Distorted Reflections: A Handful Of Stories

Distorted Reflections is a collection of short stories meant to be “entertainments” as defined by Graham Greene, stories whose primary purpose is to whisk you away to a different world, to bring raw pleasure that hopefully spices up your life a bit. The title comes from the fact that much of the scenery and characters in these stories are etched from my own life experiences. But these stories are not loosely autobiographical. Instead, they take readers in dramatic and dark directions by using graphic violence, profanity, and an overall sense of grit and oppressiveness I hope coats the page through my words. My hope is these stories maintain a realistic tone while having their characters go through harrowing and somewhat unrealistic events, a dichotomy I feel can grasp the readers attention. The stories are set in varying locations, ranging from the wintry chill of Iceland to the thick swamp air of Louisiana, but all of them feature a common thread in that they feature good, inherently relatable characters whose bad decisions lead to domino effects that derail their lives. I hope that the words to follow spark a little bit of joy in your lives, and you come away from these stories feeling a little bit excited and thrilled, and a little more pessimistic about the state of society