Ipseities: A Collection of Unclassifiable Compositions

by Tod Foley (Editor), Shawn Koch, DeAnna Knippling

Eleven visionary indie writers deconstruct The Human Condition in this mind-bending collection of short stories in a variety of genres. Each of these unique voices explores a divergent world as unnerving as it is unknown, unsettling, and unresolved. These stories are guaranteed to take up residence in your head. Don't say we didn't warn you.

Liminal and experimental stories by Beau Blackcrow, Irene Bloodrose, Tod Davies, Jens Durke, DeAnna Knippling, Shawn Koch, Matt Orth, Miriam Robern, Rick Rosenkranz, Adrian McCauley, and Leigham Shardlow.

Stories inside:
Next — Posthuman Science Fiction by Matt Orth
Dopesick — Pharmico-Magical Realism by Beau Blackcrow
BB Gun — Dystopian Parable by Rick Rosenkranz
Evil Twin — Modern Psych-Horror by DeAnna Knippling
NQ-4 Hole Generator™ — Diegetic Technomethodology by Leigham Shardlow
Watch Her Disappear — Cyber-Noir by Jens Durke
What Vaughn Saw — Horror Thriller by Irene Bloodstone
Wave Runna — Post-Apocalyptic Journal by Adrian McCauley
The Axe on the Wall — Critical Allegory by Miriam Robern
I Felt You Through The Pain Vine — Psychosexual Bodyhorror by S L Koch
Denny Donahue's Ghost — Modern Ghost Story by Tod Davies

230 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2023

About the author

Tod Foley is a writer, editor, game designer & interactive artist, curator of the UbiquiCity project and other literary series as the founder of As If Books.

He's also the author of numerous roleplaying games including CORE (2019), Other Borders (2016), DayTrippers (2015), Watch the World Die (2014), and CyberSpace (1989). He produced the award-winning online "World of South Park" for Comedy Central, designed the award-winning "Ocean Explorer" for Times-Mirror Magazines, authored and produced the theatrical LARP "Ghosts In the Machine" (CyberArts International, 1992), and edited a tiny but nationally-distributed magazine called PIX-elation (1993-1996).

All these years and he still doesn't have a job. You can contact Tod online at TodFoley.com.

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