Hole Punch
Hole
Punch
by
Garth Simmons
Genre:
SciFi, Fantasy, Humor Anthology
HOLE
PUNCH is:
The
height of the Earth Empire – where War Bricks flatten alien
civilisations.
Yorkshire 1985 – where a child's mind is patched
together with trauma.
Ancient Greece – where Socrates discovers
a carnal method of time-travel.
Mars 2348 – where crime and
terror haunt the Martian Habitation Domes.
The Mistake's skull –
where Muscle Society achieves self-destruction.
Delaware Dost –
where mindfulness prevails and hierarchy is understood.
The End of
Everything – where convert concepts welcome refugees into the folds
of theory.
All
these places (and many more!) reside within the tangled text of Hole
Punch.
Garth
Simmons was born in 1981 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK.
He’s a visual artist who’s made paintings, installations,
animations and pattern designs. He has had exhibits everywhere from
Scarborough to Los Angeles. His pattern designs were in the Golden
Globes and Fashion Times and he likes to remind people of this.
Writing has always been a feature of his artwork. He would write
directly onto his artwork, or by collaging “stream of
consciousness” notes.
In
2015, whilst working in a data entry position for Siemens, he began
writing short stories as Facebook posts. At first they were daydreams
of outrageous acts he could commit whilst at work (if he were
professionally or ethically allowed). Later they were stories in
other settings. Some dark memoirs of times in various school settings
and learning programmes (for those who are “not on the right
level”).
These
stories resonated with his social media followers. He was encouraged
to put them into a collection and seek out publication. While putting
these stories into a contextual order he realised they formed a
larger narrative. A tapestry of recurring themes, settings and
characters. They made up a larger biographical webwork and subjective
statement on the world. A hole punched through this fabric, hence the
title Hole Punch.
Since
completing Hole Punch, he has been working on three long-form novels.
Also he has an actual short story collection comprised of several
10’000 word stories. He also does a podcast called Slanderhour and
has an EP in the works. His philosophy is that “the
more things you make, the more you enjoy your own company”.
Apart
from creativity, he loves cats, mochas, wearing blazers, arthouse
films and many ropey science fiction series.
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I love the cover! The graphics and colors are great.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Jeanna. I designed it myself... my publisher was really generous is allowing me to do so and respecting my background as a visual artist. If you want to check out any other images I've done feel free to have a gander at my instagram at instagram.com/garth_simmons :)
DeleteSuch an interesting cover. Makes me curious that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get the chance to check it out. It's the sort of book you're likely to either love or hate.
DeleteThe cover is very interesting. It makes me want to pick it up
ReplyDeleteIt's going to look even better on paperback. :)
DeleteI'm not too keen on the cover - it's a little too cluttered and obscured to attract me. But I enjoy science fiction, and would like to read it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback :) The style I was going for was for a vintage pulp sci-fi cover mixed with the sorts of covers you'd get for books by 1950s Beat writers, also I've got a bit of a background in abstract art so you should have seen some of the other cover designs... they were far too cluttered. Also there's illustrations inside the book which are abstract and strange and hard to figure out. I think that's actually a theme of the book. I'm loathe to categorise it as sci fi really but I had to categorise it as something.
DeleteWhat a unique and interesting cover. Very creative.
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