We are proud to announce the release of Transmission #08, featuring exclusive interviews with Chuck Palahniuk and John Banville, writing guidance from novelist and short story writer Nicholas Royle, fiction on the theme of Survival and much, much more.

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For a full list of contents for this issue, see below:

Interviews:

• Graham Foster interviews Chuck Palahniuk
• Susie Stubbs talks to John Banville
• James K Walker profiles Nicola Monaghan

Articles:

• Writer’s Block: Nicholas Royle on how to seduce an editor
• Sara Newman on the Edge Hill Short Story Prize

Short Stories:

• Work All Week by Mark Brown, Illustrated by Ed Milsom
• In the Outfield by Tom Conoboy, Illustrated by Matt Chinn
• Won by Richard Fair, Illustrated by Victoria Wainwright
• The Half-life of Songs by David Gaffney, Illustrated by Harvey
• Ask the Wrong Questions by Chris Hoskins, Illustrated by Wayne Blackhurst
• Shooting Fish in a Stream by Tyler Keevil, Illustrated by Adam Pryce
• A Knocking Acquaintance by S. Philip Littlewood, Illustrated by Luke Knight
• Empty Beating Heart by Claire Moss, Illustrated by Andy Magee
• When She Was Queen by N.P. Murgatroyd, Illustrated by Caroline Tomlinson
• Car Trouble by Paul Neads, Illustrated by Pifacesi
• The Lassie by Mick Parkin, Illustrated by Jill Tytherleigh
• The Pool Cue Drunk by Stephen Scott, Illustrated by John Charlesworth
• The Best Man by Daniel James Spencer, Illustrated by Pascale Carrington
• Poverty Hall by Emma Stockwell, Illustrated by Tara Bush
• Miss Jambon and Miss Meet by Mia Vigar, Illustrated by John Casey

Reading:

Herman Hesse, Denis Johnson, Dave Eggers, Kevin Duffy and Junot Diaz reviewed.