The Freaks Are Winning: The Inner Swine Collection

by Jeff Somers

A collection of writings from the author's award winning zine "The Inner Swine". To maintain the highest possible quality of writing-all submissions to the zine are by him only. Fiction and non-fiction abound in this book.

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

Jeff Somers (www.jeffreysomers.com) began writing by court order as an attempt to steer his creative impulses away from engineering genetic grotesqueries. He has published nine novels, including the Avery Cates Series of noir-science fiction novels from Orbit Books (www.avery-cates.com) and the Ustari Cycle series of urban fantasy novels. His short story “Ringing the Changes” was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2006, his story “Sift, Almost Invisible, Through” appeared in the anthology Crimes by Moonlight edited by Charlaine Harris, and his story “Three Cups of Tea” appeared in the anthology Hanzai Japan. He also writes about books for Barnes and Noble and About.com and about the craft of writing for Writer’s Digest, which will publish his book on the craft of writing Writing Without Rules in 2018. He lives in Hoboken with his wife, The Duchess, and their cats. He considers pants to always be optional.

Reviews

[Noran Miss Pumkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read him and weep with joy that is him--the inner swine! I cannot get enough of his zine from NJ! Just got back from Chicago and the home of zines with back issues of The Inner Swine to savor. I cannot begin to describe the ego/wit Jeff writes with--it is just wonderous. His short short stories are great! Just like the great man J. B. Salinger at times! I kid you not my friends, i kid you not. Back issues can also be bought bound on-line. Oh, only he writes for his, he accepts nothing less!

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know what to say. The Pigs will vote. Jeff Somers for president 2016!