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Stories I Wrote While Being Suicidal
"I don't want to sound corny, but your work saved my literal life." *"You, Edgar Allan Poe and Dean Koontz are the authors that always distract me and help me to go through hard times when my mind doesn't concentrate on anything else" *
"If you're looking for something different to read, this is a great option"
"This is a great read for anyone who has felt lost and hopeless"
All the great writers – from Ernest Hemingway to Stephen King – fought (or tried to fight) their suicidal thoughts by means of writing and alcohol. Since I’m a rather mediocre writer, I battle the desire to lay hands on myself with the help of writing alone; and a little bit with self-deprecating remarks…That’s all I wanted to tell you about this book. Love it or hate it – I do not care, because I'm still suicidal…
The editor’s
"Stories I wrote while being suicidal" is a collection of eleven great stories of different lengths and genres which will take you from 1 minute to 1.5 hours to read. Everyone will find something to their liking in
- A Girl with a Knife and a Teddy Bear – an acute social female-empowerment thriller about a teenage girl and sexual predators.
- A Short and Sad Story about a Man, a Suicide, and a Little Girl – a sad but inspiring Story about a Man, a Suicide, and a Little Girl.
- An Insanely Long and Incredibly Boring Suicide Note – a letter about love, suffering, and the ability to joke even in the last moments of one's life.
- Death and his pet – a micro tale telling that even Death can love.
- iCensor – a sharp look at modern technologies and living in the age of #MeToo.
- Life in 457 words – a story of how an entire human life can fit in less than 500 words.- The Bear and The Ballerina – an inspiring story about art, food, and love.
- The Most Dangerous Beast – a Sci-Fi novella about monsters lurking in outer space and ourselves.
- The Olympics' child – a flash fiction story of how hard it is to have dark skin in a place where the ground is always white with snow.
- What Does Your Soul Smell Of – a heartbreaking story of dogs, friendship, cowardice, and courage.
- Why Aren't You Dead Yet – a suspenseful detective story, told on behalf of a mentally disturbed person who himself doesn't know whether he is a murderer or a victim of a setup.
Plus, you'll find a selection of 13 original comics that will make you laugh and even think a little about such hot topics as racism, ecology, and gender equality.* The full text of this very important for me reader "I started to read it during a particularly gruesome depressive episode and your stories were among the few things that distracted my mind from the dark path I was going through (Oddly enough, considering that the content of your stories could make me gloomier than I already am. Go figure!). The same happened when I had a bad case of COVID 2 weeks ago, was sick as a dog and had to be away from work, from my family and from everything else. I think I can say that you, Edgar Allan Poe and Dean Koontz are the authors that always distract me and help me to go through hard times when my mind doesn't concentrate on anything else.
"If you're looking for something different to read, this is a great option"
"This is a great read for anyone who has felt lost and hopeless"
All the great writers – from Ernest Hemingway to Stephen King – fought (or tried to fight) their suicidal thoughts by means of writing and alcohol. Since I’m a rather mediocre writer, I battle the desire to lay hands on myself with the help of writing alone; and a little bit with self-deprecating remarks…That’s all I wanted to tell you about this book. Love it or hate it – I do not care, because I'm still suicidal…
The editor’s
"Stories I wrote while being suicidal" is a collection of eleven great stories of different lengths and genres which will take you from 1 minute to 1.5 hours to read. Everyone will find something to their liking in
- A Girl with a Knife and a Teddy Bear – an acute social female-empowerment thriller about a teenage girl and sexual predators.
- A Short and Sad Story about a Man, a Suicide, and a Little Girl – a sad but inspiring Story about a Man, a Suicide, and a Little Girl.
- An Insanely Long and Incredibly Boring Suicide Note – a letter about love, suffering, and the ability to joke even in the last moments of one's life.
- Death and his pet – a micro tale telling that even Death can love.
- iCensor – a sharp look at modern technologies and living in the age of #MeToo.
- Life in 457 words – a story of how an entire human life can fit in less than 500 words.- The Bear and The Ballerina – an inspiring story about art, food, and love.
- The Most Dangerous Beast – a Sci-Fi novella about monsters lurking in outer space and ourselves.
- The Olympics' child – a flash fiction story of how hard it is to have dark skin in a place where the ground is always white with snow.
- What Does Your Soul Smell Of – a heartbreaking story of dogs, friendship, cowardice, and courage.
- Why Aren't You Dead Yet – a suspenseful detective story, told on behalf of a mentally disturbed person who himself doesn't know whether he is a murderer or a victim of a setup.
Plus, you'll find a selection of 13 original comics that will make you laugh and even think a little about such hot topics as racism, ecology, and gender equality.* The full text of this very important for me reader "I started to read it during a particularly gruesome depressive episode and your stories were among the few things that distracted my mind from the dark path I was going through (Oddly enough, considering that the content of your stories could make me gloomier than I already am. Go figure!). The same happened when I had a bad case of COVID 2 weeks ago, was sick as a dog and had to be away from work, from my family and from everything else. I think I can say that you, Edgar Allan Poe and Dean Koontz are the authors that always distract me and help me to go through hard times when my mind doesn't concentrate on anything else.
