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
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Alec S. Scott |
9 |
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Aria Riding |
18 |
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Arnold Skemer |
31 |
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Austin Brookner |
35 |
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Ben Pullar |
51 |
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Ben Slotky |
56 |
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Carla M. Wilson |
59 |
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Carolyn Chun and Deborah Chun |
63 |
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Carolyn Chun and Layal Hakim |
68 |
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Carolyn Chun and Peter Hobson |
77 |
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David Ableev |
79 |
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David Wirthlin |
81 |
| 84 | |
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Don Skiles |
86 |
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Eckhard Gerdes and Peter Cherches |
88 |
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Ernestus Jiminy Chald |
90 |
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Evan Gulford-Blake |
96 |
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F. Ghisalberti |
98 |
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HB Berlow |
102 |
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Jamie Popowich |
111 |
| 127 | |
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Jeremy Thompson |
136 |
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Jerry Vilhotti |
142 |
| 143 | |
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Joel Allegretti |
153 |
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John J. Trause |
157 |
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Jonathan Plombon |
159 |
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Joseph Bouthiette Jr. |
170 |
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Kay Merkel Boruff |
176 |
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Larry Smith |
198 |
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Mark Axelrod |
211 |
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Martin Heavisides |
235 |
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Michael Koenig |
238 |
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Michael Oppermann |
248 |
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Nick Romeo |
253 |
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Peter Cherches |
258 |
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Peter J. King |
261 |
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Peter Wortsman |
272 |
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P. K. Garrison |
275 |
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R. Bremner |
306 |
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Ryan Forsythe |
309 |
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Shane Jesse Christmass |
325 |
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Steve Pastis |
327 |
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Thaddeus Rutkowski |
334 |
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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 Arlington Heights, Illinois, and has three children and five grandchildren. None of them are named Robbie, Chip, or Ernie.