Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories
March 23rd, 2007 | by Paolo |
The Logorrhea anthology is now available for pre-orders from Amazon. I’ve got a story in it called “Softer” which is a departure for me, because it isn’t a science fiction story. The idea was to choose a winning word from the Scripps National Spelling Bee and compose a story based around it. I chose “macerate.”
I’ve already read a couple of the other pieces, and it should be a good read. Here’s the list of contributors:
- Hal Duncan - “The Chiaroscuristâ€
- Liz Williams - “Lyceumâ€
- David Prill - “Vivisepultureâ€
- Clare Dudman - “Eczemaâ€
- Alex Irvine - “Semaphoreâ€
- Marly Youmans - “The Smaragdine Knotâ€
- Michael Moorcock - “A Portrait in Ivoryâ€
- Daniel Abraham - “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economicsâ€
- Michelle Richmond - “Logorrheaâ€
- Anna Tambour - “Pococuranteâ€
- Tim Pratt - “From Around Hereâ€
- Elizabeth Hand - “Vignetteâ€
- Alan DeNiro - “Plight of the Sycophantâ€
- Matthew Cheney - “The Last Elegyâ€
- Jay Caselberg - “Eudaemonicâ€
- Paolo Bacigalupi - “Softerâ€
- Jay Lake - “Crossing the Sevenâ€
- Leslie What - “Tsurisâ€
- Neil Williamson - “The Euonymistâ€
- Theodora Goss - “Singing of Mount Aboraâ€
- Jeff VanderMeer - “Appoggiaturaâ€

2 Responses to “Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories”
By Shara Saunsaucie on Mar 24, 2007 | Reply
Looks great! I’m going to have to add this to my wish list! :)
By Paolo on Mar 24, 2007 | Reply
I think it’s going to be cool. Though I’m definitely curious about how all the stories sit next to each other in a single volume. Other than the requirement to use a spelling bee word, there were essentially no other guidelines.
John Klima is a strangely trusting soul.