Carnival at the End of the World
Various
Ed. Harper Walton
In this short story collection, people metamorphose into birds, vows of silence become clown eras, hallucinogenic visions are plentiful, language and form disintegrates and evolves, drugs unlock psychogeography, sex and gender fluctuate and threaten to explode, bodies open and close, toilet queues stretch on for infinity, and streams of consciousness are polluted. In our contemporary moment of poly-apocalyptic anxiety, can we find a rugged sense of optimism? Or perhaps it is already too late, with nothing left for us to do but dance into the flaming rubble.
Writing by:
Olly Barrett
David Dobson
Jack Houston
Nick Maynard
Alice Musgrove
Luke Reilly
Maria Robinson
Lily Steve
James Tilden
Harper Walton
Alfie White
Published October 2024
Designed & illustrated by Jo Gray
Edited by Elsa Kenningham &
Harper Walton
Printed in the UK
132 pages
110mm x 180mm
ISBN: 978-1-7384402-2-1
RRP £11.99
Short stories