Similarities
It is about time that I focused on another short story. This time, I have chosen Similarities. Similarities is a piece that was designed around trying to write two separate narrators in a single piece. What I wanted was two points of view that were third person and describing two separate events. The experiment here would eventually go on and be fully fleshed out in Death by Comedy – my fifth manuscript – where I use five narrators to tell a story. While the voices in this piece are very similar, Death by Comedy experiences five unique voices with five completely different backgrounds. In this piece, there is also an underlying criticism which is explained below.
Read MoreRedirect
Today, I will be highlighting Redirect. I remember working on this piece because the piece just didn’t seem possible. It took three rewrites to get it to where it is on the website, and I am not even sure if it truly does what it needs to do for the reader. Personally, after rereading it, I think it hit home more than I originally thought. Sometimes, my shorty work appears preachy to me, and I wanted this to be more subtle – I don’t think I hit the subtle parts very well. However, there is some throwbacks to other works and naming styles. For more info on the piece, continue reading but it will be semi full of spoilers. I suggest you read the piece then check out the explanation: Click me for Redirect.
Read MoreHouse of Bourbon
House of Bourbon was the first of my experimental pieces. The following chronological piece – which is still in review for a contest – Three Pills, took what I was testing in this piece to the next level. All of the work in House of Bourbon and Three Pills became vital to me during Tesla’s Travels, where I utilized what I had learned through these pieces to drive home a fundamental sub plot of the manuscript. I don’t want to give much away, so here is the link: House of Bourbon. If you are interested in more details about the piece, continue reading, but you need to understand that the following is full of explanation.
Read MoreThree “New” Flash Fiction Pieces
Oh happy days! There are three new short stories – flash fiction – available on the website. These additions were part of a contest with the Harvard Book Store and were written in a single sitting. I have my personal favorite, but I will not share which one that is with you. As I have been busy, I am hoping to take sometime soon to deploy a massive backlog of short stories (most of which I find lacking my newest style). Either way, please enjoy the new pieces in the flash fiction section. The three new pieces are: Please, Don’t Recycle, A Little Vanilla, and Family Matters. Is it my best work? No idea, I am a novelist who writes short stories for practice and experimentation. I enjoy them; I hope you do too.
Read MoreA Whole New Page with Seven New Short Stories
Good news everybody, I have opened up the newest section of the website: Short Story – Flash Fiction. Why is this good news? Well, I am finally releasing part of the short story mound I have built up over the last couple of months. Here you will find riveting stories that take a maximum of five minutes to read, are representative my skill level in July, and are as dense as paragraph written by Kant. I fell in love with this format, but it is very hard to talk about what I want to talk about in such a short amount of words. As such, some of the stories are so dense that they become difficult to read. Fight through and see if you can figure out what I am discussing. These are my beginning pieces, my next set of flash fiction will be more controlled and focused. Enjoy!
Read MoreNew Short Story: Time
It has been awhile since I released a short story. Personally, I find writing a manuscript more fulfilling because of the details I can add to the story. However, sometimes you get bitten by the bug and decide to write something that pops into your mind. This piece hit me while I was rabbit sitting my friend’s bunny. Luckily, I had my computer on me and half a battery. Two hours later, the rough draft was done. Another hour, and the second draft was edited. A couple of emails between me and my editor, and the final piece was complete. Here is an excerpt from Time my new short story:
Read More“I’m next, John!” John had fallen asleep leaning against a golden pole with red velvet ropes. His new found friend grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him awake.
With a startle, John popped to attention, “What? Where, what, are we there, uh—”
The man interrupted John’s disjunctive questioning, “You dozed off again. You know you don’t have to sleep anymore.”