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Works in Progress
Children of Desire is actually the first novel,
still unpublished, about the Desidaria. I'm
currently reworking this using my lessons
learned when I completed Heretical Rites.
I've even incorporated what I learned about
the cover design, since the stark pictureless
cover of Heretical Rites was chosen on
purpose, but doesn't seem to have the
desired effect. Let me know what you think.
still unpublished, about the Desidaria. I'm
currently reworking this using my lessons
learned when I completed Heretical Rites.
I've even incorporated what I learned about
the cover design, since the stark pictureless
cover of Heretical Rites was chosen on
purpose, but doesn't seem to have the
desired effect. Let me know what you think.
The Failure of Masculinity
When completed, The Failure of Masculinity exposes the masculine myth and explores
the reason some symbols become significant and others do not. I also discuss the meaning
of "man" since he himself is created as a symbol, and I'll show the fallacy of masculine
images such as "muscle" men, mystics, and holy warriors. Each of these is an enduring icon
based on a fantasy, which is, in these cases, another word for a lie. All identities are
chimeras of a sort, but these and other male forms become particularly problematic when
civilization may no longer benefit from their presence yet clings to the hope that such men
will arrive to save them.
When completed, The Failure of Masculinity exposes the masculine myth and explores
the reason some symbols become significant and others do not. I also discuss the meaning
of "man" since he himself is created as a symbol, and I'll show the fallacy of masculine
images such as "muscle" men, mystics, and holy warriors. Each of these is an enduring icon
based on a fantasy, which is, in these cases, another word for a lie. All identities are
chimeras of a sort, but these and other male forms become particularly problematic when
civilization may no longer benefit from their presence yet clings to the hope that such men
will arrive to save them.
Children of Desire is actually the first novel,
still unpublished, about the Desidaria. I'm
currently reworking this using my lessons
learned when I completed Heretical Rites.
I've even incorporated what I learned about
the cover design, since the stark pictureless
cover of Heretical Rites was chosen on
purpose, but doesn't seem to have the
desired effect. Let me know what you think.
still unpublished, about the Desidaria. I'm
currently reworking this using my lessons
learned when I completed Heretical Rites.
I've even incorporated what I learned about
the cover design, since the stark pictureless
cover of Heretical Rites was chosen on
purpose, but doesn't seem to have the
desired effect. Let me know what you think.
Other Projects
The Creation of Modern Masculinity
This work mixes my interests in the first Gothic
writers with my fascination with psychoanalytic
theory. The text so upset a homophobic
member of my dissertation committee (whom I
had considered a mentor) that he stopped
speaking to me. Most people don't find it that
provocative, however. Instead, I hope anyone
reading this will see it as the foundational
work it is. This work mixes my interests in the
first "horror" fiction with my fascination with
psychoanalytic theory. It's also "scholarly" and
a bit esoteric, but, hey, that's what they want
on university shelves.
This work mixes my interests in the first Gothic
writers with my fascination with psychoanalytic
theory. The text so upset a homophobic
member of my dissertation committee (whom I
had considered a mentor) that he stopped
speaking to me. Most people don't find it that
provocative, however. Instead, I hope anyone
reading this will see it as the foundational
work it is. This work mixes my interests in the
first "horror" fiction with my fascination with
psychoanalytic theory. It's also "scholarly" and
a bit esoteric, but, hey, that's what they want
on university shelves.
Me
Unlike my other novels, Me tells the story of someone born in the second half of the 20th century, a time frame
quite familiar to the author.
Unlike my other novels, Me tells the story of someone born in the second half of the 20th century, a time frame
quite familiar to the author.
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