With the semester over, I can finally start worrying about fiction again.
I've shipped An Exploration of Obsession (820 words, romance/humor) out to Saint Ann's Review.
Likewise, I'm trying a more literary piece, Eavesdropper, (600 words) out at ChiZine, though I have a feeling it isn't quite dark enough to be their cuppa.
If either of my two readers would like to read these, shoot me a line.
I AM still working on the Spider Slayer novel. It's sitting at about 11,000 words, but it's on a tiny hiatus until I finish a short story with the working title, "The Giant," which currently occupies 1200 words of my computer.
Least Favorite Son at Untreed Reads
12 years ago
3 comments:
Just curious - what inspired you to write "The Giant"? It's quite different from the usual speculative fiction in SYW - the tone and the character are carrying the story, rather than the fantasy or SF elements.
I wanted to go against the flow, a little. That's all.
Plus, a giant of some sort always seems to creep into my stories, so I thought maybe I had a good story about a giant in me, rattling around.
My giant seems very easy for me to relate to. He asks all of the funny questions I ask myself when I see something I don't understand.
I found Rodney likeable too. The story has a slight Flowers for Algernon vibe, so I'm hoping Rodney doesn't get too disillusioned later.
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