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Richard K. Weems
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The Fine Art of Fletcherism and two more stories (Cheap Stories, #1)
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The Need for Character - flash fiction (Cheap Stories, #5)
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Mercy - three micro-fiction pieces (Cheap Stories, #7)
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Apples and Self-Interview - two stories (Cheap Stories, #3)
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Paradigms and Curbside Boxes (Cheap Stories, #2)
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Falling - avant-garde fiction (Cheap Stories, #4)
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Rules of Combat and Dangerous Theater - two essays (Cheap Stories, #10)
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Democritus' Atom - two stories of extreme sexuality (Cheap Stories, #9)
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Anything He Wants
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The Best of Pif Magazine: Off-Line
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| A funny little story, the kind that comes from reading some standard idioms and imagining what a conspiracy nut might have to say. Concludes a little too easily, like an SNL skit with a lazy end, but good for a ha. | |
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| Was first thinking that Dick could be sci-fi's Chekhov, but the end to this is rather trite. A couple's tension over a cuckoo clock, but then the obvious moves occur. | |
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| Dick isn't the greatest of scribblers--characters move with thin or confounding motives at times, flat dialogue--but the situations are magnificent. A ship presumably filling its hold ark-like for a long trip picks up a wub, a filthy creature suppose...more | |
“Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.”
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
“Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you.”
― Flannery O'Connor
― Flannery O'Connor
“[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality: flee the stereotype; 6. compassion.”
― Anton Chekhov
― Anton Chekhov
“This is no occupation for an adult who can look other adults in the eye, carry his own weight, and count himself one of them.”
― Franz Wright, Kindertotenwald: Prose Poems
― Franz Wright, Kindertotenwald: Prose Poems
“Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters on Cézanne
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters on Cézanne
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Yo, Amy. Yes, I know about Katakuris--have seen it and am quite fond. It's a film from the golden age of Takashi Miike--around the time of DOA (the first one) and Ichi the Killer. Its a rip-off of a Korean film, of course--Quiet Family--though the original isn't quite as goofy.But its damn good to hear from you, Meng. All is well here, though hectic. Happiness in busyness, you could say.
Yours,
Weems
Dear Weems:I know this comment is not related to books or reading, but it is related to ridiculous Japanese movies, so I figured it was roughly equivalent.
I just heard of this movie, which you have probably seen-- "The Happiness of the Katakuris". It's by Takashi Miike (obviously, "Audition" and "Ichi the Killer"). The cover image I saw for it has a happy Japanese family on the center, and demented claymation figures eating people on the sides. Everytime I see something like this (e.g. "Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer", "Zombie Strippers", etc.) I feel compelled to mark the movie for potential viewing, and to tell you about it. Now I can rest easy knowing that I've mentioned all three (real) films to you. Hope you're doing well-- I haven't been in contact for a while, and this is more convenient than e-mail.
Best,
Amy
