Hey readers,
Sorry for the dry spell. Lots of things going on in my life right now, my community recently suffered the loss of a friend and I’ve been rather preoccupied with that, post related to that to follow. I’ve also been dealing with house hunting and getting acclimated to my new job.
The last week has been a rather experimental week for me as far as reading goes, lots of short stories, trying new authors to see if I was interested, and Found some stuff that wasn’t quite for me.
I love short stories, they’re a great window into a new authors work, as well as seeing what you think of new genres. My most recent purchase was the book Burnt Tongues, edited by Chuck Palahniuk. Burnt Tongues is a collection of work by Chuck’s following of authors, and is a great gateway into the world of transgressive fiction. For those un familiar, transgressive fiction is considered the dark stories others afraid to tell. Burnt Tongues includes stories about animal abuse, teen suicide, and stolen identity, the beginning of the book warns that it is not for the faint of heart, and it isn’t kidding, but these stories offer a unique look into a very different portion of the world than could be viewed in a standard thriller or romance novel.
My point is, everyone should take some time to step out of their comfort zone and try something new, my comfort zone happens to be transgressive fiction and post-modern fiction of the 20th century, so a difficult diversion can be the more verbose, or nebulous works of older authors, or less hard hitting non-fiction (my fields of interest there would include history, science, philosophy, and psychology.)
So read something new today, I’ll try to as well.
Cheers.
-Josh
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