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on Spike in recent years. However, the enthusiasm
of longtime contributors like Ben Granger, Greg
Lowe and Dan Coxon have kept my interest going,
and introduced me to writers I would otherwise
never heard of.
Meanwhile, numerous superb British literary
sites have joined Spike on the Web in recent years,
as showcased at BritLitBlogs.com. Steve Kelly
at the now archived Richmond Review, the UK’s
first online literary magazine, provided a lot of
good advice to me and led the way to the rest of us
becoming, if not respectable, then at least tolerated.
In the 15 years since SpikeMagazine.com first
appeared, the internet has fundamentally changed
the way that people access, understand and enjoy
great books. At its best, it has provided a significant
boost to authors whose work might otherwise
get lost, and a way for them to find their own audience.
Spike has been a small and erratic part of
that, propelled by the enthusiasm and passion of
its contributors, and much of what’s been written
on the site still stands up well years after it was
first published.
If you’ve read Spike before, I hope you enjoy
revisiting through this anthology – and if you’re
new to Spike, I hope you’ll stay in touch and see
what comes next.
Chris Mitchell
Bangkok, October 2010
chris@spikemagazine.com
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