Harvey Duckman Presents... Volume 7 by R. Bruce Connelly

He relaxed and allowed his mind to wander.

His cabin door closed quietly and latched, secured. Waves rocked his ship lulling him to sleep. Feel free to contact me and see how cheaply I’ll sell out, peddling your shameful wares.Don Quitamo rested his head on fine silk pillows and pulled the most excellent satin sheets over his body. In the meantime, if you work for a rapacious bank or cynical ad agency. I hope, at least for a couple of them, you find you own meaning or resonance. For each piece I have added a few words of explanation. Having read them back, I felt they needed putting in context. They lack the rhyme and form of classic poetry and are written with simplicity in mind. It took a while to understand that what I had was better delivered as poetry. However I worried they lacked a consistent theme or trope and would have needed too much padding out and contortion. Many of these pieces started off as fragments and ideas intended as a semi fictional book. For that reason I often reject poetry out of hand, which is rather cruel. Words as art often work only because the controlling group imbues a meaning not readily apparent. Poetry often struggles to touch me, which says more about the reader than the creator. I didn’t set out to write poetry, which is either the worst or best possible starting point imaginable. Please note, this book was originally published in 2020 as the Harvey Pirates Special.

Bruce Connelly, Mark Sayeh, Christine King, Joseph Carrabis, Loïc Baucherel, Nils Nisse Visser, Peter James Martin and Andy Hill. The Harvey Duckman Presents… Volume 11 includes stories by Amy Wilson, Ben Sawyer, Kate Baucherel, Mark Hayes, Melissa Wuidart Phillips, C.G. 'This was such an entertaining read! With so many contributing authors adding different characters and storyline it made it such a page turner.

These short stories give a glimpse into some fantastic worlds that are already out there for you to enjoy, as well as a taste of more to come… so get your bottle of rum ready and hunker down to read. This anthology features work by exciting new voices in speculative fiction, including both established authors and previously unpublished writers. Volume 11 - previously the pirates special edition now the pirate one - and now with a number of its own to join the rest of this awesome series of collected works of suspense and mystery in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunkery…

Harvey Duckman Presents... Volume 7 by R. Bruce Connelly