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DOUBLE DARE
Inspired by the classic Ace Double paperbacks, David Bain, author of the Will Castleton series (DEATH SIGHT, THE CASTLETON FILES) and GRAY LAKE: A NOVEL OF CRIME AND SUPERNATURAL HORROR and Wayne Allen Sallee, author of THE HOLY TERROR, bring you DOUBLE DARE: two authors, one book.
DOUBLE DARE features work from each author in several genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plus a bonus interview section. The print version includes the complete text of Bain & Sallee's TWO KILLERS, otherwise only available as a separate ebook.
DOUBLE DARE includes:
THE SCARLET SPONGE - Wayne Allen Sallee's harrowing 10,000-word memoir of his 37 visible scars as well as those unseen from living with cerebral palsy and being the victim of a hit-and-run car accident.
THE BETTER MAN - David Bain and his wife have a tense encounter with an unstable visitor in a hospital.
ALAN STAGG'S LAST MINUTE by Wayne Allen Sallee - An early visit to Clarke's Diner in Chicago proves fatal to a writer at the Fullerton elevated platform.
BLACK CAB by David Bain - The barflies were sure the strange cabs supposedly kidnapping the citizens off the Chicago streets were just an urban legend - until the day Bennie hailed one.
Also featured are poems by both authors and an extensive interview section where Bain and Sallee discuss their influences, their writing techniques, and the changes they've seen in publishing over the years.
DOUBLE DARE - Table of Contents
Nonfiction
The Scarlet Sponge - Wayne Allen Sallee
The Better Man - David Bain
Poems
I Can’t Come Clean - Wayne Allen Sallee
After You Die #9: Carnival - David Bain
The Bighead - Wayne Allen Sallee
After You Die #12: Dark City - David Bain
Fiction
Alan Stagg’s Last Minute - Wayne Allen Sallee
Black Cab - David Bain
Interviews
David Bain Interviews Wayne Allen Sallee for Doorways Magazine (Dec. 2007)
Late Nights with Wayne Allen Sallee & David Bain (Jan.-Feb. 2012)
David Bain is the author ofDEATH SIGHT, a Will Castleton paranormal investigator novel, and GRAY LAKE: A NOVEL OF CRIME AND SUPERNATURAL TERROR and several short story collections. He teaches writing at a community college in Indiana.
Wayne Allen Sallee is an artist and writer. His most recent collection is Fiends By Torchlight, which was published by Annihilation Press in 2007, and one of the original stories, “High Moon,” will be reprinted in Best Horror of The 21st Century: The First Decade (Wicker Park Press). His Stoker Finalist novella "Lover Doll" was reprinted in Necro Files: Two Decades of Extreme Horror (Comet Press). “Rail Rider” appeared in J. N. Williamson’s The Illustrated Masques (Gauntlet Press), and his novel, The Holy Terror, and a collection from 1995, With Wounds Still Wet, are available on Kindle (CrossRoads Press). His meta memoir, Proactive Contrition, and Can I End Now? are both exclusive works published in Germany by Blitz Verlag and Voodoo Press.
DOUBLE DARE features work from each author in several genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plus a bonus interview section. The print version includes the complete text of Bain & Sallee's TWO KILLERS, otherwise only available as a separate ebook.
DOUBLE DARE includes:
THE SCARLET SPONGE - Wayne Allen Sallee's harrowing 10,000-word memoir of his 37 visible scars as well as those unseen from living with cerebral palsy and being the victim of a hit-and-run car accident.
THE BETTER MAN - David Bain and his wife have a tense encounter with an unstable visitor in a hospital.
ALAN STAGG'S LAST MINUTE by Wayne Allen Sallee - An early visit to Clarke's Diner in Chicago proves fatal to a writer at the Fullerton elevated platform.
BLACK CAB by David Bain - The barflies were sure the strange cabs supposedly kidnapping the citizens off the Chicago streets were just an urban legend - until the day Bennie hailed one.
Also featured are poems by both authors and an extensive interview section where Bain and Sallee discuss their influences, their writing techniques, and the changes they've seen in publishing over the years.
DOUBLE DARE - Table of Contents
Nonfiction
The Scarlet Sponge - Wayne Allen Sallee
The Better Man - David Bain
Poems
I Can’t Come Clean - Wayne Allen Sallee
After You Die #9: Carnival - David Bain
The Bighead - Wayne Allen Sallee
After You Die #12: Dark City - David Bain
Fiction
Alan Stagg’s Last Minute - Wayne Allen Sallee
Black Cab - David Bain
Interviews
David Bain Interviews Wayne Allen Sallee for Doorways Magazine (Dec. 2007)
Late Nights with Wayne Allen Sallee & David Bain (Jan.-Feb. 2012)
David Bain is the author ofDEATH SIGHT, a Will Castleton paranormal investigator novel, and GRAY LAKE: A NOVEL OF CRIME AND SUPERNATURAL TERROR and several short story collections. He teaches writing at a community college in Indiana.
Wayne Allen Sallee is an artist and writer. His most recent collection is Fiends By Torchlight, which was published by Annihilation Press in 2007, and one of the original stories, “High Moon,” will be reprinted in Best Horror of The 21st Century: The First Decade (Wicker Park Press). His Stoker Finalist novella "Lover Doll" was reprinted in Necro Files: Two Decades of Extreme Horror (Comet Press). “Rail Rider” appeared in J. N. Williamson’s The Illustrated Masques (Gauntlet Press), and his novel, The Holy Terror, and a collection from 1995, With Wounds Still Wet, are available on Kindle (CrossRoads Press). His meta memoir, Proactive Contrition, and Can I End Now? are both exclusive works published in Germany by Blitz Verlag and Voodoo Press.
