The Storyteller Speaks: Rare & Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead
Editor: Gary McKinney & Robert G Weiner
Publication date : 2010
Kearney Street Books
A collection of fictions. Includes pieces by: Robert Hunter, Ed McClanahan, Philip Baruth, George Walker, Vincent Louis Carrella, Stephen Graham Jones, Mitch Myers, Rebecca Adams, Philip Heldrich, Scott MacFarlane, Ted Ringer, Nicholas Meriwether, Alex Kolker, Matthew C. Armstrong, Melinda Belleville, Eddie Cain, Clayton Chandler, Bob Franzosa, Tom Gonzales, Mary Goodenough, Heather Jackson, T.J. Weed, and Gary Shank. "It turns out that it wasn't only the musicians who were inspired by the phenomenon of the Grateful Dead. In this incredible pile of stories are flesh-eating zombie Jerrys, the brilliantly resurrected ghost of Neal Cassady, skeletons, drugs, life on tour, initiations, archetypal Grateful Dead folk tales, the supernatural, the science-fictional, time travel and magic, lots of magic. Not to be missed".
Dennis McNally
The contents are:
- Introduction & Acknowledgements - Robert G. Weiner
- Til The Morning Comes - Stephen Graham Jones
- American Zombie Beauty - Philip Baruth
- Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind - George Walker
- The Water Of Life: A Tale Of The Grateful Dead - Alan Trist
- 1996 - Matt Armstrong
- Digging Up The Dead - Heather Jackson
- Eugene '93 - Ted Ringer
- Metaphor 101 - Robert Hunter
- Back To The Fillmore - Mitch Myers
- Nekot And Nipchee Get Tour Hack - James D. Mccallister
- An Embroidered Tale - Bob Fanzosa
- Saint Stephen - Nicholas Meriwether
- Show Your Face - C. Clayton Chandler
- Fishman Says - Philip Heldrich
- The Pouring Rain - Scott Macfarlane
- And Now It Can Be Told: Lost Stories Of The Grateful Dead - Gary Shank
- Steal Your Face - T.J. Weede
- Grateful Dead I Have Known - Ed Mcclanahan
- The Undead - Vincent Louis Carella
- The College Graduate And The Old Hippie - Rebecca Adams
- Back-Up - Alex Kolker
- Ubiquitous - Tom Gonzales
- We Used To Play For Silver - Melinda Belleville
- Notes From The Shanty - Mary Goodenough
- Biscuit & The Beer Vendor - Gary Mckinnery
- Farewell, My Sunshine - Eddie Cain
- Annotated Guide To Grateful Dead Fiction And Prose - Robert G. Weiner
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