A project I have had in mind for a few years was to write a collection of short stories that would pay homage to one of the greatest albums of all time Scenes from the Second Storey by The God Machine.
The idea was that I would write 13 short stories to correspond with the 13 tracks on the album, each story inspired by the track of the same name.
This year that dream changed, as I realised what would be really interesting was to see what the stories would look like if others wrote their inspiration instead - namely writers that I respected.
And so the Scenes from the Second Storey project was born. I sat down and began jotting down names only to quickly realise I had too many for the book. As I realised that more than half of the list contained Australian writers, I decided to have two books: one Australian and one 'international' basically writers who are not Australian).
I sent out my e-mails and got 25 acceptances and one rejection. I then sent another mail, was accepted for that and so begins this roller coaster of a project!
Morrigan Books will release both these books 13th November 2009 (my birthday) but of course there will be much more news before that!
Here's the line-up:
Title | Australian Author | International Author |
Dream Machine | David Conyers | Miles Deacon |
She Said | Kirstyn McDermott | Skadi meic Beorh |
The Blind Man | David Witteveen | Carole Jonhstone |
I've Seen The Man | Paul Haines | Gary McMahon |
The Desert Song | Andrew McKiernan | Adrienne Jones |
Home | Shane Jiraiya Cummings | Shannon Page |
It's All Over | Deborah Biancotti | Paul Kane |
Temptation | Trent Jamieson | Pete Kempshall |
Out | Ben Payne | Lynne Jamneck |
Ego | Robert Hood | Gerard Brennan |
Seven | Stephanie Campisi | Ronald Damien Malfi |
Purity | Kaaron Warren | Tammy Moore |
The Piano Song | Cat Sparks | Ian Whates |
2 comments:
Oh! You're doing an Oz and International version? Fantastic. My, this will be good...
Hey, I am checking this blog using the phone and this appears to be kind of odd. Thought you'd wish to know. This is a great write-up nevertheless, did not mess that up.
- David
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