Read Concrete Underground (2010) Online
Authors: Moxie Mezcal
Concrete Underground (2010) (37 page)
9. Who built the labyrinth?
GUERRILLA FICTION MANIFESTO
1. Guerrilla fiction is defined by independent, artist-driven production and distribution of literary works.
2. Guerrilla fiction is based on the belief that the traditional model of book publishing only benefits one person - some guy in New York making money off other people's creativity - at the expense of both artist and audience.
3. Guerrilla fiction is possible because the tools for creating and sharing art are widely available to anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection.
4. Guerrilla fiction favors the electronic distribution of literature as an environmentally-responsible alternative to traditional publishers' slavish devotion to paper.
5. Guerrilla fiction favors cheap, zine-style photocopies over more wasteful formats favored by traditional publishers. Guerrilla fiction believes that neither the artist nor the audience is served well when works are released only as expensive hardcovers.
6. Guerrilla fiction favors the promotion of art through direct connection between the artist and audience - using web sites, social networks, community involvement, word of mouth, and face-to-face human interaction.
7. Guerrilla fiction makes the distribution of art an extension of the interpersonal relationship between the artist and the audience, rather than the commercial relationship between the publisher and the consumer.
8. Guerrilla fiction believes that getting art to the audience is more important than getting money to the artist.
9. Guerrilla fiction keeps all rights in the hands of the artist.
10. Guerrilla fiction does not need to be sanctioned or validated.
Table of Contents
1. They Watch You Fuck
2. Can't Be Held Responsible
3. This Machine Kills Yuppies
4. Strangers on a Bathroom Floor
5. Kind of a Douche, but Good for a Laugh
6. Labyrinthine
7. No One Wants to Toil in Obscurity
8. Everyone Needs a Good Scare, Now and Then
9. A Good Man
10. Cautionary Tale
11. She's Not Who I Thought She Was
12. She Begged Me To
13. Throw Up, Jerk Off, and Go Fetal
14. Esoteric Psychological Warfare
15. Blind Spots
16. Dirty Business
17. Invisible Ink
18. Full Contact
19. Disassembled
20. This Book Doesn't Make Any Sense
21. The Existential Hitman
22. What the Fuck Is Wrong with You?
23. Sunsets, Mirrors & Convenient Illusions
24. Didn't This Already Happen?
25. Whatever You Want Most
26. It Felt Good
27. Would It Have Made a Difference?
28. Dispenser
29. Ghosts
30. Payback Is a Bitch
31. Good
32. Just Another Game
33. No Matter How Desperately You Want It
34. The Same Stories, Over and Over
35. Just Like in the Movies
36. If I Had Been Paying Attention
37. Past the Point of Pretenses
38. Stop!
39. "Cured" Isn't an Accurate Term
40. What's So Funny?
41. All Your Dreams Ground to Dust
42. The Bad Guy
about the author
Nine clues to solve the mystery of CONCRETE UNDERGROUND
GUERRILLA FICTION MANIFESTO
Table of Contents
4. Strangers on a Bathroom Floor
5. Kind of a Douche, but Good for a Laugh
7. No One Wants to Toil in Obscurity
8. Everyone Needs a Good Scare, Now and Then
11. She's Not Who I Thought She Was
13. Throw Up, Jerk Off, and Go Fetal
14. Esoteric Psychological Warfare
20. This Book Doesn't Make Any Sense
22. What the Fuck Is Wrong with You?
23. Sunsets, Mirrors & Convenient Illusions
24. Didn't This Already Happen?
27. Would It Have Made a Difference?
33. No Matter How Desperately You Want It
34. The Same Stories, Over and Over
36. If I Had Been Paying Attention
37. Past the Point of Pretenses
39. "Cured" Isn't an Accurate Term
41. All Your Dreams Ground to Dust