I thought I might occasionally try a
new feature here on the blog wherein I talk about the genesis of certain
projects. Today’s choice is Micro Weird:Tiny Tales of the Strange. Back at the end of 2012, I was working on the
third piece in my Fiction Techniques series,
“The Twist Ending.” As part of the research for that work, I both read and
wrote a number of flash fiction pieces with twist endings, and I went back and
analyzed all the twist ending stories I’d written in the past. A lot of things
became clear during that period.
FictionTechniques #3: The Twist Ending, was published in January of 2013, and I’d
already started to consider publishing a collection of the twist ending pieces
I’d written. Turns out I had quite a few of them lying around that had not been
collected, and over the next couple of months I wrote several more.
In March 2013, I published these
under the title Micro Weird: Tiny Tales
of the Strange. Micro Weird is
the most eclectic collection I’ve ever produced. It contains horror stories, science fiction tales, humor, and even some
mainstream pieces. The common denominator that ties the stories together is the
“twist ending.” If you like twist-ending tales, Micro Weird might be just the collection for you. It’s only 99
cents.
Here’s the Table of Contents for the collection:
AN
AFFAIR OF THE HEART
EYE
SPY
SEASON
OF RUST
HIGH
IQ
GIVING
UP THE GHOST
PAST
PERFECT
LOVE
STORIES
THAT
CAT IS ON DRUGS, MAN
INSPIRATION
ANIMAL
BEHAVIOR
A
FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE
FAR
BEYOND HOME
THOUGHT
FLOW
THE
TEETH OF THE WIND
FOREVER,
OUT OF LOVE
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14 comments:
Intriguing, Charles. thanks
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ALOHA from Honolulu,
ComfortSpiral
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I enjoyed Micro Weird!
Cloudia, no prob.
Riot Kitty, and I very much appreciated your review!
Sounds like a fun collection. I've never been able to sit down and write a short-short. I've done it a couple of times, but as with humor, I can't do it on demand. :P I admire folks who can, though.
Angie
Looks good, Charles. Picking it up right away.
I do like twist endings and you seem to have mastered the technique!
Micro Weird was a great collection.
Angie, I'd pretty much always rather write short stories than novels. you can do so many different things with them.
Prashant, hope you enjoy. There is some really weird stuff in there.
Sage, I always loved those old Twilight zone type endings.
Bernard, thanks, man, and I appreciate you reviewing it.
The twist ending, sounds interesting.
Oscar, I love 'em
A passion for twist endings? O'Henry would be proud of you! Bravo! (After all, life is always full of surprises, isn't it? And the unpredictability of stories should mirror that surprising reality.)
R.T., I didn't discover O. Henry until college but I did make up for lost time then.
Charles-some very interesting titles. You continue to amaze me!
Jodi, I love a good title.
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