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Black Denim Lit #2: The Way to Shangri-La [Mar, 2014]
Black Denim Lit is a monthly journal of fiction available on the web and on all eReaders for free through BlackDenimLit.com. This month Christopher T. Garry brings together sixty pages of bold, intriguing new fiction from Ted Morrissey, Sean Monaghan and David W. Landrum. All the authors expand significantly on their work with dark, speculative tales to give immersive looks into hearts of men and women facing a changing world.
“The authors are at their best here,” Garry said. “It’s been a real pleasure to work with them to bring this edition together. I couldn’t be more honored and inspired by their thoughtful work.”
Landrum starts off with “The Way to Shangri-La,” which tells of an East Indian woman’s decades-long epic tale of transcendence. Morrissey offers, “Scent of Darkness,” a woman’s journey through an inner world mixing solitude and nightmare. And finally, Monaghan offers “800,”a brief look at parenting in the future where social norms have become twisted by the success of longevity.
“The authors are at their best here,” Garry said. “It’s been a real pleasure to work with them to bring this edition together. I couldn’t be more honored and inspired by their thoughtful work.”
Landrum starts off with “The Way to Shangri-La,” which tells of an East Indian woman’s decades-long epic tale of transcendence. Morrissey offers, “Scent of Darkness,” a woman’s journey through an inner world mixing solitude and nightmare. And finally, Monaghan offers “800,”a brief look at parenting in the future where social norms have become twisted by the success of longevity.
49 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 11, 2014
About the author
Christopher T. Garry
13 books3 followersChristopher Garry's works are forthcoming in Revenge of the Scammed and Voluted Tales, and have appeared in Tales of the Talisman, Aurora Wolf, Bohemia Journal, Crack the Spine, Fiction on the Web, Bewildering Stories, Bartleby Snopes, Linguistic Erosion, Danse Macabre and many others.
Born in Illinois he lives outside Seattle with family and pets. If he were born at another age perhaps he would stare blankly at the sunset as he wipes mastodon blood from his chin, tossing the bone aside. This is a little difficult in rush hour traffic nowadays.
He can be found on Poets & Writers or CTGarry.com.
Born in Illinois he lives outside Seattle with family and pets. If he were born at another age perhaps he would stare blankly at the sunset as he wipes mastodon blood from his chin, tossing the bone aside. This is a little difficult in rush hour traffic nowadays.
He can be found on Poets & Writers or CTGarry.com.
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March 5, 2017
Individual Short Story reviews below: (Average 3 stars)
THE WAY TO SHANGRI-LA by David W. Landrum (3 stars)
SCENT OF DARKNESS by Ted Morrissey (2 stars)
800 by Sean Monaghan (4 stars)
THE WAY TO SHANGRI-LA by David W. Landrum (3 stars)
An interesting tale of an Indian woman's quest for enlightenment that leads her on a mystical journey to become a modern day Noah for her people after a nuclear war between India & China occurs. It was well written, but needs more copy-editing. The story was good and held my interest.
SCENT OF DARKNESS by Ted Morrissey (2 stars)
This one was creepy and weird. It's very dark, and I didn't like the story itself, but I gave it the second star for the fact that is successfully pulled me in (and creeped me out) and then hit me with the twist at the end.
800 by Sean Monaghan (4 stars)
Very short tale of life for the Octo-Centenarian generation & their children. What do you do to keep life interesting after 800 years? I really liked the concepts presented, and would be interested in reading a more detailed novel in this world.
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