My online fiction blog opens with an episode of my novel, novella, or short story in progress. The categories listed on the far right sidebar are completed works of fiction. Some I’ve rewritten and others are waiting to be rewritten. Also listed on the sidebar are links to my flash fiction—stories in fewer than 500 words. My . . .
The Khandroma Project is the personal, interactive and ever-evolving portfolio of Khandroma. The Khandroma Project has it all from experimental/hybrid fiction to poetry to stream-of-consciousness writing. Come on in, kick off your shoes, grab a cup of tea and get comfy! Comments, feedback, and constructive criticism are encouraged at The Khandroma Project where dialogue is nurtured. Art is a conversation; . . .
The cult-classic “noir” columns return. Charles Bukowsky said, of these pieces, “What this guy understands is that the street IS a wound.” Hunter Thompson commented, “And people keep saying they should lock ME up.” . . .
Eddie, an ordinary guy, with an ordinary life in an ordinary world decides one day he is tired of the ordinary life. He makes a brash decision to try serial killing on for size. Eddie fails miserably and in the process hooks up with a group of new friends whose lives are less than ordinary are happy to take the . . .
In Kherishdar, when a person commits a crime, they become their sin. . . . Suicide. Rape. Child Abuse. Addiction. Twenty-five crimes. Twenty-five stories. Twenty-five narrators . . . and one minister over them all, to judge, convict and Correct the faulty: the priest who serves Shame. This companion volume to The Aphorisms of Kherishdar explores the wayward and their journey back to society, offering . . .
A disclaimer: I generally post reviews only after having read a good proportion of a story (at least 50%, if not everything posted). I’m not entirely sure how much of content I’ve read of Flesh Wounds but – to be honest – I’m not interested in reading more.
Flesh Wounds is [more . . .]
I’ve recently been reading John Cheever’s short stories, and there’s a hint of Cheever’s technique here – summing up people’s characters very quickly, plunging us into the middle of their dramas, and sometimes guiding us very rapidly through events which cover several years. The rapidity of the dialogue and action can be quite exhilarating at times. There’s also that sense [more . . .]