My final publication of the year dropped today: a new novelette called “Phantom View”! I love that Reactor held this one off for Halloween.
“Phantom View” is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos. He has no memory of this person. He can’t even tell if it is a person. Then he discovers the same blurry figure is in all his dad’s old paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.
Re-reading this story shook me up a little. I’d long wanted to write about disabled people caring for other disabled people. I got in touch with a piece of myself. Even better, I got to play with notions of accessibility devices, both for corporeal and incorporeal beings. “Phantom View” is for people who loved “Open House on Haunted Hill” and “That Story Isn’t The Story.” It’s about the macabre stirring something in our hearts.
You can read “Phantom View” at Reactor through this handy link.
Or you can buy “Phantom View” on Kindle at this handy link.
No matter how you read it, let me know what you think! And happy spooky season!
Sounds like it would make a very spooky movie! I will check it out.
ReplyDeleteI have just finished wearing the lion, which I loved. As i did Nest. I was looking at your short stories which are scattered and wondered if you are planning an anthology at some point
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed my books! I definitely want to put together a collection. Right now it's about getting enough downtime between novels to assemble it, and finding the right publisher. It's something I talk to my agent about every year.
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