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| image = The Boulevard Volume One.jpg | |image = The Boulevard Volume One.jpg | ||
| editor = [[Stuart Douglas]] | |editor = [[Stuart Douglas]] | ||
| cover = [[Lawrence Burton]] | |cover = [[Lawrence Burton]] | ||
| publisher = Obverse Books | |publisher = Obverse Books | ||
| release date = [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | |release date = [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | ||
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| series = ''[[Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)|Worlds of the Spiral Politic]]'' | |series = ''[[Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)|Worlds of the Spiral Politic]]'' | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first anthology in the ''[[Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)|Worlds of the Spiral Politic]]'' series. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first anthology in the ''[[Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)|Worlds of the Spiral Politic]]'' series. | ||
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|''A Reasonable Man'' | |''[[A Reasonable Man (short story)|A Reasonable Man]]'' | ||
|[[Gareth Madgwick]] | |[[Gareth Madgwick]] | ||
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|''Body and Soul'' | |''[[Body and Soul (short story)|Body and Soul]]'' | ||
|[[Paul Hiscock]] | |[[Paul Hiscock]] | ||
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|''The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Aging'' | |''[[The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Aging (short story)|The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Aging]]'' | ||
|[[Tim Gambrell (writer)|Tim Gambrell]] | |[[Tim Gambrell (writer)|Tim Gambrell]] | ||
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|''Marticide'' | |''[[Marticide (short story)|Marticide]]'' | ||
|[[Robert Shepherd]] | |[[Robert Shepherd]] | ||
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|''The Sisters Of The Little Moments'' | |''[[The Sisters Of The Little Moments (short story)|The Sisters Of The Little Moments]]'' | ||
|[[Kelly Hale]] | |[[Kelly Hale]] | ||
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|''You Are The Absurd Hero'' | |''[[You Are The Absurd Hero (short story)|You Are The Absurd Hero]]'' | ||
|Kevin Burnard | |Kevin Burnard | ||
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|''The Oracle'' | |''[[The Oracle (short story)|The Oracle]]'' | ||
|[[Philip Marsh]] | |[[Philip Marsh]] | ||
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|''The Fixer'' | |''[[The Fixer (short story)|The Fixer]]'' | ||
|[[James K. Maddox]] | |[[James K. Maddox]] | ||
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|''This Is What They Took From You'' | |''[[This Is What They Took From You (short story)|This Is What They Took From You]]'' | ||
|[[Phil Shaw]] | |[[Phil Shaw]] | ||
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|''The Crikeytown Cancellations'' | |''[[The Crikeytown Cancellations (short story)|The Crikeytown Cancellations]]'' | ||
|[[Charles Murphy]] | |[[Charles Murphy]] | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* After a 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 | * After a 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> | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 01:00, 2 June 2022
The Boulevard: Volume One was the first anthology in the 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 | Featuring | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Reasonable Man | Gareth Madgwick | 1 June 2022 | |
| 2 | Body and Soul | Paul Hiscock | ||
| 3 | The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Aging | Tim Gambrell | ||
| 4 | Marticide | Robert Shepherd | ||
| 5 | The Sisters Of The Little Moments | Kelly Hale | ||
| 6 | You Are The Absurd Hero | Kevin Burnard | ||
| 7 | The Oracle | Philip Marsh | ||
| 8 | The Fixer | James K. Maddox | ||
| 9 | This Is What They Took From You | Phil Shaw | ||
| 10 | The Crikeytown Cancellations | Charles Murphy |
Notes
- After a public call for pitches set in or around the Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities[1] resulted in almost 100 submissions,[2]
External links
- Official The Boulevard: Volume One page at Obverse Books
Footnotes
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