"RETRIEVE": A BOOK #3 PROJECT
This page is devoted to all the writing and work related to a “Book #3” Project, entitled “RETRIEVE”.
This page will be updated over time as I move up and along a learning curve, for both writing this newest book project, and for organizing and presenting everything on this Substack in ways that will help people explore and check things out.
Author’s Notes on what’s going on:
This “Book #3” project, “RETRIEVE” could be read as a standalone story.
The prologue for “RETRIEVE”, “An Impossible Island”, was submitted as a short story.
Prologue: “An Impossible Island”, Part One and Part Two, and Part Three, was inspired by writing prompts from the Soaring Twenties Social Club (STSC) creative community, beginning with an STSC Symposium monthly theme of “Beach”.
Chapter 1, “Older Than Bones”, was inspired by the theme, “Dinosaurs”.
Chapter 2, A Love Trinity Denied, was inspired by “Romance”.
Chapter 3, “A Forgotten Circle Of Hades”, was inspired by “Superstition”.
Chapter 4, “Reading The Room”, was inspired by an image of a wall-sized bookshelf.
Chapter 5, “The Bittersweetness Of Deep Times”, was inspired by “Isolation”.
Chapter 6, “The Weaving Of Split Infinities”, was inspired by “Dreams”.
Chapter 7, “Dead Languages”, was inspired by “Propaganda”.
Chapter 8, “Paths Forsaken”, was inspired by “Risk”.
Tentative Schedule - With Planned Completion December 16, 2023
Chapter 9, The Last Word Of the World
Chapter 10, An Intimate Path Of Desires
Chapter 11, Absent Without Longing
Chapter 12, Lonely In The Same Room
Chapter 13, Children Of Daedalus
Chapter 14, People Of A Faraway Land
Chapter 15, Distant Shores, Distant Worlds
Chapter 16, The Rules of New Places
Chapter 17, Space To Breathe
Chapter 18, The Extra Air
Chapter 19, The Clash Of Selves
Chapter 20, The Last Meme
Chapter 21, Mistakes And Memories
Chapter 22, The Confusions Of Things
Chapter 23, The Senses Of Wonders
Chapter 24, The Gambits Of Curiosities
Chapter 25, Remembrance of Things To Come
Chapter 26, The Last Afterparty
Chapter 27, Eternity In Mind
Chapter 28, Three
Chapter 29, Two
Chapter 30, One
AFTERWORD
An Impossible Island, Part 1
This is a submission, intended for the Soaring Twenties Social Club’s Symposium, a collaboration amongst writers of the STSC, for a monthly theme of “the Beach”.Thanks for reading From The Future! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
An Impossible Island, Part 2
This is a continuation of a story, “An Impossible Island, Pt.1”, submitted to the Soaring Twenties Social Club’s Symposium, a collaboration of writers of the STSC.
An Impossible Island, Part 3 - Finale
This is the finale to a 3 part short story series, “An Impossible Island”, submitted to the Soaring Twenties Social Club’s Symposium, a collaboration of writers of the STSC. (Links to Part One and Part Two.) This series will be part of a book to be written in 2023: “R3TR13V3 / RETRIEVE”.
Older Than Bones
This is a piece for the STSC Symposium, a monthly collaboration of artists, for the Soaring Twenties Social Club (STSC), around a set theme. The latest theme is “Dinosaurs”. It is also the next installment for a book, “RETRIEVE”. (A few weeks ago, the prologue for “
A Love Trinity Denied
This is a piece for the STSC Symposium, a monthly collaboration of artists, for the Soaring Twenties Social Club (STSC), around a set theme. The latest theme is “ROMANCE”. It is also the next installment for a book, “RETRIEVE”. (A few months ago, the prologue for “
A Forgotten Circle of Hades
Message to all readers: Thank you for signing up. If you’re a “regular”, then read on. If you’re new, please save this one for later, close it, it’s a long read for the holiday weekend. I’m planning a series of shorter pieces in coming weeks. I’ve finished a major rewrite of Book #1, “Box Of Stars”, and sent it to a brilliant friend for review. I will re…
Reading The Room
“Learn to read the room,” he said, after they walked into the rectangular office. The entire length of one wall was made of glass, so that each day’s light came in from dawn to dusk, and transports flitted by like fireflies at night. “What a mess. He fired the housekeeper, after she tried to clean the room.”
The Bittersweetness Of Deep Times
Welcome to fiction “From The Future”. This is is a piece for the STSC Symposium, a monthly collaboration of artists around a set theme. The latest theme is “ISOLATION”. It is also a new chapter for a book, “RETRIEVE”, being written this year. Future
A Weaving Of Split Infinities
Welcome to fiction “From The Future”. This is is a piece for the STSC Symposium, a monthly collaboration of artists around a set theme. The latest theme is “DREAMS”. It is also a new chapter for a book, “RETRIEVE”, being written this year. Future + Fiction
Dead Languages
Welcome to fiction “From The Future” for this entry. This is a piece for the STSC Symposium, a monthly collaboration of artists around a set theme. The latest theme is “PROPAGANDA”. This story is also a new chapter for a book, “RETRIEVE”, being written this year.
Each book I’ve written came with a music playlist which sometimes inspired or was inspired by imagery that came to me, sometimes before I wrote.