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Published June 3, 2020
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July 11, 2020
Obviously, it's not my first experience with self-published books. We all saw Andy Weir's success story, and now many self-published authors are shooting for the stars like Matt Damon or Jessica Chastain. It's not the point. This self-publishing boom could actually have become a new wave of indie and authentic literature, which will prove corps and publishing houses wrong in their ambition to get wealthier from independent minds. But, being honest, sometimes while reading this book I thought the opposite - maybe there's nothing wrong with publishing authorities, which are supplying us, the readers, with something good or at times mediocre: they filter the works, saving us from the tedious process of reading something, well, not so "good or mediocre."
Albeit, it may seem as I am going to roast this book badly, or I am already doing it, but it is not so. It took courage, perseverance and torturous amount of work for this book to be published. It deserves praise. Courage, though, has been placed first. Why?
"Stories I wrote while being suicidal" consists of eleven absolutely different stories. They are of their own premise, doing the same job of transmitting universal truths. Every, I repeat, every story has its own acute and advanced potential. And, simultaneously, there's a lot of buts. The most important one is the execution. With such potentially great stories, the growth is like an inevitable part, which needs (it pleads you dearly, asking "Can you, please ..?") To be applied.
I truly fell in love with two stories. The first one about dogs sounds like classics of early-teens literature, and I could resonate with ease with old uncle dog. The other one was about orphans of Khrushchev Thaw. Capturing the distresses of the time through the children's view, it seemed even deeper afterward. (It's my personal trait, but I wanted a deeper dive-in into the time's realities because the angle chosen for narration is brilliant: incorporation of the festival's kid and purely Russian kid perspectives is more than intriguing. This story's ending is precious, though. )
What about the rest? It was interesting. A couple of cuts, a little bit of editing, and this storybook is prolific and exciting reading. For now, it's like this.
The question remains, why courage? The authors always fail at the stage of unraveling their souls to the bigger audience: what they gonna think? Oh no, I can't do this! A proper mindset helped me to find a couple of genuinely heartwarming stories.
Thank you. I hope self-publishing will persist and flourish.
Albeit, it may seem as I am going to roast this book badly, or I am already doing it, but it is not so. It took courage, perseverance and torturous amount of work for this book to be published. It deserves praise. Courage, though, has been placed first. Why?
"Stories I wrote while being suicidal" consists of eleven absolutely different stories. They are of their own premise, doing the same job of transmitting universal truths. Every, I repeat, every story has its own acute and advanced potential. And, simultaneously, there's a lot of buts. The most important one is the execution. With such potentially great stories, the growth is like an inevitable part, which needs (it pleads you dearly, asking "Can you, please ..?") To be applied.
I truly fell in love with two stories. The first one about dogs sounds like classics of early-teens literature, and I could resonate with ease with old uncle dog. The other one was about orphans of Khrushchev Thaw. Capturing the distresses of the time through the children's view, it seemed even deeper afterward. (It's my personal trait, but I wanted a deeper dive-in into the time's realities because the angle chosen for narration is brilliant: incorporation of the festival's kid and purely Russian kid perspectives is more than intriguing. This story's ending is precious, though. )
What about the rest? It was interesting. A couple of cuts, a little bit of editing, and this storybook is prolific and exciting reading. For now, it's like this.
The question remains, why courage? The authors always fail at the stage of unraveling their souls to the bigger audience: what they gonna think? Oh no, I can't do this! A proper mindset helped me to find a couple of genuinely heartwarming stories.
Thank you. I hope self-publishing will persist and flourish.
August 27, 2021
The book has several very different stories, some are sci-fi, some are about love, cooking and life purpose and so on. I enjoyed most the story about the pedophile hunter, the story about the dog that could smell souls and the one about the painter who despaired of ever becoming recognised and decided to open a diner. I started enjoying the sci-fi story about a shuttle stuck on a planet full of animals from all over the place but as soon the concept behind it was revealed, I lost a bit of enthusiasm as that system is not truly plausible.
At first glance, you wouldn't know what all of these have in common so you'd need to keep the title in mind.
With a little bit more of editing, these stories could become even better, as some of them have a touch of naiveté, too emotionally intense for the author but not for the audience.
At first glance, you wouldn't know what all of these have in common so you'd need to keep the title in mind.
With a little bit more of editing, these stories could become even better, as some of them have a touch of naiveté, too emotionally intense for the author but not for the audience.
July 12, 2022
Its hard to review a book of such bleak stories, with an engaging title such as this. However, none of the stories captivated me, and instead felt loose, rambling and disjointed.
Apart from the major theme of every story being death, I was not drawn in by any of the characters in each.
The stories are a mix, from sucide notes to an interesting use of one word sentences to describe a life. My least favorite was the vigilante hunter of pedophiles, with the story of death being lonely the better of the lot.
Whilst death in fiction is a fascinating and complex theme, this collection of short stories didnt really do it for me.
Apart from the major theme of every story being death, I was not drawn in by any of the characters in each.
The stories are a mix, from sucide notes to an interesting use of one word sentences to describe a life. My least favorite was the vigilante hunter of pedophiles, with the story of death being lonely the better of the lot.
Whilst death in fiction is a fascinating and complex theme, this collection of short stories didnt really do it for me.
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