The Medicine Book of Solomon: a Self-help Primer for the Aspiring Writer

Publisher Marketing: Providence, Rhode Island. The winter of 1999. Two young aspiring writers escape the sleet and dreary clime, holing up in an attic bedroom with their laptops and founding a secret brotherhood: MODMUS-More Drugs Make Us Smarter. Deviant writings ensue; nothing is off-limits. It is a time of crazed experimentation and much Robitussin abuse. Icehouse beer is consumed in abundance, as is New England shwag weed. It was a time not meant to last. Bell ended up in Ireland and then Bermuda. Staley moved to the Pacific Northwest. Other stories were written. But the two authors always harbored plans to someday turn their Providence writings into a batshit insane choose-your-own-adventure book. Someday turned out to be fourteen years later, and what you hold in your hands is the product. And we must warn you now: it is completely FUCKED. Your goal, dear reader is to navigate the maze of young Stacy's vision-haunted journey and find all six fragments of a mysterious cylinder which has come from the future and which is inscribed with the words of the One True Book of Solomon. They have been hidden within six locations upon Solomon's Island by various factions which seek to learn the secrets of its power. The Medicine Book of Solomon is a medicine to perplex the soul, so tread ye carefully, and keep your eye out for the yellow dog. Contributor Bio:  Bell, Jonathan Jonathan Bell is a writer and freelance journalist. His books include 'Carchitecture' (August, 2001), 'The Transformable House' (Architectural Design, 2000) and 'Concept Cars' (RotoVision, 2003). He writes regularly for Blueprint, Wallpaper and Grafik, and is also the co-editor of things, a journal of writing about objects and their histories. He is married and lives in London. Contributor Bio:  Staley, Christopher Christopher Staley is a punk rocker, prophet, and scientist. He lives in Seattle. His short stories have been published in Verbicide magazine as well as other places. Infinity Plus One is his first novel.