Songs for the Elephant Man - Fletcher, Garrie; Diamondopolous, Dc
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Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, had extensive deformities and earned a living as an exhibit in freak shows and fairgrounds, horrifying the public with his appearance. Later he became a medical curiosity and something of a celebrity, meeting royalty and members of London society. Treated as a monster, he was actually a gentle and thoguhtful soul. His life was the inspiration for this collection of short stories about outsiders of all kinds, and their tormentors. The tales range from realistic fiction, through horror, science fiction, humour and fantasy, but they all contain…mehr

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Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, had extensive deformities and earned a living as an exhibit in freak shows and fairgrounds, horrifying the public with his appearance. Later he became a medical curiosity and something of a celebrity, meeting royalty and members of London society. Treated as a monster, he was actually a gentle and thoguhtful soul. His life was the inspiration for this collection of short stories about outsiders of all kinds, and their tormentors. The tales range from realistic fiction, through horror, science fiction, humour and fantasy, but they all contain characters who are in some way separate, different, alone. Some might appear monstrous, some embrace their otherness or rise above it, and some do terrible things. But as we see how they are treated by the mainstream we may ask, 'Who are the real monsters here?'
Autorenporträt
Garrie studied Art in Bradford, wrote for a music magazine in Northampton, worked as a special needs teacher in Birmingham, and currently trains civil servants. Unthology 5, Blackheath Books, 3 AM Magazine, and many others have published his work. Mantle Lane Press have published two books, Night Swimming, and Submerged. Radio Wildfire broadcast a selection of his work including a song, and he has a poem on a headstone in Polesworth Abbey. He writes short stories, scripts and novels, is a member of the Tindal Street Fiction Group, and Room 204, and runs creative writing workshops for Writing West Midlands. He has also delivered writing workshops for prisons, mental health settings, schools and museums. He writes about the gaps between lives, the pauses between stations, the static hiss of the city and the thick knuckles of the earth. Electricity is published here for the first time.