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Darkness on the Edge: stories inspired by the song of Bruce Springsteen
Posted by Paul Raven on March 8th, 2010 at 9:01
Bruce Springsteen is arguably the most influential rock musician of his generation, bringing an everyday/everyman sensibility and down-to-earth storytelling to a music genre perhaps better known for flash, fakery and outright braggadocio. While I was born a little too late to really be exposed to him at his peak, The Boss looms large in my world, if only because he holds pride of place in the record collections of so many friends and colleagues.
So it was no great surprise to me when Pete told me PS Publishing would be running an anthology of stories based on Springsteen’s output… in fact, I was surprised to find no one else had done it before. But to the best of my knowledge, this is the first: Harrison Howe has spent much time and love putting together Darkness on the Edge, and it finally sees the light of day this month. It’s the perfect gift for the fiction-reading Springsteen fan in your life… even if (or perhaps especially if) that person happens to be you.
Contributor John Palisano has put together a little video trailer for Darkness on the Edge, by the way:
Aren’t you tempted now? Go on, give in and treat yourself – click through below to pre-order a copy:
- Darkness on the Edge by Harrison Howe (ed.) – unsigned edition (£20)
- Darkness on the Edge by Harrison Howe (ed.) – traycased signed edition (£50)
March 12th, 2010 at 5:15 am
Sounds like a good book, but it isn’t quite the first of its kind. “Meeting Across The River”, which contained twenty stories inspired by the Springsteen song of the same title, was published in 2005, edited by Jessica Kaye and Richard Brewer.
March 14th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I stand corrected, Greg – many thanks. :)