This is the true story...of two writers [BUD SMITH and BRIAN ALAN ELLIS]... picked to fill up their own sections of the same book...sometimes having to solicit work from friends [WAYLON THORNTON]...so they can all party together...and have their work published...to find out what happens...when art and literature stop being polite...and start getting real...
Author Biography
BUD SMITH runs Unknown Press, hosts The Unknown Show podcast, co-edits the journal Uno Kudo, and is the author of two novels, a poetry collection, and a book of short stories. His writing has appeared at The Nervous Breakdown, Electric Cereal, Lost in Thought, Vol. 1 Brookyln, Drunk Monkeys, Smokelong Quarterly, decomP, Juked, and Hobart, among other places. He works heavy construction in New Jersey, building and maintaining power plants and oil refineries. * BRIAN ALAN ELLIS is the author of three novellas, two short-story collections, and a book of humorous non-fiction. His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Literary Orphans, DOGZPLOT, Connotation Press, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, People Holding, jmww, Out of the Gutter, Electric Literature, and Atticus Review, among other places. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida. * WAYLON THORNTON is an artist, musician, and writer based in Lake Butler, Florida, where he lives with his wife, Meg, and their son, Dex. He has recorded and performed with the bands Strange Lords, Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands, Damage Brain, Indian Teeth, Mean Moon, and Cara Del Gato. He is currently at work on a book, tentatively titled Glue Baby.