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New Story: The Last Pleasure

June 19, 2015

New short story out now in the wonderful Eighteen Bridges published in Canada.

The Last Pleasure

← King's Lynn Fiction Festival 2015Lahore Literary Festival 2015 →
 'a pale ...  stray moon'

'a pale ...  stray moon'

'A work of art is invariably the creation of a new world.'  Vladmir Nabokov
'A work of art is invariably the creation of a new world.' Vladmir Nabokov
'When I start a book, I always think its patently absurd that I can write one.' Saul Bellow
'When I start a book, I always think its patently absurd that I can write one.' Saul Bellow
'A writer can choose what to he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.' Flannery O'Connor
'A writer can choose what to he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.' Flannery O'Connor
'To be completely alone in a room, to know that there'll be no interruptions and I've got eight hours is exactly what I want — yeah, just paradise.' William Burroughs
'To be completely alone in a room, to know that there'll be no interruptions and I've got eight hours is exactly what I want — yeah, just paradise.' William Burroughs
'In fiction truth is saved by a lie.' Dostoevsky
'In fiction truth is saved by a lie.' Dostoevsky
'The time to begin writing [a piece] is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.' Mark Twain
'The time to begin writing [a piece] is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.' Mark Twain
'No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.' ~ Isaac Babel.
'No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.' ~ Isaac Babel.
'An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.' Juvenal
'An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.' Juvenal

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audio credit: Mr Sandman by Rémy


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