... or just plain difficult to categorize.
Roland Allnach's award winning novellas strive to be written with literary fiction quality, but the topics can range widely. His two books, published by
All Things That Matter Press are
'Remnant' and
'Oddities and Entities'. The former contains three stories, the latter six. Here are succinct descriptions of each tale:
"Remnant" consists of three stories within the speculative/science
fiction genres. The stories are linked in theme by characters seeking
self-truth, redemption, and their moral center. The three novellas, in
order of appearance in the anthology, are:
"All the Fallen Angels," in
which a convicted war criminal attempts to make peace with his past;
"Enemy, I Know You Not," in which a military officer that was captured
and tortured tries to find his loyalty in an abyss of suspected
betrayals; and
"Remnant," in which the survivor of a global pandemic is
confronted with the prospect of making peace with his memories when
other survivors attempt to bring him back from self-imposed isolation.
"Oddities and Entities" is a collection of six tales bordering on the
paranormal/supernatural genres. The stories are thematically linked and
explore the definition of life beyond the fragile vessel of the human
body. "Oddities and Entities" consists of:
'Boneview', in which a young
woman struggles to balance her ability to see through people with the
presence of a supernatural creature in her life;
'Shift/Change', in
which a hospital worker struggles to regain his memory as he is
confronted by a series of desperate people (this story was previously
published in the July 2010 issue of 'Aphelion');
'My Other Me', in which
a lonely college student finds himself displaced from his body by his
alter ego;
'Gray', in which a frustrated man is stunned to discover a
little creature has been living in his head;
'Elmer Phelps', in which a
brother and sister find themselves linked in a strange reality by a bat
bite in their youth; and lastly,
'Appendage', in which a cynical
mercenary is hired by his son to protect a research lab on the verge of a
stunning discovery.
After working for twenty years on the night shift in a hospital, Robert Allnach has taken the plunge into a career as a full time writer. The commitment shows. It's reflected in his web presence and in the many glowing market-level reviews that 'Oddities and Entities' and 'Remnant' have earned. He shares lessons learned on his journey from amateur to professional
here.
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