My university library was/is awesome. Browsing shelves without a time limit was my go-to reward for surviving exams. I occasionally took pictures of books (back then I had no interest of keeping track of all of the books I read; I only wanted to put their words into my brain). Anyway, I found a handful … Continue reading Forgotten Library Finds
I am now the proud owner of two collections of Victorian era short fiction (one is science fiction, the other is vampires---and, holy crap, today's vampire stories have nothing on the old-school horror of these tales!!). They are titled "Dracula's Guest" and "Frankenstein's Dreams," both assembled by Mr. Michael Sims. Mr. Sims introduces each short … Continue reading Victorian Vampires and SciFi
My former book castle had been a university library in Miami and unfortunately, as I graduated early in August, I was temporarily without a literary home base between then and the first week of September. That week, I tagged along with Anton to the Orlando Public Library and, goodness, the lonely books were calling out … Continue reading Favorite Literary Things
After class I was chillin' with my bro, aka Campus Library, when I found an aisle with rows upon rows of writing/literature books sporting a nice undisturbed layer of dust. (It's like finding buried treasure -- I'm guaranteed to find pages upon which not one pair of eyes of my fellow 50,000+ students had rested in who knows how long. And … Continue reading Writer Tip c. 1960
The train hissed at Claude Bouchard as he stepped from the empty passenger car onto an equally vacant platform. Faded wooden signs pointed with white arrows toward ticketing, a gift shop, and an adjoining diner offering a special involving a chowder he'd never heard of. He crossed Fruit Town's train station in four minutes where he saw only one other person, … Continue reading Where Tall Grasses Wave
Whenever I come home from university I can always count on one thing happening: a book discussion with my brother, Anton (from Book Nerds Unite). The Recent Reads One book he finished some time ago is so bizarre that I MUST share the ending. The ending paraphrased: A normal-ish troublemaker guy is invited by the … Continue reading Sibling Book Swap
Duri Rolvsson 