Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales in the Roaring ‘20s - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770530169 ISBN 13: 9781770530164

Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

No blind tigers or coffin varnish here. Broken Time Blues may be poorly lit, and not in the best part of town, but it's classy joint, see? The cat's meow. So toss on your glad rags and get a move on. Make sure no one follows you, then take a right down the alley and knock three times on the brown door. There won't be a sign. Code word's "applesauce." It's okay to get your friends hip to the jive, but hush. Speakeasy. Bulls and Mrs. Grundys might be listening. Inside you'll be amazed by twelve outlandish tales. An alien burlesque dancer; a monstrous, people eating goddess; a buried city of automatons; Picasso as a villainous, flesh-sculpting wizard; a fae detective; a bootlegging chicken; and more. Broken Time Blues: the 1920s as you've never seen them...but always wanted to. Edited by Jaym Gates and Erika Holt, this anthology features works by: James L. Sutter, Frank Ard, John Nakamura Remy, Morgan Dempsey, Barbara Krasnoff, Andrew Penn Romine, Lucia Starkey, Amanda C. Davis, Jack Graham, Ari Marmell, Ryan McFadden, and Robert Jackson Bennett.

Set in the Roaring 20s

Sandwiched between the horrors of the two Great Wars, the 1920s stand out as a glittering, transformative spectacle in history. Spurred by World War I, waves of immigration, innovation, and cultural change surged through America and the rest of the world. Not for nothing does that era bear the names the Roaring 20s, the Golden Twenties, and the Jazz Age. It was brief, glitzy, seedy, and marked by competing tensions; perhaps destined to crash in spectacular fashion.

For fictional purposes, the grit and glamour of the decade combine into the headiest of potions. Flappers and jazz stars; ugly racial inequalities; veterans in hidden gin joints drowning their sorrows with cheap alcohol brought from the mountains by men with fast cars and faster tongues.

Broken Time Blues captures the raging spirit of the times, both light and dark, and adds a twist of fantasy and science fiction.

Come on a ride with us, through the speakeasies and the mountain stills. Grab a drink and read stories about things that might have been, or maybe were.

Illustrated by Galen Dara and Evan Jensen.

About the Editors:

Jaym Gates met herself coming through three doors the other day, and the world split asunder... sorry. Really, she’s PR Manager for Raw Dog Screaming Press; editor of Crossed Genres Magazine; publicist for underground entertainment media group NBTV; editor of the anthology Rigor Amortis; and author, volunteer, and blogger.

Erika Holt keeps busy by writing speculative fiction, reading slush for Scape (the ezine of young adult, speculative fiction), and editing anthologies with Jaym Gates. Her fiction appears in Evolve 2: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead Shelter of Daylight. She is a proud native of Calgary, Canada.

Stories and Contributors:

• The Sharing by James L. Sutter
• Chickadee by Frank Ard
• Semele’s Daughter by John Nakamura Remy
• The Automatic City By Morgan Dempsey
• Button Up Your Overcoat by Barbara Krasnoff
• Nor the Moonlight by Andrew Penn Romine
• Jack and the Wise Birds by Lucia Starkey
• Madonna and Child, In Jade by Amanda C. Davis
• Der Graue Engel by Jack Graham
• The Purloined Ledger by Ari Marmell
• Fight Night by Ryan McFadden
• A Drink for Teddy Ford by Robert Jackson Bennett

About this edition

• Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1770530169
• ISBN 13: 9781770530164
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166
• Editor: Jaym Gates, Erika Holt