From Cocaine, that most troubling and fascinating of substances;
through Speed, an oft demonized and misunderstood drug and on to
Heroin, long seen as the most 'literary' of narcotics - the
contributors to this all-new original anthology reveal that those
who partake are forever changed, but the price of paradise is often
steep. The Cocaine Chronicles: that most troubling and fascinating
of substances is the subject, the subtext, the whys and whereofs in
this collection of original short stories that are funny and
harrowing, sad and scary, but at all times riveting. In this bold
anthology by a cross-section of today's most thought-provoking
writers, we meet the casual sniffers, the heavy users, the dealers,
the victims and the unsuspecting victims - hysterical romps, tragic
characters and unfathomable lows - rendering cocaine a drug that is
anything but glamorous. The Speed Chronicles - Deprived of the
ingrained romantic mysticism of the opiate or the cosmopolitan chic
of cocaine, there is no sympathy for this devil. Speed - crystal
meth, amphetamines, Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Adderall; crank, spizz,
chickenscratch, oblivious marching powder, the go-fast - twice the
productivity at half the cost, and equal opportunity for all. It
feels so good and hurts so bad. The first contemporary collection
of all new literary short fiction on the drug from an array of
today's most compelling and respected authors. These are no
stereotypical tales of tweakers - the element of crime and the
bleary-eyed, shaky zombies at dawn are here right alongside
heart-wrenching narratives of everyday people, good intentions gone
terribly awry and dreams going up in flames. The Heroin Chronicles
- That most "literary" of narcotics - the enigmatic opium poppy and
its various derivatives - and as these stories reveal, those who
partake of the sacred flower are forever changed, but the price of
paradise is often steep: overdose, hepatitis C, degradation and
self-destruction. The editor, Jerry Stahl, himself a recovering
addict with long-term sobriety, has assembled an impressive array
of writers to create this 'encyclopedia of bad behaviour.' Indeed,
these tales of chasing the dragon, with corollaries often violent
and savage, will satisfy devotees of noir fiction and outsider art
alike. The Hard Drug Chronicles runs to over 700 pages and contains
more than 40 all new stories from Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Ken
Bruen, Laura Lippman, Nina Revoyr, James Franco, Sherman Alexie,
William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott, James Greer, Tao Lin, Joseph
Mattson, Eric Bogosian, Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon. CONTENTS
- COCAINE Ten Keys - Lee Child The Crack Cocaine Diet - Laura
Lippman White Irish - Ken Bruen Beneficent Diversions from the
Crackdkins Diet - Donnell Alexander Poinciana - Susan Straight The
Screenwriter - James Brown Twilight of the Stooges - Jerry Stahl
Chemistry - Robert Ward Shame - Kerry E. West Viki, Flash, and the
Pied-Piper of Shoebies - Deborah Vankin Golden Pacific - Nina
Revoyr Sentimental Value - Manuel Ramos Just Surviving Another Day
- Detrice Jones A.K.A. Moises Rockafella - Emory Holmes II Camaro
Blue - Bill Moody Serving Monster - Jervey Tervalon Disco Zombies -
Gary Phillips CONTENTS - SPEED How to Go to Dinner With a Brother
On Drugs - Natalie Diaz War Cry - Sherman Alexie Bad - Jerry Stahl
Labiodental Fricative - Scott Phillips Osito - Kenji Jasper Amp is
the First Word in Amphetamine - Joseph Mattson Addiction - James
Franco Wheelbarrow Kings - Jess Walter Tips 'n' Things by Elayne -
Beth Lisick Pissing in Perpetuity - Rose Bunch 51 Hours - Tao Lin
Everything I Want - Megan Abbott The Speed of Things - James Greer
No Matter How Beautifully It Stings - William T. Vollmann CONTENTS
- HEROIN Fragments of Joe - Tony O'Neill Hot for the Shot - Sophia
Langdon Dos Mac + The Jones - Nathan Larson Possible Side Effects -
Jerry Stahl Going Down - L.Z. Hansen Baby I Need to See A Man About
A Duck - Michael Albo Godhead - Eric Bogosian Gift Horse - Jervey
Tervalon Ghost Town Lydia Lunch The Monster - John Albert Black
Caesar's Gold - Gary Phillips Sunshine for Adrienne - Antonia Crane
Poppy Love - Ava Stander
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