fiction
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“Skinny Love and the Cheesecake” is Now on YouTube!
I’m excited to announce that “Skinny Love and the Cheesecake”, Chapter 1 of my novel I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me, is now available on my YouTube channel. Enjoy the reading/listening experience! Continue reading
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The Wagonner
The futile attempts of the god of the wind could not clear the fog blanketing the murky road. The goddess of light could not penetrate the sinister darkness. The cold silence terrorized the humanity beyond my skin but no song from the Muse could cheer me up. Continue reading
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The Bagel, the Fool, and the Lucky
“The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.” — W. Somerset Maugham Continue reading
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7 Ways Life is Like a Flash Fiction Series
In life, you must make each moment count. Now more than ever, there are many distractions surrounding you that are not important, even essential. Redundant TV shows. Gossip disguising itself as important news. Voyeurism in the form of social media. “Hanging out”. The truth is if life is indeed short then you must not waste… Continue reading
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‘The Lion Eating the Sun’ Table of Contents
The ‘Pokémon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ games introduced 88 new Pokémon in the franchise. The ‘Lion Eating the Sun’ had 88 poems. This parallel was not a coincidence. Continue reading
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Worms and Crows
September rain washed the mud and filth off my old body. Abandoned in a deserted valley for days, my decaying corpse would scare myself if I stumbled upon it. Worms had made it their playground. Crows had nibbled on different parts. The hollow circle in my chest was beginning to fill with water. The time had… Continue reading
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A Memory From the Cosmos/A Blip in My Normalcy
I’ve had my fair share of flops, failures, and disappointments in my writing career. However, the beat goes on and I’m still marching on. Sometimes I feel nostalgic, not that I yearn and want to live in the past (no, thank you very much.) But every now and then, old memories pop in to say… Continue reading
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My Book “Walden and Hyde (and Other Short Stories)” is Now Free Forever
On March 2016, I released my first self-published fiction book “Walden and Hyde (and Other Short Stories)”. It was the spinoff/sequel partner book of my then upcoming debut novel “I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me”. Three years later, I am giving it free to the world. Continue reading
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The Three Vain Women
A man asked three ladies a question, “If you have only three hours left in your life, which place would you like to spend it?” “The boutique,” the first woman answered. “I will try on the beautiful dresses, hats, sunglasses, jackets and shoes. When I die, I will be wearing the most elegant, most marvelous… Continue reading
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