Once a month, this blog pauses its commitment to daily public posting, and instead preps a private entry shared only with its beloved paid supporters. Yes, both of them.
This month's private post is another sneak peek at my short story anthology Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies. That book is nearing completion, though my wish to still write a few more new stories may or may not delay its tentative May 30th publication date. But it's getting closer; a dream I've had since I was fifteen will finally come true, and it will come true very soon.
The dream of writing and publishing my own collection of short stories began when I read Harlan Ellison's short story anthology Paingod And Other Delusions in 1975. Subsequent dives into more Ellison collections deepened this desire, and what the hell, it only took me 51 years to fulfill it.
In Paingod And Other Delusions and similar collections, Ellison wrote individual introductions for each of his stories, open letters from writer to readers about how or why the tale at hand willed itself into becoming the tale at hand. In that spirit, I've also written short introductions to each of the stories in Guitars Vs. Rayguns!!, and while I don't pretend to match the verbosity or the authority of the ticktockin' Harlequin himself, I very much dig the opportunity to introduce the reader to whatever the hell it is I think I'm doing.
From Guitars Vs. Rayguns!!, this month's private post for patrons will collect all of those introductions, or at least the ones for all of the stories that have been completed. Patrons will receive their private post on Wednesday--the April 1st date seems appropriate--and daily public posting resumes tomorrow.
And if YOU wanna read what I have to say about my short stories, well, I'm sure both of my supporters would love to have you join their ranks, and you can do so for just $3 a month: Fund me, baby!
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