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    Upside Down: Inverting Tropes in Storytelling
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    Upside Down: Inverting Tropes in Storytelling

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    "This compendium of literary undercutting and rebuilding is both enjoyable to read and an incisive work of commentary on the genre."
    — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

    Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays edited by Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates. Over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT-bestsellers and award winners to debut writers, chose a tired trope or cliche to challenge and surprise readers through their work.

    Read stories inspired by tropes such as the Chainmaille Bikini, Love at First Sight, Damsels in Distress, Yellow Peril, The Black Man Dies First, The Villain Had a Crappy Childhood, The Singularity Will Cause the Apocalypse, and many more...then discover what these tropes mean to each author to find out what inspired them.

    Join Maurice Broaddus, Adam Troy-Castro, Delilah S. Dawson, Shanna Germain, Sara M. Harvey, John Hornor Jacobs, Rahul Kanakia, Alethea Kontis, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Haralmbi Markov, Sunil Patel, Kat Richardson, Nisi Shawl, Ferrett Steinmetz, Anton Strout, Michael Underwood, Alyssa Wong and many other authors as they take well-worn tropes and cliches and flip them upside down.

    CONTENTS
    Introduction -- Jerry Gordon

    SECTION I: INVERTING THE TROPES
    On Loving Bad Boys: A Villanelle -- Valya Dudycz Lupescu
    Single, Singularity -- John Hornor Jacobs
    Lazzrus -- Nisi Shawl
    Seeking Truth -- Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
    Thwock -- Michelle Muenzler
    Can You Tell Me How to Get to Paprika Place? -- Michael R. Underwood
    Chosen -- Anton Strout
    The White Dragon -- Alyssa Wong
    Her Curse, How Gently It Comes Undone -- Haralambi Markov
    Burning Bright -- Shanna Germain
    Santa CIS (Episode 1: No Saint) -- Alethea Kontis
    Requiem for a Manic Pixie Dream -- Katy Harrad & Greg Stolze
    The Refrigerator in the Girlfriend -- Adam-Troy Castro
    The First Blood of Poppy Dupree -- Delilah S. Dawson
    Red Light -- Sara M. Harvey
    Until There Is Only Hunger -- Michael Matheson
    Super Duper Fly -- Maurice Broaddus
    Drafty as a Chain Mail Bikini -- Kat Richardson
    Swan Song -- Michelle Lyons-McFarland
    Those Who Leave -- Michael Choi
    Nouns of Nouns: A Mini Epic -- Alex Shvartsman
    Excess Light -- Rahul Kanakia
    The Origin of Terror -- Sunil Patel
    The Tangled Web -- Ferrett Steinmetz
    Hamsa, Hamsa, Hamsa, Tfu, Tfu, Tfu. -- Alisa Schreibman
    Real Women Are Dangerous -- Rati Mehrotra

    SECTION II: DISCUSSING THE TROPES
    I'm Pretty Sure I've Read This Before ... -- Patrick Hester
    Fractured Souls -- Lucy A. Snyder
    Into the Labyrinth: The Heroine's Journey -- A.C. Wise
    Escaping the Hall of Mirrors -- Victor Raymond
    Tropes as Erasers: A Transgender Perspective -- Keffy R.M. Kehrli

    SECTION III: DEFINING THE TROPES
    Afterword -- Monica Valentinelli & Jaym Gates
    Trope Definitions/Index of Tropes

    SECTION IV: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ADDITIONAL BIOS

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherApex Book Company
    Release dateDec 14, 2016
    ISBN9781370692279
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