Shunn Chapbook Seen in Wild

BETTENDORF, Iowa - John Klima, publisher of the World Fantasy Award nominated Electric Velocipede, reports that his publishing company's second chapbook -- William Shunn's An Alternate History of the 21st Century, with an introduction by Cory Doctorow and illustrations from Mattias Adolfsson -- has been seen in the wild.

'Approach with caution,' said Klima. 'There's some wild stuff inside those covers.' Klima could be referring to one of the four previously published stories: "From Our Point of View We Had Moved to the Left," "Kevin - 17," "Observations from the City of Angels," or "Strong Medicine," but it's more likely that he means one of the two new stories in the chapbook: "Objective Impermeability in a Closed System" or "Not of This Fold."

'This is some of the best stuff we've published,' continued Klima. 'I'm not surprised that it got free. It's very powerful. I can only hope to guide it, not contain it.' The chapbook is available now directly from Klima for $5 (slightly higher outside the US) at his website and soon to be at finer bookstores everywhere.

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