Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction

[dr_phil_physics]

Now Available

T.J. McIntyre announces today that his Alabama tornado relief anthology, Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction is now available for sale at Smashwords in multiple formats (buy one, access all). Coming soon to Amazon and Barnes and Noble (hopefully by early next week). UPDATE 5-16-2011 Mon: Now available on Amazon.com.

In the wake of the destructive tornadoes which ripped through Alabama on April 27th, 2011, Southern Fried Weirdness Press is proud to present the charity anthology, Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction. This collection of poetry and short fiction features 46 pieces from 40 different contributing authors. It spans multiple genres and presents an eclectic mix of voices. All profits will be donated to The American Red Cross to aid disaster relief efforts.

My own short story "Giant Cicadas and Other Odd Indignities", first published on the Southern Fried Weirdness Online website, is included. "Giant Cicadas..." was born in the humid heat of East Lansing MI during Week 4 of the 2004 Clarion workshop. Listening to the cicadas that summer, I remembered the racket caused by cicadas in Greensboro NC during the mid-70s and seeing the eerie split open body shells with clear eye lenses of the newly molted cicadas. Alas, that first version did not fair well in that crucible of Clarion, the Crit Circle, crashing and burning as a humorous tall tale. I think I've got it right this time, though. (grin) It is symbolic that our Week 4 instructor, Andy Duncan, was on the campus of the University of Alabama on 27 April 2011, hunkered down in the basement with some of the Honors Writing students as the tornado swept through nearby.

This is also my first Reprint "Sale".



In Addition...

Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction is selling for only $2.99 on Smashwords. And while most of that is going to the American Red Cross... well, let me let T.J. tell you more:

More Ways to Help
Thank you again for purchasing this anthology! As you know, the proceeds for this anthology will go towards The American Red Cross, an extremely deserving organization that tends to be among the quickest to respond to any natural disaster worldwide. For those interested, below are some links to several organizations and relief funds worth supporting:

The American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org

The Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org

Feeding America: http://feedingamerica.org

Governor's Emergency Relief Fund:
http://www.servealabama.gov/2010/default.aspx

Hands On Birmingham: http://www.handsonbirmingham.org/

Greater Birmingham Humane Society:
http://www.gbhs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=gbhs_home

The United Way of West Alabama: http://www.uwwa.org/

The University of Alabama Acts of Kindness Fund:
https://www.ua.edu/advancement/giving/donate/?division=2&account=349

Thanks!

Dr. Phil

Comments

[saycestsay.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the reprint sale and for being involved with this. My own story, THE SWEET SONG OF CANARIES AT MIDNIGHT, came from stories of my great aunt running a boarding house for coal miners :).

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to us all -- and especially T.J. for getting this together is such a very short time!

I've got the PDF downloaded and will look up your story Real Soon Now. (grin)

Dr. Phil

[rymrytr.livejournal.com]

I got my copy, for my Sister's B&N Nook.

If it wasn't for charity, I would have skipped it though - I hate being forced to sign up and wait for clearance through an e-mail link...

I'm also making an additional donation at the Governor's Emergency Relief Fund, (just because it's you, Dr Professor)! :o)

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

Good on you for giving some. But don't do it just for me. (grin)

I'm going to give some money to the Kindness fund, because the students at 'Bama -- who had the semester, finals and graduation canceled -- stepped up to the plate and volunteered en masse to help. But that's my academic showing. (double-grin)

Dr. Phil

[steve-buchheit.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Dr. Phil. I got a nice rejection, so I'm assuming I wasn't southern enough, fried enough, or weird enough. :\ Will have to remember to put the word out on Monday.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

I know T.J. got "a lot" of submissions and published 46 stories from 40 authors. But I don't know how many subs he got. Of course I had an "in", since he was happy to reprint stories he'd already published. That and I kind of talked him into doing the anthology. My bad.

Dr. Phil