Writers must counter society’s loss of empathy in today’s world. Literary fiction can rebuild humanity through nuanced characters, resisting division.
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Landon McAlister Posts
an Irish/English poem about love and beauty
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A hypothetical session between Freud and St. Augustine NSFW
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Who is the Dearg-Dú and why would anyone choose such a little-known myth? Because her store is a folktale that deserves to be told and retold.
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Chapter 2 of My Dearest M, a novel about a man’s brokenness and healing in Ireland
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A rosc, an ancient Irish genre that is a mixture of spell and poem, for writing.
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Breaking the fourth wall in 1st-person narration: a bridge between writer & reader. As a therapist, I see it as a shared dialogue, a plea to be heard, blending intimacy with introspection.
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You can find the first part here. Over the coming weeks or months, I will be posting this because, I am not sure it would see the light of day anyway. However, the story deserves to be told. Plus, I mean, it is great filler, right? It is meant to…
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This started because of a character that came to mind. The Saint is someone who always wins trial by combat and thus, is always innocent. Except, of course, he’s not. Think of the someone with all of the elements of narcissism and anti-social, with a few traits borrowed but never…
Leave a CommentA keening for the Dearg-Dú, the actual protagonist of the “The Red Thirst – a Gothic story of Ireland” novel I am querying.
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