October 12, 2007
Bad Company: New Opium Issue 5

Editors: Todd Zuniga, Elizabeth Koch
Designer & Contributor: David Barringer
Contents include fiction, poetry, cartoons, winners of the short-memoir contest judged by Daniel Handler, an interview with author William Gibson, and much more
Winter 2007 | 7×10 | 144 pp. | $10
Subscriptions at OpiumMagazine.com. See cover & sample spreads at davidbarringer.com (where you can also purchase the mag and/or bundles with other books).
LAUNCH PARTY SAN FRANCISCO TONIGHT 10/12/07
Litquake, Opium5 launch & Literary Death Match at the Swedish American Hall. Features Daniel Handler (Opium) v. Wesley Stace (Swink) v. Gary Kamiya (Salon) v. Evany Thomas (McSweeney’s). Judges Ben Greenman (New Yorker), Oscar Villalon (SF Chronicle) and Shaun Landry (Oui Be Negroes) pick the winners. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8. $15 price gets you entry and a copy of Opium5.Information here.
LAUNCH PARTY NYC 10/23/07
Information here.