Category Archives: novel projects

River of Dreams #5: A Plan Emerges

Posted on October 3, 2010 by randomyriad

Chapter 4 continued They sat around the Formica table, nursing beers and riding out some slightly awkward spaces in the conversation. Steve’s face lit up suddenly. “Say, I was just tellin’ Lin here about all the cool, wild places around. … Continue reading →

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River of Dreams #4: An Old Friend with A New Friend

Posted on October 2, 2010 by randomyriad

Chapter 4 Over the Bridge Random decided to head over the bridge to Oakland and his friend Steve, who lived in a basement apartment up at the summit of the hills next to a sprawling cemetery. He was a free-lance … Continue reading →

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River of Dreams #2: Miss Bianca’s Lab Day

Posted on September 28, 2010 by randomyriad

Chapter 2 Miss Bianca’s Lab Day On the way to work, Random blasted the radio. The Who’s “Baba O’Reily” came on and he went all Keith Moon on the steering wheel while shouting the words: Out here in the fields … Continue reading →

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River of Dreams #1: Kicking My Novel Out of The Nest

Posted on September 28, 2010 by randomyriad

I have decided to publish my first and only unfinished, at this point, novel here in order to be rid of it. Much like Nabokov, not in quality unfortunately, I must finish it, but can’t at this point due to … Continue reading →

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Learning to Walk Back in My Shadows of Truth

Posted on May 31, 2010 by randomyriad

“I’ve got to learn to walk back to the shadows of truth” — Jack Kerouac, journals 11/47 This is what I want to do as writer. There is no way to tell “The Truth” because there is only subjective truth, … Continue reading →

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