Category Archives: Telling Stories

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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Storytellers Inside the Story: Cormac McCarthy’s “The Crossing”

Posted on September 18, 2010 by randomyriad

I have been listening to a fine reading (by Alexander Adams) of Cormac McCarthy‘s  “The Crossing.” In it the Author uses different voices to comment on the nature of storytelling, good and evil, life and death, the value of art … Continue reading →

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Aranansi #18:The Road and The Prairie Night

Posted on September 6, 2010 by randomyriad

June 13, 2010, 11:36 I came up through a square hole in a sidewalk. “Everything is surrounded by the prairie night!” The ecstatic voice came from the starry sky over a night street, flat and straight disappearing into utter blackness. … Continue reading →

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Aranansi #16 and 17: An Audience in Search of a Play

Posted on September 5, 2010 by randomyriad

May 23, 2010, 09:28 Act I Scene II Announcer: Monkey felt his way up and ever upward. How long he climbed, he could not tell for nothing in the darkness changed except the rocks he climbed and they measured time … Continue reading →

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Aranansi #14 and 15: Setting the Stage and Act I, Scene I

Posted on September 4, 2010 by randomyriad

April 05, 2010, 22:03 As we made our way through the last few steps into the theater some other people entered the door down the hall. We entered the theater at the back looking down the curved levels of seats … Continue reading →

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