Reach For Your Dreams

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People are always saying that you should reach for your dreams.

But that’s not really practical for everyone. For instance, last night I dreamt I was a juggling donkey.

But, you reply, when they say “reach for your dreams,” they don’t mean your actual dreams, the crazy or bizarre things that run through your head when are sleeping. Everyone’s dreams are weird. You’re not special. What they mean is to set goals, however lofty they may seem, and go after them no matter the costs.

OK. Agreed. But when I set out to make a list of lofty goals, the first two items on the list were:

1) Buy donkey suit

2) Learn to juggle

Irrevria update

I'd like to trumpet a new story I had that was published. It's at Susurrus Magazine: The Literature of Madness. My story is called "Through the Monkey Glass." Here is a short excerpt:

Compelling the orangutan to return could be as easy as a banana, or perhaps four bananas or one giant fiberglass banana, approximately 60-65 feet high. (Note: Maybe the whole monkey-banana thing is just a stereotype. Example: Everyone thinks that bears eat honey and porridge when in actuality, the whole bear-honey-porridge thing originates in fables, cartoons and children's cereals. So it's probable that the concept of monkeys and bananas derived from some allegory, likely African. And because monkeys and bananas have been linked so seamlessly, perhaps now at zoos and in cartoons, monkeys eat bananas because "monkeys eat bananas." Or maybe monkeys eat bananas because they're readily available in their native habitat. If monkeys were introduced to different fruits and vegetables, perhaps they would prefer radishes, carrots or cherry tomatoes.)
On second thought, instead of bananas, I figured I should build a giant fiberglass vegetable tray.

I was also the featured writer for this issue of Susurrus, which basically consists of a short interview that goes deep on my inspiration and motives as a writer. Or something like that.

here's a link to the mag


Here's a link to the interview