…What’s going on? How are you?”
I know, asking that doesn’t help. Personally, after November, I’m thinking of writing a book of pre-, mid-, and post-dyspocalypstopian* short stories that try to make sense of all… okay, any… of this life. And not just this last week, or the last three months before that, or even the last thirty years before that.
Stories take a long time to tell. Stories take even longer to tell themselves.
So I’ve made my mind up that these are the stories I’m going to tell. Something I failed to mention in the first post of this month was that I believe, and have believed for some time, that my poetry career is coming to a close, and that thing I have always wanted to write… scary stories… is about to find its way onto my horizon. I’ve been influenced by scary stories my whole life. Kaiju. Zombies. The childhood fears of Stephen King. The whole catalogue of Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone. Depending on what decade, these were my bedtime stories. I mean, even now, I still doze off at night to reruns of Kolchak: The Night Stalker. All of these are straight up cautionary tales of what happens when humanity forgets what it means to remain human in the midst of a fucked up world.
And as far as I can see, like with those times long ago, there is no better time than now for me to resurrect this genre for fun and profit. You know, like Gage Creed’s dad did for him in Pet Sematary. Just a little object lesson that hopefully works out better for me than it did for all of them.
So while I’ve got you, tell me.
What kind of stories to you want to hear out of me, when the poetry has all dried up, and there’s only one kind of tale left to tell? Let me know in the comments. I can’t wait to read what YOU have to say.
Talk to you tomorrow.
dyspocalypstopian*, a portmanteau that stands for dystopian apocalyptic literature. a neologism. one that I just made up
William S. Friday 
I loved and revered and hated Stephen King. And greatly look forward to seeing any work of horror you produce. They’re a great way to make sense of the often senseless things that happen in this world and this life.
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I am badly in need of cathartic stories where the bad guys get their come-uppance. That and stories that will transport me to a kinder, gentler world. Maybe it’s possible to combine the two …
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OK… I am an admitted wimp. I don’t do scary stories of any kind. However… I do enjoy the occasional strange stuff. I liked the stuff on the twilight zone that wasn’t scary… It was just weird. So let me know if and when you do some stuff like that and I will enjoy reading it. But I will be steering clear of anything scary. Wishing you all the best in this new endeavor💜
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here for all of it! ❤️
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I’ve been enjoying your poetry but also understand the need to write in a different way. I feel like your Godzilla poem the other day might be a link to your new writing career. 🙂
I don’t like gore. I don’t terribly like to be scared, so I don’t read or watch much horror. Something like “Get Out” I can handle. I like dystopian stories well enough, though I haven’t read many. A friend told me she thinks that’s what I should be writing. I like Antifa stories.
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The Outer Limits is my absolute favorite. Some are quite out there, but others can be thisclose to happening. Whatever you decide, I will read.
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Thank you for that! The Outer Limits was even creepier to me growing up than The Twilight Zone or Night Gallery. If you’re in, I’m in!
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I am in
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