The Futility Experts
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And finally, big thanks to my family and friends for celebrating and commiserating with this lucky writer.
Two books, in particular, helped me write about foreign territory: Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War by Dakota Meyer and Bing West and Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature by Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark
Most of Davis’s cryptid trophy collection can and should be seen in person at the wonderful International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Margaret Broucek is a filmmaker and playwright whose works have appeared Off-Broadway and in festivals in the U.S. and Europe. She has had short stories published in the anthologies Sudden Fiction, Continued (W.W. Norton) and Best of TriQuarterly, and also in Alaska Quarterly Review. She holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
THE NICHOLAS SCHAFFNER AWARD FOR MUSIC IN LITERATURE celebrates the life of the publisher’s brother, Nicholas: poet, musician, esteemed music critic, and author of several books, including THE BEATLES FOREVER, THE BRITISH INVASION, and SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS: The Pink Floyd Odyssey. Nicholas, who devoted his life to music and literature about music, died in 1991 at the age of thirty-eight. This award has been created to celebrate his legacy and to encourage emerging writers whose lives and writing have been profoundly influenced by music.
For submission guidelines, please visit www.schaffnerpress.com