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The Diaries of Sun City By Mike Russell From short story collection Nothing Is Strange Dear Diary, Hello. It is Monday. I live in Sun City. Sun City is a city that is entirely contained inside an enormous concrete building in the shape of a sun. Its rays house our living quarters; its circular… Continue reading Short Story Saturday – The Diaries of Sun City
The Diaries of Sun City By Mike Russell Dear Diary, Hello. It is Monday. I live in Sun City. Sun City is a city that is entirely contained inside an enormous concrete building in the shape of a sun. Its rays house our living quarters; its circular centre is where we work and shop. No… Continue reading Short Story Saturday – The Diaries of Sun City by Mike Russell
Author of The 100-Pound Gangster. 4/5 on Goodreads. Henry Lin spent most of his precocious youth involved with the international criminal underworld.
Dunce Everyone calls Dunce ‘Dunce’. Everyone thinks that Dunce is an idiot. I used to think so too but not any more. Dunce is completely bald and has a really pointed head so the temptation to get him paralytic on his thirtieth birthday, carry him to the tattooist’s and get a nice big ‘D’… Continue reading Short Story Saturday – Dunce by Mike Russell
Not sure what to add next to your reading pile? Charles Baudelaire. French. You'll probably like his work if you enjoy Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas de Quincey and Emanuel Swedenborg. Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du Mal; (1857; The… Continue reading 5 Weird Fiction Authors
Exciting news! It's time for another Examining the Odd giveaway. This time, StrangeBooks.com have agreed to give away a full signed set of their books by author Mike Russell. They'll even throw in some cute little pin badges!
Dunce is a short story from Mike Russell's collection Nothing Is Strange. Mike also has a collection of longer stories called Strange Medicine. Dunce Everyone calls Dunce ‘Dunce’. Everyone thinks that Dunce is an idiot. I used to think so too but not any more. Dunce is completely bald and has a really pointed… Continue reading Dunce by Mike Russell
This week's Short Story is Mike Russell's Dunce. I hope you enjoy it. Dunce is from Mike's first short story anthology Nothing Is Strange. He also has a book of longer short stories called Strange Medicine.
Flock is taken from Mike's second short story anthology Strange Medicine. You can read a story from his first anthology Nothing Is Strange over on StrangeBooks.com
