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Love on the Strange

22 Friday Mar 2013

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anthology, Cameron Rice, Caroline Pruett, Chloe Myaskovsky, Christa Nahhas, comics, Darren Thomas, David Accampo, drama, entertainment, gaming, Jay Stringer, Jeremy Rogers, my writing, Paul Montgomery, podcasts, psychopomp, Sparrow & Crowe, the frog prince, Tiffiny Kaye Whiteney, Timmy Wood, transition, twisted fairytales, videogames, weird romance, Weird Winter, Wormwood, Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery, Xander Crowe

I was (and am) a huge fan of the podcasted audio drama Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery. I listened to that show through a transitional period of my life. I started during a time when I, in possession of a fresh Masters Degree, was back living with my parents, working a soul-draining graveyard shift at 7-11, and (with no other expenses) still not making the monthly minimums on my debt.

And I continued listening to the show when I landed a job writing for a video game company and was very suddenly thrust from Chicago to Oslo, Norway. The show was one of the familiar things I brought with me when I jumped far out into the big bad world. I followed the exploits of the occult detectives Sparrow & Crowe (you can now follow them in comic book form as well). In more than one culture, sparrows and crows are psychopomps, beings who guide others between worlds. It was no different for me.

One great thing about the internet (and you have to take in the great things, in the face of YouTube comments), is it sometimes gives you the chance to keep in touch with the creators of the things you love. And somewhere along the way, I got to collaborate with them. Twice! First was for a prose Sparrow & Crowe anthology, Weird Winter Stories (containing my story “How to Kill Santa”).

And now round two! I give you Weird Romance. It is another Sparrow & Crowe anthology, this time centering on theme of the strangeness of love. There is a lot of variety here, a lot of twisted gems, fathoming the depth of the oddity that is l’amour. My story is “Harlow’s Fairytale,” and I’m rather proud of it, rather fond of the character Harlow. You should sit down and read her tale. There’s a frog prince…but it’s not very Disney.

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Creativity & Such

06 Wednesday Feb 2013

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age of conan, anthologies, busy!, creative process, creativity, doetsch, durham north carolina, entertainment, funcom, gaming, impending move, imposter syndrome, impromptu trip, interview, memories, Sizigyy, strangeness in the proportion, the creative process, vegas, video game writing, videogames, writing, Writing & Whiskey

Suspicious CharacterBack from an impromptu trip to Vegas. Stories and anthologies spinning like plates. Change in job title. Impending move from Montreal to Durham, North Carolina. More news to come.

Had a lot of fun doing an interview over at Writing & Whiskey.

Check it out:  Josh Doetsch: On the Creative Process.

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