Monday, December 8, 2014
Coping with Common Garden Pests uses the conceit of a home-grown gardening manual to tell a post-apocalyptic story, a rather unique twist on the genre. What came first, the format or the story idea? Did you always know the story needed to be told…
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Monday, August 4, 2014
The Cartographer’s Requiem plays with the notion of representation transforming reality, as the drawing of a map and the singing of a song remake the world. The story is full of lush, gorgeous imagery, but color seems to play a particularly important role, with…
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Monday, July 28, 2014
In This Gray Rock, Standing Tall, a map literally and metaphorically leads your main character to a deeper connection with both his father and his son, and a new understanding of himself and his place in the world. Have you ever experienced a moment…
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Monday, July 21, 2014
Have you ever visited Station Island and the site known as St. Patrick’s Purgatory, which plays a central role in All of Our Past Places? If so, what was your experience going there? If not, do you plan to visit, and do you think…
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Monday, July 14, 2014
The imagery of human hearts with maps in them is quite striking and lovely. Where did the idea for this central theme in The Occluded come from? Though I hate to admit, it came from binge-watching House MD. I’d been thinking about Unlikely Story’s…
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Unlikely Story