The Penny Dreadful is not dead: Check out “really BAD Shakespeare” on WritingRaw.com

The Penny Dreadful is not dead: Check out “really BAD Shakespeare” on WritingRaw.com ( Save as .pdf )

Published : March 06, 2010 | Author : Weeb01
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Exclusively on WritingRaw.com, there is a new adventure in storytelling. The project is called “really BAD Shakespeare” and it is a modern day bi-monthly penny dreadful (a penny dreadful was a type of British fiction published in the nineteenth century that usually featured lurid serialized stories that ran over a number of weeks, months, or sometimes, years).

“really BAD Shakespeare” is a twisted, black comedy in which Shakespeare Williams (named after William Shakespeare, the inventor of the level-wind reel… not the playwright) tells of the semi-tragic account of Armageddon in the fictional town of Potter's Field, Illinois. Each “episode” contains less than 1,500 words. These episodes may be short and not-so-sweet, but they are heavy on plot development – with twists and turns that you will never see coming (no matter how demented you are!)

Here’s what Connie Chang of the Potter’s Field Daily News had to say about really BAD Shakespeare: “Mix equal parts of Douglas Adams, Christopher Moore and Kurt Vonnegut and you still can’t imagine the twisted, original story going on here. . . Honestly, sometimes Armageddon isn’t as glamorous as some want us to believe!”

All past episodes can be viewed online, or you can contact us and we will email you the most up-to-date version containing all the previous episodes – this way you can start fresh with – Episode 10: It Makes Gods and Meaner Creatures Kings.

Stop in today at WritingRaw.com and discover some “really BAD Shakespeare” and other new and emerging writers and poets.