Ask the Author: M. Duda
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M. Duda
My recent poem, inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," is poetic prose that sets a tone to hide something darker about the narrator.
In A Devil's Love, an angry lover compares the one who abandoned her to an evil creature. At least, on the surface. She's conflicted, a mood that still longs for the one she once had. It's this conflict that sometimes plays out like a musical rhythm, hinting at a creeping madness and a long time obsession.
In A Devil's Love, an angry lover compares the one who abandoned her to an evil creature. At least, on the surface. She's conflicted, a mood that still longs for the one she once had. It's this conflict that sometimes plays out like a musical rhythm, hinting at a creeping madness and a long time obsession.
M. Duda
Deny the Father was inspired by my rebellious youth.
M. Duda
I've just completed two anthologies of short stories, We Dream at Twilight and Whispers from the Grave.
I’ve never been happy with my first anthologies. The books didn’t do each story a justice. Sure, there was some artistic experimentation to the covers, the stories collected for thematic reasons. But what about you, the reader?
The stories should have been brought together by genre. That’s more than fair. I’ve selected individual stories from Bedtime for Seneca, A Cat Will Play and Deny the Father. Together, these four stories make up We Dream at Twilight, a dystopian reading pleasure. Or a nightmare, for those of you who may be easily frightened.
Think of a show like Black Mirror. The endings are usually tragic. Nothing seems to truly be resolved. But the stories seem to be making a point about something. Theme is where the reader comes into the picture.
I’ve never been happy with my first anthologies. The books didn’t do each story a justice. Sure, there was some artistic experimentation to the covers, the stories collected for thematic reasons. But what about you, the reader?
The stories should have been brought together by genre. That’s more than fair. I’ve selected individual stories from Bedtime for Seneca, A Cat Will Play and Deny the Father. Together, these four stories make up We Dream at Twilight, a dystopian reading pleasure. Or a nightmare, for those of you who may be easily frightened.
Think of a show like Black Mirror. The endings are usually tragic. Nothing seems to truly be resolved. But the stories seem to be making a point about something. Theme is where the reader comes into the picture.
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