as punch that you did!