The Boulevard: Volume Two (anthology)

The Boulevard: Volume Two was the second anthology in the Faction Paradox: Worlds of the Spiral Politic series. It was published by Obverse Books on 17 January 2024.
== Publisher's summary ==
The Boulevard (Faction Paradox: Location Unknown)
More formally, The Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities, the Boulevard is a Faction Paradox prison.
Physically, the Boulevard is, as the name suggests, a single broad street, stretching for an unknown distance in both directions, and lined on one side with a dense forest of oak trees.
Facing this forest is the prison itself, which is comprised of buildings lifted from throughout history at the moment of their destruction. This lifting extends to the street immediately outside each building, giving the Boulevard a patchwork appearance, and leading one time travelling visitor to describe the Boulevard as a 'funky Frankenstein's Monster of a place'.
Behind each doorway on the Boulevard there is a cell, containing a single prisoner. Each cell can extend to encompass anything from the traditional square concrete enclosure with barred windows, to an entire planet. It is believed that the Boulevard is controlled by an appointed Godfather and a cadre of Cousins, assisted by guards taken from certain of the more aggressive Lesser Species.
Although there has never been any formal proclamation regarding the purpose of the Boulevard, it is believed that the environment of each cell is tailored to the punishment – or, possibly but implausibly, the rehabilitation – of the individual imprisoned.
[from Apocrypha to The Book of the War]
== Stories ==
# 	Title 	Author
1 	Opioid Painkiller of the People 	Athenadora Cat
2 	A Consignment 	Alan Taylor
3 	Please Exit in a Calm and Orderly Fashion 	Ben Kasson
4 	Stories of the Space Psychopaths 	Simon Bucher-Jones
5 	Literary Figure 	JA Prentice
6 	Love Is an Accuracy Algorithm 	Julio Angel Ortiz and Vince Stadon
7 	Igor 	George Wells
8 	Blood Feud 	Leo Healy
9 	A Bright Future 	Juliet Kemp
10	The Complete History of Faction Paradox, Vol 1	Aaron George
== Notes ==
* The Boulevard: Volume Two was originally meant to go out on 20 December 2023,https://factionparadox.co.uk/boulevard-coming-soon.html but due to a backlog at the printers at Obverse Books the anthology had to be delayed.https://twitter.com/obversebooks/status/1735357696834986209?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
* The music from the story Igor was recorded by Rae Evans and the Dunelm Symphony Orchestra and released on Soundcloud by George Wells on 1 July 2020.Lost Voices Movement 2: IGOR
* After a 2021 public call for pitches set in or around the Boulevard of Alternate BrutalitiesInvitation to Pitch - Faction Paradox resulted in almost 100 submissions,Obverse Books on Twitter Obverse Books announced two anthologies of short stories in that setting.Obverse Books on Facebook 
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
Category:FP anthologies
Category:2024 anthologies