First ‘Impromptus’ published by Longshot Island: why so short?
‘Impromptus’ are something new for M.H. Vesseur, although are somehow related to the palm-of-the-hands stories he’s been working on earlier. The Impromptus are very short, very quick ‘vignettes’ (as Daniel White, editor of Longshot Island calls them) written spontaneously from…
Inspiration flowing freely
I’ve not been sitting still, if that’s what you think when looking at the time gap between this post and the last one. And because I’m a writer of fiction first, sometimes I have to follow my ideas before I…
‘New Grass’ published in the short story collection Face Forward
A large part of our lives takes place “somewhere in a dream between sleep and waking up,” to quote Kate Bush. This merging of dreams and our waking state plays an important part in New Grass by M.H. Vesseur (translated…
Mother Nile by Warren Adler reads like a hurricane
Through the years I’ve read many novels by Warren Adler, getting to know him as a very reliable author. Here’s a man who always delivers. I read everything from Boris Pasternak to Lee Child and in between, and Warren Adler…
Is Japan in need of a strong woman? (Part III)
Which strong Japanese woman should Hitomi Sakamoto look like? You decide. Now that Hitomi Sakamoto, producer in seven Radio Detective novels, gets her first spin-off novel, I look at some strong women that preceded her in Japanese history. Check my…
Is Japan in need of a strong woman? (Part II)
Which strong Japanese woman should Hitomi Sakamoto look like? You decide. Now that Hitomi Sakamoto, producer in seven Radio Detective novels, gets her first spin-off novel, I look at some strong women that preceded her in Japanese history. Check my…
Is Japan in need of a strong woman? (Part I)
Which strong Japanese woman should Hitomi Sakamoto look like? You decide. I’ve always thought that our need for heroes is a good thing. It’s not that we’re all cowards and need some super figure to deal with the world’s problems….
Once the stock exchanges are open 7 days a week, our journey towards the dark side will be complete
We’re so happy we can hardly count” —Roger Waters, Have A Cigar The Brexit was officially born on June 23rd, which happened to be a Thursday. That left the worldwide stock exchanges very little time to react: only one day….
Imagine: the super economy
Outward beauty as a source of happiness has been outpaced by money. Since then fashion by Armani, Versace, DKNY, YSL and Prada has never been shown in front of he rich, but by the rich.” —M.H. Vesseur, “Burning Neil Armstrong”…
Stunning visualization of “Acid Asset” opening scene
Describing a place without ever having been there — some of my favorite authors were masters at it. Take “The Day of Creation” by J.G. Ballard; a stunning description of the African landscape. But Ballard said, when asked about this…
