Thursday, May 21, 2009

Dislocate


I've got a story in the new issue of Dislocate.  It's about a man who finds himself slowly being rendered a non-entity by his wife.  He has a strange job.  The end is kind of sad but kind of hopeful.  This is, I think, something I like to do.

I came to find and admire this journal because their third issue had a cover that was done by Carson Ellis and I bought it for that reason alone.  Carson Ellis is the wife of Colin Meloy, the lead singer of The Decemberists.  She is an amazing artist.  One of my best friends got me a print for my birthday of the picture here, "Faster, Maria!"  Oh, I love that picture.  My friend, who knows Carson, also gave me a birth announcement for Carson and Colin's child that Carson had made, a beautiful drawing, and I framed it.  Is that creepy?  Yes, Kevin, a little.  We took it down when we had Griff because we didn't want him to think that the Meloy-Ellis baby was more important than him.  He's kind of weird about that stuff.

This issue of Dislocate also has a story by Adam Peterson, a writer that I have recently discovered and come to like very, very much.  His story in this issue is so damn good.  It made me want to cry and then, by the end, had done something kind of magical and made me so happy that I wanted to hug everyone I know.

6 comments:

TN-Tanuki said...

Hi Kevin,

It was really nice meeting you last Saturday in Knoxville. Hope you and your folks had a good visit. I also hope you enjoy the Ellison.

Where can I find a copy of Dislocate? Their website is being difficult.

All the best,
Bill

K. Wilson said...

Hey Bill,
It was great to meet you, too, and thanks so much for the Ellison book. I'm halfway into it and liking it a lot, as I thought I would. I also realized after I got back that I do have a Howard Waldrop book already, Howard Who?, which was rereleased by Small Beer Press.

And I think Dislocate is going to put the entire story up on the website, but I also have an extra hard copy and I'd be happy to send it your way if you want.

best,
Kevin

TN-Tanuki said...

Thank you, that would be very kind of you. I'm glad you're enjoying Harlan and I love Small Beer, was so pleased that they republished Howard. He (Howard) briefly had a "blog" --not bad for a luddite--that Small Beer hosted. He stopped posting around the time of his quintuple bypass (yikes!). But if you check out their blog "Not a Journal" I think you can still find a link to his entries.

Can I send you my address by email?

Thanks,
Bill

K. Wilson said...

Hey Bill,

email your address to me at kevin [at] wilsonkevin.com and I'll send it on it's way. I also have an extra copy of this new Whiskey Island issue and I'll send that too.

I'm off now to go look at the Howard Waldrop blog, and thanks for pointing me in that direction.

best,
Kevin

TN-Tanuki said...

Thanks, man.

--Bill

Shantha said...

Hey all,

If you are interested in picking up a copy of Dislocate (our site *was* being difficult, so sorry!), the site is a bit friendlier now: dislocate.org/store is where you can buy Dislocate #5, and dislocate.org has a teaser of Kevin's story.

Thanks!
~Shantha