RADIOACTIVE DREAMS, HALLUCINATED MEMORIES, LOVE SONGS TO THE SWAMP

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The kaiju that stalk our imaginations and flatten our cities are deep reservoirs of meaning. Wonder, dread, the sublime – the giant reptilian feet slamming through concrete, the radioactive fire melting steel, humanity’s doom made vicious, eldritch flesh.​Collecting poems and short stories about giant monsters from Godzilla to Gorgo and everywhere in between, Devastation Songs is an essential companion to your monster movie of choice.

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Edited by Alex Adams and Aaron Kent. Published by Broken Sleep Books in October 2024. Devastation Songs features my poem "Egg (Imaginal Discs)".

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Available now (£9.99): https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/ed-alex-adams-aaron-kent-devastation-songs-an-anthology-of-kaiju-writing

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PRAISE FOR DEVASTATION SONGS

 

“Within these pages is something for anyone who’s ever felt a kinship with a great beast.”

Cressa Maeve Áine, animator of Coming Out

 

“a revelation and a joy.”

William M. Tsutsui, author of Godzilla on My Mind

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“With creativity and verve its authors probe what Kaiju portend and gift. A riveting read.” Jeffrey J. Cohen, editor of Monster Theory