Awkward Two

by Jeffrey Dinsmore, Clay McLeod Chapman (Editor), Kyle Jarrow (Editor)

The villains at Awkward Press are at it again with Awkward Two, a collection of tales so fiendishly inventive they can barely be contained by the rigid boundaries of their wood-pulp prison. The experience begins with the glorious front cover, a charming take on the theme of "Brevity" that has been lovingly hand-penciled by illustrious illustrator Baarbarian. Peel back the cover and find yourself transported to an unexpected world in which pirates hold court over human resources departments, house painters become religious leaders, and ants show up in the most unlikely of places.

Awkward Two features thirty-three original short works by twenty-five of the modern world's finest scribes in a package that is at once sophisticated and refreshingly humble. Designed by lauded New York graphics-artistry firm Rumors, Awkward Two is brimming with stories guaranteed to shock and amaze. Step inside its welcoming pages and immerse yourself in cracking-good tales of:

time-traveling hedonists! sadistic lawyers! tiny celebrities! board-game characters come to life! close encounters of the preteen kind! heartbreaking machines! gallivanting playwrights!
. . . and twenty-six other devilishly imaginative scenarios that must be read to be believed! A modest fee shall secure your passage aboard this chariot of delights. Next stop: adventure!

Featuring stories by:

Heather Clitheroe
Matthew David Brozik
Clay McLeod Chapman
Nadja Stokes
Joshua Citrak
Ben Langhinrichs
Shari D. Frost
Paul Kavanagh
Jennifer Gravley
Jeffrey Dinsmore
Wayne Scheer
Kyle Jarrow
Michael Cipra
Lynnette D'Amico
Robert Cole
Joanna Whitmarsh
Ben Bush
Greg Pierce
John Harrower
James Veitch
Bruce Harris
G.K. Wuori
Rachel Lieberman
Vinnie Penn
Joseph Carfagno

104 pages, Paperback

First published July 23, 2010

About the author

Jeffrey Dinsmore is a boring snob who writes stupid stories and looks like a real jerk all the time. His glasses make him look like a jerk and he is a pointy jerk. He eats like a million donuts for breakfast and every time he opens his mouth he says something stupid about how stupid his face is. When asked in an interview what he would most like to be doing he said, "pooping all over myself," because he is such a jerk and that's probably what he likes to do all the time.

Love,
an 8-year old girl who hates that rat Jeffrey Dinsmore

Reviews

[Mike Cipra]

Funny, strange, inventive, creepy, frightening, charming, cool... these are all notes hit by the diverse authors in this collection put together by all-star editor Jeffrey Dinsmore. Guy's got an eye for the absurd, and for the talented. Give this one a look.