Etcetera and Otherwise

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHILE PERHAPS DRUNK:

"I have begged, implored, and brow-beaten co-workers and customers; I have fallen on my knees in mid-recitation; I have quoted and alluded and ironically refuted; I have stood in the middle of a crowded room and cried words aloud: I have done all these for Etcetera and Otherwise. Simply (and wonderfully so) an incredible adventure in linguistic and creative territory - truly, as advertised, a fantastical erotic road (head?) trip, and made stronger by the occasional gestures toward what is commonly known as the 'real'. But who cares what I say, read the book already!"

--Leif, on Goodreads

"While the video itself exhibits a certain sophomoric je ne sais quoi in the spirit of Kilodney, the book is something altogether different. It's a delicate, bittersweet tale of unrequited love, for chrisake! And it's good! It's written loosely in the style of a Victorian allegory...This book is what C.S. Richardson's The End of the Alphabet would look like if it were on drugs. "

--Nouspique.com

"Sean Stanley's deliberate nonsense of Etcetera and Otherwiseis hard to describe. It is nonsensical, like if Edward Lear had sex scenes (ending with "We redressed ourselves, and then put our clothes back on", p. 35). The grammar and world regularly upends on a tiltawhirl - "as he spoke he fiddled with his dagger, only to discover the blade could be turned inside out, which released a cloud of mayflies he'd never known were there." (p.53) ...Tightrope Bookshas published a very strange little work indeed, but glad they did. It's goodly bizarre."

--Pesbo Pearl Piries Poetry Journal

"I'm sure that whoever picks up this book with an open mind and an acceptance and appreciation for the beauty of words and language will be utterly annihilated by its integrity and comic wit."
--Max on Goodreads.com

"If you can stand comparisons: Tom Robbins meets Ray Bradbury."
--Lara, contacting the author through this website (see form below)