Titan Books are enjoying the spirit of rebellion with the newest addition to their portfolio – Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories, edited by Chuck Palahnuik, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer – after a deal was struck between Alice Nightingale, Titan’s Senior Fiction Editor, and Ella Kahn at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency, on behalf of Medallion Press, for UK and Commonwealth rights.
Throughout his career, Palahniuk has made it his mission to bring people back to books. In the past few years, he has taken this mission one step further by mentoring budding authors, and to great effect. The anthology, Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories, features fresh writing from twenty of Palahniuk’s online writing workshop students, whose origins span the United States and the UK. The stories they write are as eclectic as the authors themselves, with titles like “Zombie Whorehouse,” “Mind and Soldier,” and “Engines, O-Rings, and Astronauts,” but each has the common thread of a minimal writing style like Palahniuk’s.
Fellow anthologists Dennis Widmyer and Richard Thomas joined Chuck in critiquing, selecting, and editing Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories. Writer and film director Dennis Widmyer is the webmaster and creator of ChuckPalahniuk.net. Author and editor Richard Thomas’s “Storyville” column at LitReactor has gathered an interactive and passionate following.
Heather Musick, Senior Vice President at Medallion Press in the US says, “We are thrilled to see the UK acquisition of Burnt Tongues by the highly acclaimed, creative publishing team at Titan Books. Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas, and Dennis Widmyer have compiled a remarkable collection of transgressive short stories by talented authors whose work captivates and leaves an indelible mark.”
Ella Kahn adds, “DKW are delighted to have negotiated Titan Books’ acquisition of the incredible Burnt Tongues on behalf of Medallion Press – they are the perfect UK home for this fantastic project.”
Palahniuk is best known for the powerfully subversive novel Fight Club, which was made into a major motion picture in 1999 starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton.
The title is set for publication in the Autumn.
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