Author: Kevin Fraleigh
Why have I stopped writing?
Why have I stopped writing?That could be a tough questionUnless you already know the answer.And I do.I have stopped writing (for now) Because I am terrified of my wordsAnd the power they hold over me.Words have power.They transport me through space and timeTo see what must be seenTo tell what…
Fading away
My father fell Into obscurity My mother is losing her mind And all that I can say with some surety Is that it’s only a matter of time Before I fade away Before I fade away My brother takes solace in the market My wife spends too much time alone…
Possible book titles
A year of unceasing night A year of unceasing rain A year of unceasing sorrow A year of unceasing pain What comes next? ©Copyright Kevin Fraleigh 2019
When I consider my life, I wonder if I shouldn’t have bought that extended warranty after all.
Unpublish me!
One of the positive things about owning the content of your novel is that you neither have to explain or provide justification for decisions you make concerning it. And that is fair, considering that you are the sole stakeholder in the creation and publication process. While it is true that…
Any Tomorrow Complete
For those of you who have been following this blog, it will be old news that I brought my original three novels (Any Tomorrow: The Calling, Any Tomorrow: The Curse, and Any Tomorrow: The Culling) together to create Any Tomorrow Complete. The big news is that: —The individual novels have…
I don’t want to retire
I don’t want to retire, I think I’d rather die, So I can go to heaven And look God in the eye. If He had all the answers Why did He have to lie? I don’t want to retire, I think I’d rather die. I don’t want to retire, To…
The adult in the room
Hello readers! Let me begin by saying that I’ve decided that always having to be the adult in the room is just karma for a misspent youth. Payback is hell. I haven’t written for a while. I’ve been in a dark and depressive place, too dark for sharing, but I…
The three pillars of humanity
Three activities are unique to the human race: war, slavery, and genocide. Certainly, there are other attributes that one might claim are solely human, but these are the ones that are the bedrock of two seemingly very different readings: Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields by Dr….
