The short story and its author have a difficult job to do. It’s no easy feat to set a story, imagine and transfer the results of your imagining artistically into words, and do it using far less paper, while accomplishing the same level of creative story telling as a full-size book. Charged with leading the literary section of FanboysAnonymous.com, I’ve had the privilege of meeting and speaking with a great number of authors. An interesting and defining quality I’ve noticed in a certain, particularly skilled author, Timothy Goyette, is his affinity for short stories and short story telling. His Quantum Muse Ezine is a perfect example.
Having read and reviewed Lockdown, his full-length novel, I was introduced to Timothy’s various links, Quantum Muse most importantly, which hosts contests for serious science-fiction short story writers and artists and collects donations to help these creators keep producing their work. For me and, I’m sure, for many, the Quantum Muse Ezine stands out as one of the greatest indie platforms on the web. For those of us writing indie work, such platforms are too far and few. It’s one thing to experience the hardship of trying to be a successful author, but to build a creative outlet based on that hardship—one that allows for the hidden gems to rise and be heard—is entirely different. Finally, in a world filled with injustice, there stands a hero against the villainy of corporate literary crime.
Timothy, being the fanatic that he is for short works, has written many science-fiction short stories. This new collection plays an odd game with its readers that I appreciated, and I’m sure you will too. I float through life in such a state of mind that I thought perhaps my mind was rearranging these stories for my entertainment. Upon second read, however, it appeared the stories are ordered in such a way that causes them to run together, almost as though part of a schizophrenic dream. They set an odd cloud of amnesiac déjà vu upon me, which was a unique reminder that perhaps there are people just as weird as myself out there. It’s a feeling that I’ve experienced through just one other medium in life, a show that no longer exists but that everyone still remembers—The Twilight Zone. I hope you appreciate this series of shorts as much as I have. Sweet schizophrenic dreams.
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