Do you like death as much as I do? Do you find it funny to stare at a human skull and later, in the mirror, try to imagine yr own, beginning with yr teeth, then peeling on past the lips while exclaiming: Alas, Poor Yorick? Well, death and literature have finally been combined in the SF literary scene to form the Literary Death Match, hosted by local litmag, Opium. The match took place last Tuesday (7/17) and ended with judge Howard Junker, editor of ZYZYYVA literary journal, and writer Stephen Elliot, of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, flinging insults, then beer. Since I have volunteered/interned for both ZYZZYVA and McSweeney's (both are linked to this blog), I find myself caught in the delicious middle of this battle of beer turned to blood on the page. Read the stories for yrself, as present by Leah Garchik of the San Francisco Chronicle or by ZYZYYVA editor Howard Junker. I personally find the latter more interesting, as Junker and Elliot have just today begun a dialogue through that medium.
*View McSweeney's via The Believer Magazine
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