Offbeat/Quirky
Fiction. Anthology. Offbeat/Quirky is the first of a new series of books by JEF. It is an anthology of innovative fiction with a difference, of forty-six of the bravest voices in literature writing today.
List of Contributors and Page Numbers
Alec S. Scott -- 9
Aria Riding -- 18
Arnold Skemer -- 31
Austin Brookner -- 35
Ben Pullar -- 51
Ben Slotky -- 56
Carla M. Wilson -- 59
Carolyn Chun and Deborah Chun -- 63
Carolyn Chun and Layal Hakim -- 68
Carolyn Chun and Peter Hobson -- 77
David Ableev -- 79
David Wirthlin -- 81
Denis Emorine -- 84
Don Skiles -- 86
Eckhard Gerdes and Peter Cherches -- 88
Ernestus Jiminy Chald -- 90
Evan Gulford-Blake -- 96
F. Ghisalberti -- 98
HB Berlow -- 102
Jamie Popowich -- 111
Jane L. Carman -- 127
Jeremy Thompson -- 136
Jerry Vilhotti -- 142
Jim Meirose -- 143
Joel Allegretti -- 153
John J. Trause -- 157
Jonathan Plombon -- 159
Joseph Bouthiette Jr. -- 170
Kay Merkel Boruff -- 176
Larry Smith -- 198
Mark Axelrod -- 211
Martin Heavisides -- 235
Michael Koenig -- 238
Michael Oppermann -- 248
Nick Romeo -- 253
Norman Conquest -- 256
Peter Cherches -- 258
Peter J. King -- 261
Peter Wortsman -- 272
P. K. Garrison -- 275
R. Bremner -- 306
Ryan Forsythe -- 309
Shane Jesse Christmass -- 325
Steve Pastis -- 327
Thaddeus Rutkowski -- 334
Ute Carson -- 338
About the Editor
Eckhard Gerdes has published books of poetry, drama, and fourteen books of fiction, including the novels Hugh Moore (for which he was awarded an &Now Award) and My Landlady the Lobotomist (a top five finisher in the 2009 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll and nominated for the 2009 Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel of the Year). He has also won the Bissell Award, been a finalist for the Starcherone and the Blatt awards, and was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year. His most recent books are a tongue-in-cheek work of creative nonfiction, How to Read (Guide Dog Books); a novel, White Bungalows (Dirt Heart Pharmacy Press); and a collection, Three Plays (Black Scat Books). He lives in Aurora, Illinois, and has three children and four grandchildren. None of them are named Robbie, Chip, or Ernie.