"The main purpose of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation is to contribute significantly to the flourishing of American letters by awarding grants to published novelists and to Isherwood scholars. These $4,000.00 grants enable writers to devote time to writing projects and provide funds for research."

Fondation's submission to the committee included stories from his forthcoming 2009 collection from RDSP, Unintended Consequences.

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“Be careful! If books had teeth, Forrest Armstrong’s Avant-Garde for the New Millennium would chew you up and spit you out just for the sake of amusement. More a bestiary than an anthology, Avant-Garde for the New Millennium contains some of the meatiest, most carnivorous fiction being produced in the English language. These are not stories for those who prefer petite truffles with extended pinky. These stories will break your pinky off and stuff it into their mouths and then come after the rest of the arm. These writers bring meals, not finger food. Eat this book before it eats you!”
—Eckhard Gerdes, editor of The Journal of Experimental Fiction

The Red King Black Rook chapbook is a steampunk fable for the modern age. It tells the story of a king's court and what happens when a crafty avian advisor, the Rook, gains the king's ear.

Written and illustrated by Steven Archer it includes more than 30 ink drawings. (Although Archer previously illustrated a children's book this is intended for adults only).

This chapbook comes in several different editions:

The Deluxe Limited Edition is signed and numbered along with an original piece of artwork from the book and a Hopeful Machines CD soundtrack to the story (numbered 1-25) SOLD OUT

The Limited Edition comes signed and numbered and includes a Hopeful Machines CD soundtrack to the story (numbered 26-75)

The Standard Edition comes unsigned and unumbered, does not include a CD and has no limit

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The sheer energy and passion and intensity, the linguistic virtuosity of Eric Miles Williamson’s latest novel, Welcome to Oakland, will leave readers breathless.

The vigor and uncensored redneck honesty of T-Bird Murphy’s blue-collar voice will at turns delight, offend, amuse and enrage readers as T-Bird gives us what we’re not supposed to hear: the groans, gritos and war-whoops of men when they’re not behaving like gentlemen, when they’re out of sight and earshot, when they’re wrapped around their drinks at Dick’s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge or your local workingman’s watering hole.

Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy Shipp has been included on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award. Here is the list for the Superior Achievement in a Collection category:

The Number 121 to Pennsylvania by Kealan Patrick Burke (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel (Apex Publications)
Just After Sunset by Stephen King (Scribner)
Little Creatures by Michael McCarty (Sam's Dot Publishing)
Other Gods by Stephen Mark Rainey (Dark Regions Press)
The Autopsy and Other Tales by Michael Shea (Centipede)
Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy C. Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Fourtold by Michael Stone (Baysgarth Publications)
Gleefully Macabre Tales by Jeff Strand (Delirium)
Ennui and Other States of Madness by David Niall Wilson (Dark Regions Press)