Succour 7 - Animals
£4.95
The Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Succour – Animals – is a veritable menagerie of today’s best fiction, poetry and art, featuring new work by some of the most exciting creative talents from the UK, Ireland and beyond.
From biting satire to historical fiction, from folk tales to horror stories, Animals shows how today’s writers and artists are following in the footsteps of Kafka and Bulgakov, Da Vinci and Picasso, in placing our furry, feathered and fishy friends at the heart of their creative visions.
Featured writers include:
Nicholas Royle (Antwerp, Mortality)
Joe Dunthorne (Submarine)
Luke Kennard (The Harbour Beyond The Movie)
Isobel Dixon (A Fold in the Map)
The featured artist is Becky Beasley (Three Notable American Novellas)
Full List of Contents:
Editorial
Anthony Banks: He Barked
Fiction
Nicholas Royle: The Bee-Eater
Melissa Lee: The Gleaner
Dean Thompson: The Deer Head
Laurence Fenton: I Am Horse
Nathan Hicks: Mute Swan
Brendan Connell: The Black Tiger
Abi Curtis: The Kraken
Lee Rourke: Departure Lounge
Visual Art
Becky Beasley: Correspondences (1957-1997)
Poetry
Luke Kennard: A Dog Descends (Prose Poem)
Joe Dunthorne: Make Good Pets; Gulling; Intelligent Animals; Seen From Above
Abi Curtis: Homunculus; The Slaughter House; O.Z.
Isobel Dixon: Creature Comfort; Familiar
Sally Flint: The View From Petrol Mountain; Because He Can
Ben Smith: Progress Reports (Prose Poem); Hunting the Last Ghazals; Experiments in the Formicarium (Prose Poem)
Nicky Arscott: The Death of the General; Introduction to Meaning in the Context of Articulation
Carley Moulton: Moth; High Divinity
Adelle Stripe: Veronica; Solar Flares Burn For You
Aiden Clarkson: Feathers, Families
Thomas Jones: Jugged Hare
