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Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism

Sep.08.2011

Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism

Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism, 160 pg. perfectbound journal with short fiction, poetry, essays and featured artists avail. 10/1/2011. Subscriptions: $15 ppd. http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/pd.html

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"A fine and fresh contribution to the literature of the northwest." -- Barbara Drake

PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2009

Giving It Away

176 page collection of Memmott's poetry including some earlier work much revised. The collection revolves around two never-before published long poems with Western theme, "Judging the Distance," and "Where the Yellow Brick Road Turns West." "Rich in multiple personae - Dreamer, Warrior, Traveler, Gardener, Lover, Son, Witness, Poet, Giving It Away is mature...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2007

Primetime

If you think the world is crazy now, just wait. Worldbenders are trained to re-invent the past. Benito Cortezar creates a perfect past only to find it haunted by forces he cannot control. At the watershed of human and posthuman, in the clash between Dreamtime and Primetime, a gaggle of fractured heroes are caught up in a struggle between those yet to come and those waiting to...

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The Larger Earth -- cover art by Freddie Baer

PUBLISHED: May.03.1996

The Larger Earth: Descending Notes of a Grounded Astronaut

The Larger Earth was recently selected by the Oregon State Library and Poetry Northwest magazine as one of the top 150 books of poetry published over the 150 years of Oregon statehood in honor of the state's Sesquicentennial. The Larger Earth is a cycle of longer poems revolving around the figure of an astronaut who has returned to earth a changed man. These Descending Notes...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.25.2008

"Disciples of Paradox"

It was recently announced that "Disciples of Paradox" was nominated for the Rhysling Award in the long poem category. The Rhysling Awards recognize the very best speculative and fantastic poetry published during the previous calendar year. Memmott was a Rhysling Award winner in 1990 in the long poem category. This is Memmott's fourth nomination. "Disciples of Paradox...

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PUBLISHED: Aug.01.1999

Shadow Bones

Thomas E. Kennedy, in his introduction for Shadow Bones, commends these twelve stories for the author's dedication "to literature that speculates not so much about the arbitrary manners of our crumbling civilization as its ground zero, about the science which is writing the fiction of our reality, and the shamanic nonrational forces that are claiming it back." "For...

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"Where the Yellow Brick Road Turns West"

Long narrative poem recounting Memmott's mythic remembrance of his journey West as a child after his mother left an abusive relationship and met his stepfather in Nevada.

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Sep.08.2011 - 11:45 am

Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism

PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR MAGICAL THINKING Issue One of Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism will be available at http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/pd/html beginning October 1,...

Apr.01.2010 - 4:12 pm

Palin and the Dead Fish

When George Orwell, in his seminal essay, "Politics and the English Language" warned against the erosion of the English language and assaults on its integrity by ...

Dec.30.2009 - 1:41 pm

Avatar & the Dearth of Original Stories in Hollywood

I recently went to the movies to see "Avatar," James Cameron's new $400 million extravaganza. While readily acknowledged as a ground-breaking movie for its technical...

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Sep.08.2011 - 11:24 am

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Phantom Drift

Open submission period for Phantom Drift is December 1 - March 31. Beginning December 1, authors will be able to submit...

Apr.02.2010 - 8:31 am

In response to: Palin and the Dead Fish

Media

I think it's mostly the very formats of internet and t.v. that limit the popular outreach of ideas versus newspapers...

Apr.02.2010 - 8:13 am

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Stand corrected

You are absolutely right, Bob. It was George Orwell. I am revising this so I need not be further embarrassed. At least...

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Poem: "Where the Yellow Brick Road Turns West"

Short Story: "House of Revelations" -- Novel Excerpt

Short Story: "Papa Art"

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Image Gallery: David Memmott & Wordcraft friends

Image Gallery: Shapeshifters' Ink: Digital Art by David Memmott

PRIMETIME is philosophic sf at its best. ”

—Paul DiFilippo, Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine

About David

David Memmott has published five books of poetry, a novel and a story collection. He recently completed his second novel, Canned Tuna and has begun the long journey towards finding a publisher. Recent work has been published in Strange Horizons,...

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David’s Favorite Books

Although the old adage of the favorite book being the one you're reading applies equally to me, some of my favorite books in recent years have been Haruki...

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