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September 12, 2022
Chapter 8.5 of novel-in-progress Covid-1984, The Musical
Over the last four days, I worked hard to finish the first draft of this novel by my self-inflicted deadline of Sept 11, I met my deadline. I got four more chapters sketched out. I found the ending I was hoping for. The novel is twenty-chapters long. It will take me a few days to […]
September 11, 2022
Locus Amoenus 21 years after 9/11
My 2015 novel, Locus Amoenus, is a dark comedy featuring Hamlet as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. Today you can download the audiobook (free) . It’s the last great work by actor Ben Jorgensen who was suicided by the lockdown. Today, not incidentally, I will be completing the last few chapters of my new novel, Covid-1984, […]
September 7, 2022
Chapter 12.5 of novel-in-progress, Covid-1984, The Musical
In this chapter, some Amenia locals form an anti-mandate activism group called, “The Lawn Chairs,” and take on the local school board, whose Superintendent is a Drag Queen. Looking to get banned for his one. Further interior renovations are taking place with this chapter, which comes after 12 and before 13. I’ll do the re-numbering […]
September 4, 2022
Chapter 12 of novel-in-progress, Covid-1984, The Musical
In this chapter I bring together some major themes of the book, and our of times. In Amenia, the small-town setting of this story, for many generations there was state school for “feeble-minded children” that employed most of the residents. It was the site of a horrific scandal in the 1950s: murders, abuse, forced sterilization. […]
August 20, 2022
Chapter 15 of novel-in-progress, Covid-1984, The Musical
It’s time for the Children’s Crusade CHAPTER FOURTEEN All religions have sought to leave the material world behind. Likewise, the visionary vaccinologists of the Covidian Cult promised to evolve us beyond our biology. The warp-speed trial had began around the world, as twenty thousands souls were shot up with an experimental formula. Following the injected […]
Chapter 14 of novel-in-progress, Covid-1984, The Musical
It’s time for the Children’s Crusade CHAPTER FOURTEEN All religions have sought to leave the material world behind. Likewise, the visionary vaccinologists of the Covidian Cult promised to evolve us beyond our biology. The first vaccine trials had begun around the world. during the warp-speed trial, twenty thousands souls were shot up with an experimental […]
August 16, 2022
Chapter 14 of novel-in-progress, Covid-1984, The Musical
In this chapter, I show Winston following Voltaire’s advice and teaching Honoré, Julia’s daughter, how to garden. While they work, they have the sort of exchanges about nature and biology that Winston used to have with his mom. They reflect on the nature of death and composting. But the most important function of this chapter […]
Chapter 13 of novel-in-progress, Covid-1984, The Musical
In this chapter, I show Winston following Voltaire’s advice and teaching Honoré, Julia’s daughter, how to garden. While they work, they have the sort of exchanges about nature and biology that Winston used to have with his mom. They reflect on the nature of death and composting. But the most important function of this chapter […]
July 22, 2022
Chapter 13, novel-in-progress Covid-1984, The Musical
In this chapter, we are reliving the fall of 2020. Remember when we were still uncertain that the oligarchs were trying to kill us? Remember when a few people who were pointing out the obvious were being called conspiracy theorists? Well, I trust my readers have smartened up a bit since then. I finally bring […]
Chapter 12, novel-in-progress Covid-1984, The Musical
In this chapter, we are reliving the fall of 2020. Remember when we were still uncertain that the oligarchs were trying to kill us? Remember when a few people who were pointing out the obvious were being called conspiracy theorists? Well, I trust my readers have smartened up a bit since then. I finally bring […]
