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Posted in the Alamat mailing list:

"i got this idea that some of you might find interesting"-- ADAM

i got this idea to put out a series of 'zine anthologies of stories (comic book and prose) on various topics, the first of which'll be two female names: APRIL AND MAY.

a collection of stories connected only by the subjects (April and May). and the contributors can do ANYTHING with the subjects!! they can do them as lovers, or as sisters, or as mother and daughter, or as complete strangers, or as best of friends, or as transsexuals, whatever. you can do ANYTHING with the two. put them in any setting: in the moon, in the bathroom, in a girl scout jamboree, in a wrestling match, in a bar, wherever.

now, the thing will come out as a 'zine, which means the book'll be a bunch of short bond paper folded into two, stapled at the
middle. why? as it's easier and cheaper if we do it this way.

and hey, i'm volunteering on doing the dirty job for you (the editing, the cutting and pasting, the photocopying...). all you have to do is do the story you have in mind, and then give five pesos minimum as contribution for the photocopying services.

no page count limit. if you can do it in four pages, then do it in four pages. if you can do it in twenty pages, then do it in twenty pages. remember, though, that the bookpages'll be half of a short bond paper in size (horizontal landscape position).

no limit on the number of contributors, too. if there are only three contributors, okey lang. if twenty, okey din 'yun!! 'yung quality control, kayo na bahala. tapos, siyempre, i-e-edit pa 'yun...

i don't think we'll be getting much money out of the 'zine, but i don't think that's the point of the bloody thing. but well, it's one foot out of the grave, if you catch my drift.

tell your friends, tell your parents, tell people who you think might be interested on contributing!! forward this eMail to your writer-type of friends, to your fine artist friends, to anyone who has a story in mind. as long as it's about APRIL AND MAY.

if interested, eMail me at adamjulian@edsamail.com.ph or at saf_n_sid@edsamail.com.ph. thanks.


- adam

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