THE NEVER-ENDING REALITY SHOW

MAYBE you, like I, naively assumed that with the new administration, the seemingly never-ending Trump reality show would finally end, creating, for the first time in years, some space in social media for authors to be heard. Okay, that isn’t entirely correct, given that he was also an author, and maybe, just maybe, there’s an edge of jealousy in what I’m saying. But in the end, the never-ending reality show that began four years ago hasn’t ended. It’s simply gone into another season replete with daily plot twists and conspiracies galore. And that’s not surprising, given that fantasy works often do just that.

I usually mention at this point my newest book, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, and point out that the issue I’ve chosen for today’s blog also pops up in my Sci-Fu (science-based future study verses Science Fiction or Fantasy) story. In fact, it doesn’t, other than as stated in a new review that the work is “unpredictable…exciting and different…[and] more answers…[are] needed.” Leading me to state that in the sequel, tentatively called “Prophesy” which I’m currently writing, my “reality show” will therefore “go into another season” where, yes, a lot has yet to be revealed.

So, maybe it’s true that art typically reflects reality, whether that reality is fiction, fantasy or a plausible, science-based future study. If so, I think you’ll find TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor, and the soon to come PROPHESY by Raymond Gaynor a great “reality show” read with a storyline that you’ll want to never end.

The Edge of Madness

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859