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One of Stephen T. Vessels' best stories, "The Artist and the Octopus" was featured as the heart of the Santa Barbara Literary Journal's Volume 7-Oh Fortuna. Stephen, an extraordinary writer and human, left this realm on August 27, 2021. The story featured his own art, and it was in honor of this story that an octopus found its way to the cover of the volume. Published in 2021, the reading presented here was done by Jessica Aldridge. Buy the Book Here...

In September 2022, The Fifth Fedora, Weird Noir & Stranger Tales was published by Borda Books and WilderUtopia Books in honor of the late Stephen T. Vessels, literary fiction writer, poet, visual artist, and musicologist. This is Part One of an interview conducted with him by Jack Eidt of WilderUtopia. The interview took place at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in 2019. To be sure, Stephen's work operates on the razor's edge of surreality, with a sneaking dark side that you might...

Jack Eidt talks with Silver Webb on his surreal trip to the Underworld story "City of Illumination," published by Borda Books in Delirium Corridor, A Dark Anthology, curated by Max Talley. It includes fifteen tales of psychological suspense, altered states, noir crime, and the surreal. Featuring authors Zane Andrea, John Reed, Shelly Lowenkopf, Sacha Wamsteker, Jesse Krenzel, Genna Rivieccio, Jack Eidt, Trey Dowell, M.M. De Voe, Stephen Vessels, Fred Williams, Silver Webb & Max...

Jack Eidt from WilderUtopia.com had a chat with novelist Max Talley about the recent book he curated and contributed two stories to, called Delirium Corridor, A Dark Anthology, from Borda Books/Santa Barbara Literary Journal.