Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation
by Francis H. Powell
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Scifi Short Stories
What if the human race was considered irrelevant and then each being was just uploaded then locked
away on hard drives called "brain pods" ?
What if a sub species was to come into fruition, then the human race turned on it, hunted it down before
trying to annihilate it? Imagine you found out you were an ancient soul, who is reunited with another
being from your former life?
Set in different times in a variety of settings and time periods, the past, the present and the future, the
book explores the inevitable unknown that lies before us all "death". Death can arrive in a multitude of
forms. Each part of the book explores different themes. There are characters who following their demises
have to face up to their lurid pasts. There are some who face annihilation and others who are in a crazy
pursuit of world destruction. We are living in an age in which it appears that the doomsday clock is ticking
ever faster, as we teeter over the edge of world destruction. The book aims to contain some ironic twists.
Even as young children we build up nightmare visions of what death involves. The reader is often left to
distinguish between what is real and what is not, as stories reside within stories and the storytellers can
never be fully trusted. Not all the book is doom and gloom, there are Elsa Grun's bizarre encounters with
men and Shellys' hapless husband Arnie.
From secluded beach houses, to obscure motels, to visions of heaven, which takes the form of the Hotel
Paradiso, to the world of the future death is always a wild adventure.
Born in 1961, in Reading, England Francis H Powell attended Art Schools, receiving a degree in painting
and an MA in printmaking. In 1995, Powell moved to Austria, teaching English as a foreign language
while pursuing his varied artistic interests adding music and writing. He currently lives in Brittany, France
writing both prose and poetry. Powell has published short stories in the magazine, “Rat Mort” and other
works on the internet site "Multi-dimensions." His two published books are Flight of Destiny and
Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation
GUEST POST
BOOKS ON THE GO
How
should an author work?
As a
painter I would often work on perhaps, five or more paintings at the
same time. Maybe this is due to my style as a painter. This links
the works together, gives them a cohesion. The paintings become a
series., perhaps similar thoughts are in my mind, as I slap paint on
each, in a feverish state.
What
about stories?
Should
a writer rigidly stick to one? Go from start to finish? No
distractions as to other works?
I was
working on a project last year, it is pretty much finished, it has
to be rounded off. I have dedicated a lot to this book. It has taken
a lot of research, because it is set in Italy in the past.
However
I haven’t worked on it in a long time. It is gathering dust in my
hardrive.
I feel
sure to go back to it and hopefully with vigour.
Like
with paintings, you can leave them for a long time, then go back to
them and see new unexpected evolutions.
I went
to my home country for Christmas and returned to where I live in
France angry.
My anger was to do with politics and Brexit, a
story that keeps rumbling on, devouring hours of media time.
I felt
impelled to write a book about the subject of Brexit, however a
political spoof.
It was
remarks by family members that set me off.
Face to
face I might be shouted down, but in a book I can express myself.
The
book bares some of the hallmarks of some of my previous work, but in
other ways it doesn’t resemble my usual style. I am usually
writing short horror stories, but recently have a book published with
elements of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
This
book has become a bit of an obsession.
Last
year my mind was a bit languid, perhaps a bit of “writer’s block”
the beginning of this year has begun with a flourish of ideas.
I don’t
know how other authors work, perhaps in a more orderly way to me. or
are they chameleon-like, with several books on the go?
Your
thoughts please
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