B. Morris Allen @bmorrisallen.com 路 Nov 19 At a dozen likes, I'll start giving away some e-copies of my collection Chambers of the Heart for those who want a deeper dive. 鉂わ笍馃珋
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One day, I came up with a dozen unusual approaches to telling stories. Here's "C B B" - the same story at six different lengths, but also a different story every time. www.bmorrisallen.com/oddities/c-b...
Here's a light-hearted piece about figuring out the purpose of an alien ruin - too late. magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2018/g...
"A Conversion of Crows" came out in 2017. Oddly, it came from the same source as the very different "Outburst" (posted earlier). This one's about finding ancient magic in a place very much inspired by the place I live on the #OregonCoast - and its slugs. magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2017/a...
"Chambers of the Heart" is about a biological heart that's also a building with rooms and people. It's the title story of my last collection - a quiet story about devotion and finding love where and when you don't expect it. magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2017/c...
The beginning and core concept of "Dragons I Have Slain" were written entirely in my head, on a drive home. I was listening to #JonLord's "Pictured Within", which has the line "dragons I have slain", and had to come up with a reason I would kill a dragon. magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2016/d...
Here's a #MagicalRealism story about an older couple on the Oregon coast (very loosely based on a lady who lived near us in my youth, and who had beautiful waist-length grey hair). The concept was inspired by a line in a #JonathanCarroll story. magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2016/a...
The story that spawned a magazine and vast publishing empire... A take on Franz Kafka, but with more bugs... and aliens. magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2015/m...
From @castofwonders.org (about halfway down the page), here's "Outburst", about teens surviving in an orbital when the world goes bad. But it's hopeful! www.castofwonders.org/2017/12/cast...
Here's another story from @kaleidotrope.bsky.social : "Building on Sand", about family and duty. kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
Here's one of my favorites, "Memory and Faded Ink", about when magnificent aliens come to Lesotho, but turned out to be just as flawed as we are. aescifi.ca/memory-and-f...
My latest freely available story is a lighthearted look at death, the afterlife, and just why Charon is so grumpy all the time. It came out in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/archives/win...