The Tales are submitted by writers to the tales of the decongested website, www.decongested.com, every month. Paul Blaney and Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, the founders and organisers and lovers of short fiction, choose their favourites and the writers are invited to read on the last Friday of each month at Foyles in Charing Cross Road. I've read there twice and it's a terrific and invigorating evening, attended by an audience of enthusiasts of all ages. If you're in London on the last Friday of a month, it's well worth a little look. Anyway, Paul and Rebekah set up Apis Books, www.apisbooks.com with Justine Shaw and Don Nemer, and published the bullishly entitled Volume 1 of the Tales - 32 of their favourites from the first two years. Well done, the two of you - there should be more like you around!
So the book is now available to buy, for instance, from Amazon, say: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0955253802/026-1556620-8710038?v=glance&n=266239
I've got my copy and was reading it on the train back. It's an absorbing read. In addition, to celebrate the oral tradition of their venture, Apis Books have recorded the authors reading their work as downloads from their site. So if you want to have a listen, go to www.apisbooks.com/download/.
I'm tired today - but very stimulated. Maybe I'll manage actually to write something!
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