Cocky the Fox
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March 15, 2010
HILOBROW has embarked on a new/old adventure in publishing: a serialized novel by contributing writer James Parker. The novel is titled: THE BALLAD OF THE COCKY THE FOX. And we’re asking loyal readers and recent converts alike to join in with us.
As a journalist and critic (The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix, Barnes & Noble Review), and as a columnist for The Atlantic Monthly, James Parker is as exciting to read as W.H. Auden and Geezer Butler rolled into one. However, although James wants to write fiction, he’s discovered that he can’t do so without the pressure of deadlines, an expectant readership, and a paycheck. We’ve seen drafts of THE BALLAD OF COCKY THE FOX, and it blew us away. Hence this ingenious plan!
Each post in the series will be illustrated by Kristin Parker, who will also design a COCKY THE FOX t-shirt. Between installments, we’ll email subscribers a PDF newsletter that might contain status reports from James, Kristin’s sketches, and replies to reader letters, not to mention fun vulpine trivia, fables, poetry, games and puzzles. To access enjoy these goodies — and to have a hand in the adventure — you’re invited to contribute to THE BALLAD OF COCKY THE FOX via kickstarter.com. If we raise the money, we’ll post twenty installments, between April 15 and the end of the year, to HILOBROW; after that, we’ll publish a printed book. Every dime raised via Kickstarter will be used to pay James and Kristin a small amount per installment; to print the t-shirts; and to self-publish the book’s first edition. HILOBROW’s editors won’t keep a dime for ourselves. This is a labor of love. Please donate — you can use the link above or the widget in the sidebar below — and spread the word!