Undine
Whether comes the untrammeled power within water? In a jar or glass, it is nothing, just molecules collected into such proliferation that they cannot move swiftly, that they gel into liquid, that they stick to one another and propagate motion with fluid elegance. Hydrogen and oxygen combined in the most simplistic manner, the primal coupling so easy, so basic, that our world is covered with it, that we are filled with it. Old stories speak of undines, spirits who inhabited the liquid ether and, by vibrations, could control the watery element. These stories speak of storms created from the fury of undines aroused, of inexplicable drownings on dry land from the spite of scorned nereiads, of pools made reflective by the glassy precognition of mermaids, of rain made sweet by the evaporated tears of kelpies. In each case, water is nothing but motion made by the echo of the heart of the undine. When you stand on the edge of a rocky shore and feel the ground tremble beneath your feet, when the spray lashes against your face and hands, and the slippery grasp of the fading wave tries to drag you back into the sea, you have to wonder what brought this motion to you. Was it love or anger?
writing
This is a reasonably comprehensive list of my published work, both virtual and physical.
THE MISFIT LIBRARY
I am Nine of Thirteen, one of the members of the Misfit Library, a writing collective which puts out a quarterly journal of our respective work. We are scattered across the globe and determined to change the face of the planet one story at a time. The link above will take you to Misfit Central where you can acquire copies of the journal as well as read exclusive online material.
SYMBOLIC
I wrote a column for OPi8.com's Transmit blogs: journals of the new dark underground. SYMBOLIC tracked the novel I was working on, referencing the process and the research materials which mad up the backbone of the work. In addition, SYMBOLIC busied itself with ruminations and considerations on the nature of language and communication. And a wee bit of mythology. The first 100 entries of SYMBOLIC can be found here on this site as well as at OPi8.com.
LITERARY REPRESENTATION
I am represented by Scribe Agency as my literary agents. Please contact these gentleman if you have any queries about my work.