This eighth volume of the annual Spoon Knife neuroqueer lit anthology features two dozen strange tales in which things are never quite what they seem — tales of smoke and mirrors, both literal and metaphorical — from 24 authors: J S Allen, Charles R Bernard, Chris Campeau, Samantha Carr, C B Droege, James Fritz, Orrin Grey, Amanda Hard, Brian Jenkins, Eben Lou, R J Lynch, Mark Mc Elroy, Donna J W Munro, Scott Nicolay, Mark A Nobles, Noley Reid, J L Royce, Guy Russell, Dani Alexis Ryskamp, Heather Truett, Alice G Waldert, Nick Walker, George Wehrfritz, Cirrus Wood
About the author
phil smith is a recovering disabled and mad perfesser. his writing–academic and creative–has been published widely, since 1977. he’s had many dozens of pieces published in a buncha different journals and books, presented internationally, and has books of poetry, plays, and visual art under his belt. his book, writhing writing: moving towards a mad poetics, won the 2020 American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award. his most recent book, Tinfoil Hats: Stories by mad people in an insane world, was published in 2023 by Autonomous Press. phil lives in a tiny cabin on the side of a mountain at 1800 feet, fussing and ranting with his tree and animal neighbors