Pro-literacy fundraiser sf/f anthology: LAST DRINK BIRD HEAD

Jeff VanderMeer sez,

What Is Last Drink Bird Head? That's the catalyst editors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer provided to over 80 writers in creating this unique anthology, with all proceeds going to ProLiteracy.org. All each writer got was an email with "Last Drink Bird Head" in the subject line and the directions "Who or what is Last Drink Bird Head? Under 500 words." Like any surrealist writing game, it either sparked a response or it didn't.

The result? Last Drink Bird Head is a blues musician, a performance artist, a type of alcohol, a town in Texas, and even a song sung by girl scouts in Antarctica. Contributors include Peter Straub, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Brian Evenson, Henry Kaiser, Gene Wolfe, Hal Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Rikki Ducornet, Holly Phillips, Stephen R. Donaldson, K.J. Bishop, Michael Swanwick, Ellen Kushner, Daniel Abraham, Jay Lake, Liz Williams, Tanith Lee, Sarah Monette, Conrad Williams, and Marly Youmans.

Famed designer John Coulthart did the interior, which features bobbing bird heads in the corners of the pages, so that the antho is also a flipbook.

LAST DRINK BIRD HEAD FOR CHARITY: Party, Pre-Orders, Awards, and More (Thanks, Jeff!)

• [Day Vexx]

  Check your headline again.

• [Fred H]

  He’s that bird with the hat and glass body filled with red fluid; who has a drinking problem. Duh.

• [Robert]

  I particularly can’t stop looking at the fishbowl/urinal.

• [awwhoneybear]

  this is really cool! when i first read it, i read “last bird drink head” and it made a lot of sense to me, lol. but that’s a cool idea!