Kickstarter for "Death's Garden Revisited"

           

     Way back in 2003 I had my 5th piece of writing published, in a magazine called "Morbid Curiosity."  To use one of its official descriptions, this periodical consisted of, "Confessional first-person essays about the unsavory, unwise, unorthodox, and unusual:  All the dark elements that make life truly worth living."  (My article was about my experiences with heat exhaustion, Lyme Disease, and being bit by a rabid fox.)  Then, in 2004 and 2005 I was fortunate enough to be a part of two more editions of Morbid Curiosity, with an article about  what it's like to exhume graves, and then an account of my childhood fever hallucinations.  Well, a couple of months ago I heard exciting news from the owner/editor of Morbid Curiosity, Loren Rhoads.  In 1995 she had edited a book called "Death's Garden:  Relationships with Cemeteries," which was a well regarded book about people's experiences with the places we bury our dead, coming at it from various perspectives, such as historical, anthropological, sociological, etc., etc., and including people who just like them because they're cool.  And now she's putting out a new edition, with many new and diverse articles about all aspects of graveyards.  Loren was interested in reprinting my nonfiction story about exhuming, and of course I was more than willing to participate.

     But first things first.  As you can see from the title of this post, this book is starting with a Kickstarter campaign.  I invite everyone to go over and check it out, for much more detail on all the book will entail.  The cover is clearly featured above, and here's the address for the Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lorenrhoads/deaths-garden-revisited-relationships-with-cemeteries 

     Plus I'll provide a contributor list below.  These can be divided into three main categories, although obviously there is significant overlap.

Horror Authors:

A.M. Muffaz           Angela Yuriko Smith         Christine Sutton         Denise N. Tapscott

E.M. Markoff          Emerian Rich                    Francesca Maria         Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito

Greg Roensch         Mary Rajotte                     Melodie Bolt              Priscilla Bettis

Rena Mason           Robert Holt                       R.L. Merrill                Saraliza Anzaldua

Trish Wilson           Stephen Mark Rainey

Cemetery Writers/Genealogists/Historians:

Anne Born             Barbara Baird                    Carrie Sessarego        Carole Tyrrell

Erika Mailman       J'aime Rubio                     Jo Nell Huff                Joane M. Austin

Sharon Pajka          Trilby Plants                     Rachelle Meilleur

Morbid Curiosity Contributors:

Brian Thomas        Benjamin Scuglia              Chris LaMay-West     George Neville-Neil

M. Parfitt               Paul Stansfield                   Rain Graves    

     I believe the book will be published in October, or perfect for the Halloween season.  Obviously I'll post updates along the way leading up to this time.  Oh, and just for regular readers info, this post is a bit earlier in the week than usual, but the next post will return to being on Saturday (March 26th).