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First published March 4, 2012
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July 15, 2012
It was Fall 1993 and I had ordered 2 sample copies of a now-defunct horror magazine called GRUE. The table of contents favored one particular name, Wayne Allen Sallee, with 7 pieces, 1 short story and 6 poems. That short story, “The American Dream Meets the Couch Potato” changed the way I looked at short fiction. Hell, it changed the way I thought.
Ten years later I would work with another young writer on an anthology I was editing. I would need one more spot to fill and I would put out the call to three names I had recently become acquainted with. Of those three, this particular writer, David Bain, would win that last spot and a decade-long friendship would be born.
Imagine my surprise, my awe, and my complete envy when I saw these two writers I admired with such a deep and lasting respect would be publishing a collection together. And then when I read it, well, again, it changed the way I looked at things, in this case collaborations.
The Bain/Sallee collection DOUBLE DARE isn’t your typical book, or ebook. This thing has it all, autobiography, short fiction, poetry and interviews. And I dug it all. The fiction is short and powerful, both stories (Sallee’s “Alan Stagg’s Last Minute” and Bain’s “Black Cab”) packing quite a punch and then scramming before getting bogged down in needless exposition. I love stories like that, that come in, do their damage, and leave the reader reeling.
The autobiographical pieces were both fascinating to me, with Bain’s piece, “The Better Man” hitting me where it counts on a deeply emotional level. And the interviews…this was like my porn, two writers chatting with each other about writing. I mean, what’s better than that? They were very relatable and relaxed, like being a fly on the wall and just watching these two old friends pal around for a night of music, beer and books. I loved it.
DOUBLE DARE certainly lives up to its name, breaking the rules of what a collaborative collection is supposed to be, and the authors pull off the challenge with flying colors, providing a few hours of excellent reading while giving the reader a very personal glimpse into their lives, their methods and what makes them tick. If I weren’t already a fan of both these men, DOUBLE DARE would have convinced me. As it is, it just further reiterates to me why I love reading their work.
Ten years later I would work with another young writer on an anthology I was editing. I would need one more spot to fill and I would put out the call to three names I had recently become acquainted with. Of those three, this particular writer, David Bain, would win that last spot and a decade-long friendship would be born.
Imagine my surprise, my awe, and my complete envy when I saw these two writers I admired with such a deep and lasting respect would be publishing a collection together. And then when I read it, well, again, it changed the way I looked at things, in this case collaborations.
The Bain/Sallee collection DOUBLE DARE isn’t your typical book, or ebook. This thing has it all, autobiography, short fiction, poetry and interviews. And I dug it all. The fiction is short and powerful, both stories (Sallee’s “Alan Stagg’s Last Minute” and Bain’s “Black Cab”) packing quite a punch and then scramming before getting bogged down in needless exposition. I love stories like that, that come in, do their damage, and leave the reader reeling.
The autobiographical pieces were both fascinating to me, with Bain’s piece, “The Better Man” hitting me where it counts on a deeply emotional level. And the interviews…this was like my porn, two writers chatting with each other about writing. I mean, what’s better than that? They were very relatable and relaxed, like being a fly on the wall and just watching these two old friends pal around for a night of music, beer and books. I loved it.
DOUBLE DARE certainly lives up to its name, breaking the rules of what a collaborative collection is supposed to be, and the authors pull off the challenge with flying colors, providing a few hours of excellent reading while giving the reader a very personal glimpse into their lives, their methods and what makes them tick. If I weren’t already a fan of both these men, DOUBLE DARE would have convinced me. As it is, it just further reiterates to me why I love reading their work.
July 5, 2012
An impressive collection of work from two pros, Wayne Allen Sallee and David Bain. This is a very interesting collection because it contains nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and interviews in the same work. We begin with Wayne Allen Sallee's memoir, "The Scarlet Sponge," which is the most intense and memorable work of nonfiction autobiography I've ever read. I read this as a photocopy of the original release, and so was thrilled to see it reprinted in ebook format. And, it has been updated.
What follows is a nonfiction piece by David Bain, then poems from both writers, followed by short stories. I've been a fan of Sallee's poetry for a long time, and was happy to find that Bain's poetry held up well alongside Sallee's work. Sallee then has a story, "Alan Stagg's Last Minute," which I believe I've read at some point in time. Very interesting tale. I also very much enjoyed Bain's short story, "Black Cab." This was a hugely imaginative tale.
Finally, we have a running interview between Bain and Sallee where they talk back and forth about writing and other issues. This may have been my favorite part of the work.
All in all, a very fine set of works that I highly recommend.
What follows is a nonfiction piece by David Bain, then poems from both writers, followed by short stories. I've been a fan of Sallee's poetry for a long time, and was happy to find that Bain's poetry held up well alongside Sallee's work. Sallee then has a story, "Alan Stagg's Last Minute," which I believe I've read at some point in time. Very interesting tale. I also very much enjoyed Bain's short story, "Black Cab." This was a hugely imaginative tale.
Finally, we have a running interview between Bain and Sallee where they talk back and forth about writing and other issues. This may have been my favorite part of the work.
All in all, a very fine set of works that I highly recommend.
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