A SIDE-EYE LOOK AT LIFE

 Short stores take a side eye view of life 

through their

own slanted lenses.

 I have always loved speculative fiction

from science fantasy to horror

to history that could have been.

Short stories often fearlessly 

occupy a space of weirdness,

 smudging the line between

horror and literariness

 with far less trepidation than novels.

 From novels we retain certain lines 

or flashes of images.

But the best short stories stay with us 

wholly formed,

 often for years at a time

 The best thing about short stories 

is that they are short.

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Think of how little effort

 it would take to read one right now. 

It is not even necessary 

to spend very much.

My latest collection 

of short stories

sells for 99 cents.

Many complain that 

they just get interested 

in one character

only to be snatched away to another

in the next story.

I address that in my latest collection

by having 2 stories each

on my 2 most 

fascinating characters.

And I end the collection with a story

told from the perspective

of a man only talked about in the 2nd and 3rd.

And in between them,

I tell tales that reflect

Montaigne's belief that 

"The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself."

My short stories are my way of 

expressing my belief that

Reality is a complex affair, involving many different elements interacting across multiple scales in time and space.

It is a constantly revolving, evolving jewel whose dim facets tease us with flashes of clarity.

We think we know about the world but often we do not even know ourselves. 

Housed as we are within our minds, it is natural to feel as if we are uniquely flawed.

But that is because we are not sufficiently aware of what is going on in the minds of those around us ...

the longing, misery, compromise, and awkward reaching out to others.

 

Reading short stories allows us to quickly dip in and out of the minds of others

One after another,

Letting us in on the fact that we are not so alone in the struggles, heartaches, and questioning

that comprises Life. 

 

Give my latest collection 
of short stories
a try, 
will you?