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Welcome to The Territories
Ten of the world's most creative fiction writers have turned their attention to something truly strange and disconcerting—professional wrestling.
Set in a funhouse mirror of our own world, THE TERRITORIES leaps into the madness of 1980s professional wrestling, presenting the business the way we liked it—wild, unruly and a little unhinged.
Featuring a novella by Chad Dundas, this inaugural volume of stories serves as the jumping off point for a shared world universe and introduces some of the characters we'll follow into a very uncertain future.
Want to Know More?
We've compiled a 70 page "Bible" outlining the world we've created. It includes the first two chapters of the Chad Dundas novella "The Big Hoss" for your reading pleasure. Available in both PDF and ePub for your device of choice.
The Territories Bible - Supplemental Information
Who We Are
Chad Dundas and Jonathan Snowden are long-time professional wrestling enthusiasts and story-tellers. You might know us from our previous books (Shamrock, Champion of the World, etc) or from our work at sites like Bleacher Report and The Athletic.
Together, we've assembled a team of tremendous contributors who applied their fertile imaginations to the seamy world of 1980's professional wrestling:
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Dan Brooks is a contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Harpers, Gawker, and other publications whose relationships to professional wrestling have not yet fully developed.
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Ryan Dilbert is the author of Time Crumbling Like a Wet Cracker and the flash fiction chapbook Mat Burns.
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Richard Fifield currently resides in Missoula, Montana, and is an author and artist. His previous novels include The Flood Girls and The Small Crimes Of Tiffany Templeton, and his short stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies.
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Ben Fowlkes is a former reporter and columnist for The Athletic and a co-host of the Co-Main Event MMA Podcast. He's covered combat sports for outlets such as USA Today, Sports Illustrated, MMA Fighting, and others.
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Carrie Laben is the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of the novel A Hawk in the Woods. Their work has appeared in such venues as The Dark, Electric Literature, Indiana Review, and Outlook Springs
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Nick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including I Am Providence and The Second Shooter.
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Jason Ridler is a professional historian and writer. He's the author of the Brimstone Files series for Night Shade Books, has published over seventy short stories, and has written the celebrated noir wrestling thrillers Death Match and Rise of the Luchador.
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Kevin Seccia is a writer from the great state of New Jersey. He's the author of the book Punching Tom Hanks, and currently he's a producer on the Fox animated show The Great North, which you can also watch on Hulu
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What is a Shared World Fictional Universe?
The Territories is a fictional universe very similar to, but distinct, from our own. Our authors have all created independent works that can be read as stand-alone projects. But they exist in the same world at the same time. Characters you get to know in the Georgia territory in Volume 1 may appear in Detroit in our next round of stories as, together, we develop their personalities, their narratives and their world.
What We Need & What You Get
This is not one of those tenuous projects hoping beyond hope to get a funding stream. This book is complete, at the printer and ready to go. The funds we raise here will primarily go to launching a second volume of stories by the end of the year and to help pay our incredible artist Marco Bucci, who surely deserves it.
- The E-Book version will be distributed on August 1, 2022
- The hardcover edition of the book is at the printer and should be ready to ship by the end of August. We hope to have books in hand for all of you by September at the latest.
