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Masques for the Fields of Time

Masques for the Fields of Time

Taylor, Joe

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1604890347
ISBN13: 9781604890341
Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West Al
Published: Jul 1 2009
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Many of these stories-most especially The Man Who Haunted Himself and the title story-were inspired by dream visions. I try to take such visions and search for the human truth concealed within, working within a framework of verisimilitude. While I partially envy the creating of realistic fiction, I'm typically happy to write in the romantic mode. Um, gee, Vonnegut, Emily Bronte, and Laurence Sterne strike me as worthy of emulation. Nonetheless, several other stories in this collection (Soft Queen, Ontological, and All Lovely) were originally intended for a novel of linked stories that basically aimed toward an admixture of psychological/love/detective realism. For the sake of that novel's plot progression the three were trimmed, to be included herewith. And then the stories Breakdown Club and The Secret Life of Atheists from whence? The latter came from my youthful infatuation with Sartre and Camus. Why not, I figured, toss in some wine and Simone DuBeauvoir? And what of Breakdown Club? The junction of a trip to the zoo and my year and a half apprenticeship as a concrete finisher brought that one about. No matter the inspiration, I do think that all these stories offer a vision of life that comes across a bit skewed. And what life doesn't offer that jaunty description, in the end?

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