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A Thousand Faces Releases Summer 2008 Issue
Great New Fiction and Interviews in Issue #5
A Thousand Faces, the Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction, has released its’ Summer 2008 issue. Available both online and in a printed format, Issue #5 is 130 pages of the finest superhero fiction on the market today.
In addition to the usual collection of outstanding short fiction, Issue #5 contains two great additions to the “Thousand Questions” interview series. First up, we talk to David J. Schwartz, author of the recent superhero novel, Superpowers. Then, we talk with John McNally and Owen King, co-editors of a new anthology of superhero short stories, Who Can Save Us Now?
Issue #5 sees the continuation of two of A Thousand Faces’ more popular heroes. Andrew Salmon returns with the next chapter in the Fred Brand / Project X saga, “Hunted”; and James Mascia returns us to Christine’s hellish high school cafeteria in “School Days”.
Seven writers new to the pages of A Thousand Faces round out the summer selections. Joshua Reynolds presents his fascinating new hero Mister Brass, the clockwork Pinkerton, in “Mister Brass and the Dragons of Mars”; Jeff Parish gives us a hero gifted with the ability to talk to cars in “Crank Case”; Natasha Stillman and Michael Obilade give us two young superhumans coming to terms with their abilities in “Burn Boy” and “Matchstick”, respectively.
New York heroes get the spotlight in a pair of new tales, EK Rivera’s “Hero in the Big City” and Gary Beharry’s “Chaos and Hope”; and Elizabeth Bennett Porco rounds out Issue #5 with “Enter Hubert.”
“We say this every time, but this might be the best issue yet,” said A Thousand Faces Editor / Publisher Frank Byrns. “Nine great stories, two fascinating reviews, a movie review – we really feel like we’re covering the width and breadth of the very best of today’s original superhero fiction.”
ABOUT A THOUSAND FACES:
A Thousand Faces, the Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction was started in April 2007 by Frank Byrns, a leading voice in the growing subgenre of original superhero fiction. Published simultaneously online and in print four times a year, A Thousand Faces seeks to act as a leading voice in dispelling the notion that superheroes belong solely on the pages of comic books.
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