A-Way with It! Contemporary Innovative Fiction

A-Way with It! Contemporary Innovative Fiction is one of the general anthologies Eckhard Gerdes has assembled for the Journal of Experimental Fiction series, gathering work from writers at the edges of the form rather than organizing around a single honoree. The editorial premise is the title's pun: the writers collected here use language as material to be worked.

They prod it, ply it, tweak it, fry it, sling it, smash it, caress it, destroy it, uphold it, defend it, laugh at it, play with it, split it, spit on it, freeze it, melt it, stomp on it, and hold it up for all to see as if it were the most precious thing in the entire world. Maybe it is.