Monday, September 09, 2013

This Guy, by Chuck Wendig

This is the picture he has posted of
himself on his website...
For a while, I kept hearing (seeing) Chuck Wendig's name.  I'm not sure where... Goodreads? Bloggers? John Scalzi's blog? His name kept jumping out at me, so I went to his website.  It's interesting.  He has some great advise for writers.  His blog posts are fun and engaging.  He calls his site NSFW and NSFL.  I don't know if that's necessarily true, though I do have some privacy where I work....  One of his headers is "Holy Shit, Free Stories".  Well, how could I resist that?

I decided to keep it simple and I read the first free short story on the list, This Guy.  This Guy is a truly weird story.  I kept trying to figure out what the narrator's "deal" was.  Was it a dream?  Was he insane?  Was this actually happening?  I felt awful for his wife Mary.  I don't know what I would do in her situation.  I can't really say much more about the story without giving it all away.  It's violent, maybe slighly confusing (in a good way) and engaging.  More than anything, it's made me want to read more by this author.

Short Story Monday is hosted by John at The Book Mine Set.


4 comments:

  1. Well I don't think his name has crossed my radar before, so thanks for that. Looking forward to reading a "truly weird" story!

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    1. I enjoyed it. I hope you do too!

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  2. If you like his writing you should definitely look-out for/read the first book in his Miriam Black trilogy, Blackbirds.

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    1. It's on my wishlist. I'd definitely like to read his trilogy.

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