January 2013
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Thoughts On Fiction: Characters and Metaphors
What makes good fiction? Is it only the stories we’ve never heard, that sing their way through mediocrity until the unseen twist busts your lip open at the end? Is it long drawn out prose riddled with commas, where the underachieving protagonist dies at the end, but not before saving his love from a (only… Continue reading
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A Solid Find
Grabbed these in the used book store for $28. I’m not mad about it. Oh yeah, posts to come. Tomorrow: What Makes Good Fiction? Wednesday: How I Almost Died. Stay tuned. Continue reading
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Pavor Nocturnus
Anybody around here have night terrors? Sleep Paralysis? Talk about a burden. I thought this kind of crap went away the older you get, like somehow your brain gets tired of it or something and just…you know…stops being an ass? Seriously though, what kind of messed up, sadistic, horrific life-ruiners are night terrors and f-ing… Continue reading
The Depths
The Blank Page 