TRUNK Volume Two: BLOOD
Submissions due March 1, 2010
Please download the submission guidelines
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Blood is a fluid, living tissue—a complex mix of platelets and plasma. Far more than a physical and chemical solution of red and white cells, haemoglobin and protein, blood is the most ubiquitous and profound symbol for the deepest of human concerns: life, death, love and sex.
We seek writing and art that explores the fascinating cultural, medical, geographical, historical, religious and social aspects of this abundant bodily fluid. Submissions must be accessible, curious, entertaining and stimulating.
We encourage fiction, poetry, art, photography, recipes, essays, photo-essays and interviews about all things bloody—see the list below for a comprehensive list of suggestions.
Bloody Ideas (suggestions only)
| Product Blood donations Blood banks Blood trafficking Commerce & trade (purchase/selling of blood) Blood ‘harvesting’ Art Damien Hirst Chris Ofili Religion Blood and sacred practice Sport Boxing |
Medicine Allopathic medicine Haematology Physiology Blood loss Women Pregnancy, labour and birth Animals Bullfighting Sub-cultures Intravenous use of drugs Medieval and ancient worlds Anatomy theatres |
Violence
Killing Text Games
Racism Nazism and blood Psychology Taboos Family |