Saturday, January 03, 2015

Dream Journey, a work of experimental fiction, by me

Excerpt from Dream Journey:

"The building could have been a metal barn or an aircraft hangar. A place for the homeless to find shelter. 

Inside were three bodies, hanging in the dark like cattle.

He peered at them through his binoculars."
 
Click here to read more.

Be warned, however, that I'm deliberately going for dark imagery here and so the content is for adults only.

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I've been writing stories since I was single figures and I've also been into dreams for many years, so it's only natural that these two interests should meet. Or collide. Or absorb each other.

Hence, Dream Journey, a work of experimental fiction, by me.

Dream Journey is an ongoing story led by dreams. I update the story every day, incorporating that night's dream or dreams into the overall story so far. It's surreal. It's dark. And it has a life all of its own.

This is a real departure from my normal writing routine. This is a work with no pre-conceived end nor a pre-conceived structure. No map. Just a full tank of fuel and the desire to find out.

After a month of writing, my dreams really are doing most of the work.

It's currently free to read and you'll receive regular but infrequent email notifications whenever a significant amount has been added, say every 1000 or 2500 words.

Read the story so far by downloading the book (for free or donating an amount of your choice). I'd love to hear your comments.

The book is published over at Leanpub, which allows for books to be published before they are finished. Readers effectively subscribe to the book and they can read it as the author creates it, providing feedback if they so wish. This is a good way of making technical manuals and serial fiction available, among other benefits to readers and writers.

So go, now, download and share with anyone you think may enjoy it.

Leanpub lets me know when people are reading the book, but not who these people are, so if you'd like to receive updates about all my work, not just Dream Journey, freebies, discounts and other news, use the contact form or my mailing list form on the right.

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