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|''[[Opioid Painkiller of the People (short story)|Opioid Painkiller of the People]]''
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|[[Athenadora Cat]]
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|''[[A Consignment (short story)|A Consignment]]''
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|''[[Please Exit in a Calm and Orderly Fashion (short story)|Please Exit in a Calm and Orderly Fashion]]''
|''[[Please Exit in a Calm and Orderly Fashion (short story)|Please Exit in a Calm and Orderly Fashion]]''
|[[Ben Kasson]]
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|''[[Stories of the Space Psychopaths (short story)|Stories of the Space Psychopaths]]''
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|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]]
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|''[[Literary Figure (short story)|Literary Figure]]''
|''[[Literary Figure (short story)|Literary Figure]]''
|[[JA Prentice]]
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|''[[Love Is an Accuracy Algorithm (short story)|Love Is an Accuracy Algorithm]]''
|''[[Love Is an Accuracy Algorithm (short story)|Love Is an Accuracy Algorithm]]''
|[[Julio Angel Ortiz]] and [[Vince Stadon]]
|[[Julio Angel Ortiz]] and [[Vince Stadon]]
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|''[[Igor (short story)|Igor]]''
|''[[Igor (short story)|Igor]]''
|[[George Wells (writer)|George Wells]]
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|''[[Blood Feud (short story)|Blood Feud]]''
|''[[Blood Feud (short story)|Blood Feud]]''
|[[Leo Healy]]
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|''[[A Bright Future (short story)|A Bright Future]]''
|''[[A Bright Future (short story)|A Bright Future]]''
|[[Juliet Kemp]]
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|''[[The Complete History of Faction Paradox, Vol 1 (short story)|The Complete History of Faction Paradox, Vol 1]]''
|''[[The Complete History of Faction Paradox, Vol 1 (short story)|The Complete History of Faction Paradox, Vol 1]]''
|[[Aaron George]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The music from the story ''[[Igor (short story)|Igor]]'' was recorded by [[Rae Evans]] and the [[Dunelm Symphony Orchestra]] and released on Soundcloud on [[1 July (production)|1 July]] [[2020 (production)|2020]].<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/user-541319507/lost-voices-movement-2-igor Lost Voices Movement 2: IGOR]</ref>
* The music from the story ''[[Igor (short story)|Igor]]'' was recorded by [[Rae Evans]] and the [[Dunelm Symphony Orchestra]] and released on Soundcloud by [[George Wells (writer)|George Wells]] on [[1 July (production)|1 July]] [[2020 (production)|2020]].<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/user-541319507/lost-voices-movement-2-igor Lost Voices Movement 2: IGOR]</ref>
* After a [[2021 (production)|2021]] public call for pitches set in or around the [[Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities]]<ref>[https://obversebooks.co.uk/theboulevard/ Invitation to Pitch - Faction Paradox]</ref> resulted in almost 100 submissions,<ref>[https://twitter.com/obversebooks/status/1381220681770237952 Obverse Books on Twitter]</ref> [[Obverse Books]] announced two anthologies of short stories in that setting.<ref name="FB">[https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10158412988903752 Obverse Books on Facebook]</ref> <!-- Of the list of writers who weren't featured in ''The Boulevard'' volumes one or two, announced writers included [[Dave Hoskin]], [[Kara Dennison]], [[Jay Eales]], [[Courtney Milnestein]], [[Aristide Twain]], Thom Hutchinson, Aaron George, and Ben Casson. -->
* After a [[2021 (production)|2021]] public call for pitches set in or around the [[Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities]]<ref>[https://obversebooks.co.uk/theboulevard/ Invitation to Pitch - Faction Paradox]</ref> resulted in almost 100 submissions,<ref>[https://twitter.com/obversebooks/status/1381220681770237952 Obverse Books on Twitter]</ref> [[Obverse Books]] announced two anthologies of short stories in that setting.<ref name="FB">[https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10158412988903752 Obverse Books on Facebook]</ref> <!-- Of the list of writers who weren't featured in ''The Boulevard'' volumes one or two, announced writers included [[Dave Hoskin]], [[Kara Dennison]], [[Jay Eales]], [[Courtney Milnestein]], [[Aristide Twain]], Thom Hutchinson, Aaron George, and Ben Casson. -->
* In [[September (production)|September]] [[2022 (production)|2022]], Obverse Books announced that ''The Boulevard: Volume Two'' would be edited by [[Simon Bucher-Jones]].<ref>[https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-boulevard.306520/post-13607209 Stuart Douglas: "Volume two is now in the capable editorial hands of Simon Bucher-Jones".]</ref> However, in the [[1 December (production)|1 December]] [[2023 (production)|2023]] preorder announcement and cover reveal, Volume Two was edited by [[Stuart Douglas]], just as Volume One had been.
* In [[September (production)|September]] [[2022 (production)|2022]], Obverse Books announced that ''The Boulevard: Volume Two'' would be edited by [[Simon Bucher-Jones]].<ref>[https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-boulevard.306520/post-13607209 Stuart Douglas: "Volume two is now in the capable editorial hands of Simon Bucher-Jones".]</ref> However, in the [[1 December (production)|1 December]] [[2023 (production)|2023]] preorder announcement and cover reveal, Volume Two was edited by [[Stuart Douglas]], just as Volume One had been.

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The Boulevard: Volume Two was the second anthology in the Faction Paradox: Worlds of the Spiral Politic series.

Publisher's summary

The Boulevard (Faction Paradox: Location Unknown)

More formally, The Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities, the Boulevard is a Faction Paradox prison.

Physically, the Boulevard is, as the name suggests, a single broad street, stretching for an unknown distance in both directions, and lined on one side with a dense forest of oak trees.

Facing this forest is the prison itself, which is comprised of buildings lifted from throughout history at the moment of their destruction. This lifting extends to the street immediately outside each building, giving the Boulevard a patchwork appearance, and leading one time travelling visitor to describe the Boulevard as a 'funky Frankenstein's Monster of a place'.

Behind each doorway on the Boulevard there is a cell, containing a single prisoner. Each cell can extend to encompass anything from the traditional square concrete enclosure with barred windows, to an entire planet. It is believed that the Boulevard is controlled by an appointed Godfather and a cadre of Cousins, assisted by guards taken from certain of the more aggressive Lesser Species.

Although there has never been any formal proclamation regarding the purpose of the Boulevard, it is believed that the environment of each cell is tailored to the punishment – or, possibly but implausibly, the rehabilitation – of the individual imprisoned.

[from Apocrypha to The Book of the War]

Stories

# Title Author
1 Opioid Painkiller of the People Athenadora Cat
2 A Consignment Alan Taylor
3 Please Exit in a Calm and Orderly Fashion Ben Kasson
4 Stories of the Space Psychopaths Simon Bucher-Jones
5 Literary Figure JA Prentice
6 Love Is an Accuracy Algorithm Julio Angel Ortiz and Vince Stadon
7 Igor George Wells
8 Blood Feud Leo Healy
9 A Bright Future Juliet Kemp
10 The Complete History of Faction Paradox, Vol 1 Aaron George

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