“Way Out (Send Selfies)” in This Book Has Ghosts in It
One of the oddest stories I’ve written (which is saying something) is “Way Out (Send Selfies)” in This Book Has Ghosts in It. It’s a flash fiction piece told in found media, including an album review, fan message boards, a YouTube video, and comments on said video.
The story was both interesting and challenging to tell because two parts of it are describing media that doesn’t actually exist–the album and the YouTube video. And since one of those is audio and the other is audio-visual, it meant coming up with ways to evoke the weirdness and horror in text and keep it as effective as it would be if you could actually listen to and watch these things.
Although I got a number of very positive comments on this story when I sent it out on submissions, it didn’t find a home until I self-published it in This Book Has Ghosts in It, which is still the only place it’s available!
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