THE THING QUARTERLY ISSUE 21. BEN MARCUS. 2013.
£295.00
San Francisco: The Thing Quarterly, 2013
21 x34 x 6cm, custom made printed box content of a 2.5 oz tin of “Thompson Cream”
and a 12.5 x 12.5cm, 8pp plus card covers short story by experimental novelist Ben Marcus.
According to Marcus – Thompson Cream is a salve for people and things. His story traces the disturbing origins of Thompson Cream: “A child was sick in Kansas. He had fever. His father prodded him awake, dressed him in gear, lead him outside in the dark morning for chores,” read the first few lines.
The publisher notes: ” Our Thompson Cream was handmade with the help of Metaphor Organic, an SF-based purveyor of fine soaps and salves. It was mixed and poured in Co-Editor Will Rogan’s backyard in Albany, California. It contains all natural ingredients including sunflower oil and beeswax, and a selection of herbs and supplements including bacopa monnieri, gingko biloba, gotu kola, Spanish sage, 5-HTP, and coenzyme Q10. Net weight is 2.5 ounces of salvey goodness. Thompson Cream can be applied to most any situation.”
Limitation not known but sold out quickly. All elements VG+ in like box.
1 in stock