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| You don’t need to flirt with the waitress because she is the actress you slept with two years ago. In a town made up of transplants and implants, where devils never sleep and a drug score is like a trip to the ATM, one would assume that everyone has as story to tell. Well, within that thick layer of guilt that LA holds above her – call it smog, call it sin – something ain’t right and good or bad, real or fad, you’ll read about the rotting souls that live among the streets that are paved with gold. Truth and fiction become a blur in this collection of 32 Los Angeles based authors – including an early 80s commentary by the late Charles Bukowski. All of these authors have placed their own spin onto the culture that is so uniquely LA. From sinfully delicious tales of murder to porn and drugs to love, you'll read everything you ever thought you never wanted to know about this town. Put your plastic surgeon on hold, fire up the Range Rover and become a part of this capitalist, commercial, celebrity obsessed, self-indulgent community that we all call home. Compiled & Edited by Ron Sievers |
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 We have compiled, edited and laid out this collection of short stories from Los Angeles based authors including a letter from Charles Bukowski. It is entitled Sleeping with Snakes: Notes from the Los Angeles Underbelly. The book follows in the vein of Bukowski, Fante, Hammett, Capote, et al.Sleeping with Snakes is our “brand” [ www.sleepingwithsnakes.com ]. We want this future series to be as recognizable as The Best American Series, For Dummies… or Images of America. The goal is to capitalize on the uniqueness of major cities around the globe and collect a moment in time with its citizens, writers and their stories. Imagine Sleeping with Snakes: Notes from the Bangkok Underbelly… New York City, New Orleans, Seattle, Chicago and more! We have additional collection ideas and unique marketing plans set to pace with the books release, much of which can be explained should you want to consider further discussions. Other similar short story collections that are popular today that would be our same target market are Lying, Cheating & Stealing and Drinking, Smoking & Screwing – both edited by Sara Nickles as well as The Best American Nonrequired Reading collections, edited by Dave Eggers. There were many reasons to create this compilation... The short attention span of people today is ideally suited to the short story format. There is a fascination with Hollywood and Los Angeles and what types of people live there along with the stories they tell. And of course, when we tried looking for collections based on city specific authors, we came up empty handed. This series will fill that void. We envision our collection to meet the same demographics as the above-mentioned books. They are similar in style and would resonate with the inner community as well as interested parties outside of the local area. The audience for this book is going to be larger urban markets, where sex, drugs and crime are a way of life – This is that book. Sleeping with Snakes: Notes from the Los Angeles Underbelly. The cover art is set to be illustrated by Marcellus Hall [ www.marcellushall.com ] an established illustrator from NYC with pieces printed in the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, GQ, SPIN and many more. The book comes in at 267 pages and is 8.5”x5” – a standard size, paperback. |
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