Perchance a Life

Memories crystallize into stories, fiction pointing back to an initial trigger: a lived moment, more often an intensely felt impression. The significance of any outside "action" lies in its imprint on the mind. If some of the pieces united in this book can be considered "action-packed," it is not in the sense of the reader's compulsion to learn what "happens" on the next page. It is not about the "smoking gun," only about the smoke and the vibrations it causes in the mind. It is impossible to pigeonhole vibrations, which is why these prose pieces can only be divided into non-categories, tangents to short stories, capriccios, and a personal essay, as they emerge from pen strokes like the brush strokes of impressionists which, together, form a vision-Perchance a Life.