What People Say
“I was actually the one who gave this piece its first read, and it made my day! So ambitious and at the same time so skillfully handled, with truly beautiful imagery and language. We always love a metaphysical, soul-hopping piece here at Conjunctions.”
“Astonishing…one of the most extraordinary tales, with the best prose, I’ve seen.”
“It's an astonishing piece of writing, and we were impressed over and over again by the way you wove the elements together—current US politics, a fabulist writer, covert operatives, the ghost of a Marine. We're excited to be able to present this to our readers.”
“We think it's brilliant and gets better and better with each read. We love it!”
“A Brief and Necessary Madness' may be the best over-the-transom submission that I've read in nearly fifteen years.”
“I enjoyed immensely the movement of time, its voice, the shape and resonance of the piece.”
“We found the stories inventive and gripping, and the prose style masterful.”
“Our Editors are all enamored with your voice…we are honored to publish this fine story.”
“I love your story, and we're all very proud to include it in TNG 2011. Tremendous stuff. You have such an ear for diction—my goodness. Wow!”
“As soon as I began to read, I knew I was in the hands of a master of narrative.”
“A solid fix for crime addicts—thought through with Holmesian passion.”
“Well written and well researched…highly recommended. (The) wry writing makes this a superior anthology.”
“Wilson documents ten fabulous crimes in his well-researched account. A provocative, probing work.”
“A fabulous book…these masterfully recounted stories are alternately fascinating, surprising, suspenseful.”
“The language is always exact…with the intensity of a high powered lens.”