David Gianatasio is not afraid to use all caps. At first we were a little suspicious of a writer who likes to use the Web-parlance for screaming at someone in much of his writing - and then it began to sink in:
David is crazy.
And the stories in this collection are fine proof of the fact. A story that seems like a straight suspenseful, X-Filesesque adventure becomes something twisted and - ultimately - depraved and hilarious. Something itches into your brain and makes the crazy shared.
David likes to take the common and mundane and warp it just a little, just a tweak to make you believe you know where he's headed. . . before yanking the tablecloth out altogether to watch the dishes go flying.
Swift Kicks by David Gianatasio is full of the little punches that make life fun, the brushes with mania that propel us through our office mazes and coffee-soaked days. This is the kind of book you want to leave in the company breakroom once you're done with it, because crazy this good deserves to be shared, whether they know it or not.
Including an introduction by Claire Zulkey, So New Media is proud to present David Gianatasio's first collection.
David's work has appeared all over the Web, including some of these fine sites: McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Pindeldyboz, and Eyeshot.
