A modern amalgam of the classic newsstand of the golden age of pulp and popular fiction, Big Pulp publishes exciting, challenging and thought-provoking fiction and poetry by the best emerging and established genre writers from around the world. This collection begins with "Interrogate My Heart Instead, " a heartrending tale of a torturer for a totalitarian regime and the man who loves him, by Iranian student Elaheh Steinke. Also featured are "Tears in the RIver, " the first English-language fiction publication of Dutch writer Django Mathijsen (award-winning author of Mando Vidé en het Robotbevrijdingsfront) and "The Cinnamon Forest, " an original Indonesian folk tale by James Penha (Snakes and Angels) and Ferdinand Siregar. This collection also features fiction by Michael Bracken, author more than 900 published crime and mystery stories, and poetry by Pushcart Prize nominee Kristine Ong Muslim, as well as 20 more fantasy, romance, mystery horror and science fiction stories and poems.