We are living in distinctly opposing realities of perception. While most of us are experiencing a dystopian hellscape or purgatory at best, some of us are basking in the warm light of a glorious utopia. When the former hear the words of the latter, they seem impossibly disconnected from the only reality of which the former are aware. The same disbelief is found in the opposing direction. These are the simultaneously existing, separate realities of seemingly parallel universes, though it is one for all in all but our perceptions, where the two are destined never to intersect. They always do, though, when we are all made meat to feed the insatiably ravenous teeth and guts of life.
In all of the excitement of finding out, I forgot to let all of you know that your votes were heard. I am officially Phoenix Magazine’s Best of the Valley Reader’s Choice Author of the Year for the second straight year. Thanks so much to all of you who voted. It is an insane honor to win two years in a row. I’ll be on hand at the Best Fest event on 8.17.24 with all of my and Dead Star Press’s books and merchandise, and I’ll be signing all of my work. Tickets sell out for this event pretty quickly, so if you want to check out all of the best Phoenix has to offer here is the link to purchase tickets. https://tickets.phoenixmag.com/events/phoenix-magazines-2024-best-fest-8-17-2024.
If this post suited your interests, you might dig my weird book and the weird books I publish through my indie publishing company, Dead Star Press. Check us out at DeadStarPress.com. We have a big sale going on. Our last three releases are only $10 a piece until August 31st in celebration of my birth month. Click the picture below to head to our online shop.
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