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AUSTIN NIGHTS an indie book by herocious handpressed perfect-bound paperback 162 pages {includes shipping}
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::ABOUT THE BOOK:: Bridget has a fierce desire for survival which makes her a fighter. Michael has a hankering after immortality which makes him a useless dreamer. And through it all there’s the frail Honeyed Cat, reigning princess supreme in this life-affirming novel that knows the importance of being irrational. Today is April 1st, and I just finished recording a 4:01 video to celebrate the moment. Bridget is driving the white Silverado packed to the hilt with the stuff we couldnʼt do without: our home. Weʼre driving a long way. Miami Beach was death defying, but we have to leave now, leave the giant ocean with its therapeutic sands and salts for no less than five years. Austin will be our new stomping ground. Weʼre driving there as I write. Bridget has both hands on the wheel. Sometimes thereʼs a large iced latte between her legs. I find the mixture of caffeine and inner thighs more stimulating than just caffeine. Goosebumps from the iciness of her refreshment riddle her flesh. I reach over and grab the cup without asking for a sip. She doesnʼt make a sarcastic remark. “Thanks,” I say, lingering when I put the iced latte back between her legs. She raises her eyebrows high above her Tri-Rail sunglasses and says, “Good, isnʼt it?” “Very.” And so begins Austin Nights, the sometimes red, sometimes blue, but always colorful story of Bridget, Michael, and Honeyed Cat. When this unlikely trio relocates to Austin Texas, where strange characters walk the streets and live right next door, they do the best they can to adapt to new surroundings. ::PRESS:: FictionDaily w/ David Backer ::PRAISE:: The novel has a strange epic feel about it. Like something huge is happening, I’m not sure how he does it, but you get the emotion that someone is really trying to live. -Noah Cicero, author of The Insurgent and Best Behavior There is a particular intimacy that the protagonist lets the reader in on, and I sense it in his ever so slight insecurities, a flaw that he knows how to write quite well without being overtly overbearing. -Lavinia Ludlow, author of alt.punk An interesting read no matter how you slice it. -Adam S, Austinist Powered by a rich kind of nonlinear anti-narrative, Davidson weaves and cajoles us into believing that reality can be fiction and fiction reality, but more importantly, to stop looking for the border that divides the two. -Jennifer Thompson, Black Heart Magazine
-Scott McClanahan, author of Stories IV! ::PERUSE:: Available as of June 7th 2011 in Domy Books - Austin!! ::ABOUT THE AUTHOR:: I was born in Miami to a Colombian woman and an Anglo man. Ever since then, my free spirit has guided me all over the country and even some places outside the country. I have ‘pieces’ of myself all over the internet and my nail clippings float in multiples oceans. I edit TheOpenEnd and blog at I Never Had An MFA. Like Don DeLillo, I believe each word triggers an electrical impulse inside our brains. When a perfect string off tiny explosions goes of, both readers and writers experience the deepest kind of pleasure. Cherish it. |