Text:UR - The New Book of Masks

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Text:UR – The New Book of Masks is an anthology of experimental writing edited by American author Forrest Aguirre. In addition to showcasing the work of new writers, Text:UR includes fiction by novelist Lance Olsen and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rikki Ducornet, as well as new stories from O. Henry Prize recipients Terese Svoboda and Brian Evenson.

Back Cover Description: “A beautifully surreal masquerade. World Fantasy Award Winning editor Forrest Aguirre brings you the fantastical fiction from the most imaginative minds of our time. Contributors to this hallucinogenic spectacle include Brian Evenson, recipient of an O. Henry Prize and an NEA fellowship along with Lance Olsen, Philip K. Dick Award finalist and Associate Editor at American Book Review. This anthology also features Rikki Ducornet who has had an L.A. Times Book of the Year has been finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Terese Svoboda whose first novel was one of Spin’s ten best novels of 1994 and recently received an O. Henry Prize.”

Table of Contents:
Faure, Envenomed, Dictates – Nadia Gregor
Monkey Shines – Eric Schaller
The Avatar of Background Noise – Toiya Kristen Finley
Parchment and Twigs – Christien Boyka Kluge
Bluecoat Jack – Sarah Totton
The Lindbergh Baby – Terese Svoboda
Strangers on a Train – Tamar Yellin
Bitter Almonds and Absinthe – Joe Murphy
No Mooing in the Moonlight – Christine Boyka Kluge
The Theater Spectacle – Catherine Kasper
Last Transmission, or, Man with a Robotic Ermine – Joshua Cohen
Peace Rituals – Darren Speegle
Incipit – Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold
Six Questions for an Alien – Lance Olsen
A Play for a Boy and Sock Puppets – E. Sedia
Documenting My Abduction – Christine Boyka Kluge
The Fifth tale: When the Devil Met Baldrick Beckenbaur – Tom Miller
The Scouring – Rikki Ducornet
Fugue-State – Brian Evenson
Most Excellent and Lamentable – Jason Erik Lundberg

Other Information
Cover Image: Carrie Anne Baade
Book Design: Jennifer Barnes
Country: USA
Language: English
Series: None
Genres: Short Story, Experimental Fiction, Postmodernism
Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press
Publication Date: 2006
Media Type: Print
Pages: 222
ISBN: 978-1-933293-20-2

External Links
Interview with Forrest Aguirre [1]
Forrest Aguirre Author Bio at Raw Dog Screaming Press [2]
Text:UR Page at Raw Dog Screaming Press [3]
Review of Text:UR [4]