I apologize for the delay, it is summer time and that means going off the grid. I am back on the grid, as you can see, and I returned with a short story but no updates to Tesla’s Travels. Tesla’s Travels, sits at its current place from last week but that is due to a heavy focus on my new short story (Allure) and class presentation in two days.
A little information about Allure: it sits at a hefty 976 words, is considered flash fiction, and is in first person past tense. I have decided to play with the flash fiction format (under 1000 words) and see how dense I can make a story. Sadly, I am not adding Allure to the site yet. When I published a short story to my site, it makes them less desirable to a magazine because they are no longer unpublished. This makes magazines skeptical about paying for a piece that is available for free on my personal website. Thus, I decided that all new short story’s will sit in limbo for five weeks and go to a single magazine that best fits their style. If I hear from the magazine sooner, I will publish or give an update. It is killing me – I want to release it – but I need the publishing credit for credibility with an agent. I apologize because there haven’t been many short stories posted, and now I am holding them back from you – my audience. Once again sorry! Time for bed, thank you again for your support and have pleasant dreams.
Also, I completed reading Welcome to the Monkey House it was wonderful. Great way to get into Vonnegut’s different styles (it is a collection of short stories).