Ragged Band of Travellers

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In the corner of a busy tavern on the outskirts of a city, an unlikely crew finds common cause ….

Just as a fantasy role-playing campaign might begin with such a premise, so too does this anthology of new writing propose itself as a fateful coming-together. The writers assembled are of a variety of age, experience, specialism and style. Each takes as a starting point a class or race from the world of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game – but as to what they do with it next, the results are sometimes and sometimes not concerned with play, heroism, terrible creatures or gloomy depths. They make and leave untidy portals between this world and others. They lead you, torch in hand, to a deal that is strange, melancholic, joyous or glintingly ajar.

Poems by Craig Baxter, James Womack, Steve Xerri, Sophie Villalobos, Matthew Holland, Freya Sacksen, George Herbert, Lisa Farrell, Timothy J. Jarvis, Charlotte Geater, Rebecca Watts, Andrea Porter, Christina Rossetti, Richard Hunter, Jon Stone, Lisa Sargeant, Jonathan Morley, Edmund Spenser, Junayd of Islam, Dan Leighton, Alice Lawrence, Holly Trundle, Kirsten Irving, Madison Cawein, Adam Crothers, Jac Harmon.

Edited by Jon Stone.

• editor: Jon Stone
• design:  Vince Haig
• isbn: 978-1-9162321-8-1
• pages: 106pp

Jon Stone is a Derbyshire-born writer, editor and researcher. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2012, the Poetry London Prize in 2014 and 2016 and the Live Canon International Poetry Competition in 2018. His most recent short books are Unravelanche (Broken Sleep, 2021), Sandsnarl (The Emma Press, 2021) and a pamphlet essay, Poems Are Toys (And Toys Are Good For You) (Calque, 2023). He has also published a monograph, Dual Wield: The Interplay of Poetry and Video Games (DeGruyter, 2022).

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