The Queue is a professional service for authors, literary agents and publishers, utilized in the book publishing industry.
Authors without agents or who are not interested in self-publishing send their raw manuscripts to The Queue for a critique and consultation in lieu of soliciting directly to publishers.
Polished manuscripts ready for publication are placed in the "On Queue" section of the Web site's forum and are made available for and marketed to agents and publishers. As manuscripts are published, they are taken off the queue. If a manuscript reaches the top of the queue and has not yet been picked up by any other publishing company, The Queue will publish the manuscript as a separate imprint of parent company, Scarletta Press.
Books published through The Queue:
The Queue is "a bizarrely funny saga of a quintessential Russian institution, the interminably long line." The novel was written by Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin in 1983, and later published in the United States in 1985, by NYRB Classics. The Library Journal describes Sorokin’s work as being an “avant-garde experiment" with a "flair of nonsense."
The Queue does not follow a traditional narrative style. Instead, it is told in dialogue form, so as to make the reader feel like they are part of the line. As described by the Library Journal, the text lacks description, setting, or stage direction. Instead it is filled with nothing but voices: snatches of conversation, rumors, jokes, howls of humor, roll calls, and sexy moans.
The Queue is an alternative rock & ska band from Bay Shore, Long Island, New York. Formed in mid-2006 and performing publicly for the first time during June 2008, the group has since won two battle of the bands, played countless shows across Long Island, and has recorded a self-titled EP and their second single. The Queue has opened for major bands such as Bayside, Patent Pending, and Jimmie's Chicken Shack.
During the late summer of 2006, classmates Jeff Dietz, guitarist and Taylor Sperring, drummer realized they were both coincidentally on family vacation in Lake George, New York. There, Jeff suggested that they "jam sometime" and soon after, the two began practicing. In November, the two drew the attention of classmate Doug Zangre who then suggested his friend, James Rainis, join in on bass.
In October 2007, Jason Lombardo, another classmate, approached the band with the idea of forming a jazz group to perform at local charity events. In June, the jazz group was dissolved and Jason joined The Queue on Alto Sax. Later that month, the band played their first show at Bay Shore High School.
I never meant to hurt you but knew I someday would
It's like I built a cabin with matches between the wood
I'll be damned if I am happy and you will pay the price
Strong becomes the lion when he believes his own advice
I've got this one beat
I know its empty in the open
Days apart from you
Ashes trace the skyline
And this burnout cabin too
I'll be damned if you forget me in this fire
I'll save your place
And keep it cool while I think of you
In the smoke I see your face
I've got this one beat; I've got this one beat
Rain come fall on me
Baby from the fallout hear me call out
I've got this one beat
Baby from the fallout hear me call out
I've got this one beat
In the fallout [X5]
Is this how it's gonna be?
Bending daylight here with me
I know the aftermath is harder that it seems
Is this how it's got to be?
In the fallout, the fallout, the fallout
I'm alone in the fallout
They say the sky is falling
Are the angels coming too?
I'm gonna catch them when they come
Catch them as they fall
Climb on top the tower, get me closer to the sky
I'll bring the memories back
And save them all for you
The fallout [X4]
You can hear me call out from that fallout
You can hear me call
Save me, save me from the enemy
Come save me, save me from these broken things
Fallout