Author Archive: tyunglebower
Unify This. Election Edition.
What is so moral, professional, or even particularly American about unity? It’s touted as the optimum state of this republic, the golden standard by which to judge any and all thoughts, plans, activities and attitudes, especially right after an election. “Unity,” whether an elected official truly desires it, must make its way into that person’s …
Fiction War.
A few hours ago, the deadline for a 72-hour flash fiction contest arrived. (fictionwar.com) I actually submitted my piece for the contest last night. All contestants were given the same prompt, and had three days to write a story based on same of 1,000 words or less. Mine clocked in at about 800 words. I …
Authenticity.
I spent much of last night reworking this website. To be more specific, I was reworking some of the “permanent” copy on the informational pages. The design, as you can see, is the same for the most part, though some of the content for several of the pages of the site (as opposed to the …
Bob Dylan Should Not Have the Nobel Prize.
Translated into English, the will of Alfred Nobel, founder of the annual prizes that bear his name describes the literature prize as being: “in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.” There is some debate as to what exactly “ideal” refers to, with some indications that it has been mistranslated. …
MTS in Paperback.
I wanted to take this chance to let all of my readers and followers know that my latest novel, Murder. Theatre. Solitaire. is now available in paper form, here. (Sans my cool cover. My skills don’t extend that far just yet. But the cover template is actually very nice and matches the mood of the piece …
Ty Unglebower 