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Archive for the 'Novel excerpt' Category

Another excerpt from The Pictograph Murders

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Why? Because it fits.
When she woke at sunrise, she squirmed out of her sleeping bag, stood up, opened her car door, and draped the bag over it to dry off millions of pinprick dewdrops that had bloomed on it during the night.  When she turned to face the dune at the canyon rim, her attention [...]

Excerpt: The Pictograph Murders by P. G. Karamesines

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Dave’s post here caused me to reflect more self-consciously on what it is I do when I go out in the desert.  Do I walk off pavement’s edge to get away from stresses or disappointments?  Do I go out to have adventures?  To think?  Dave’s post is about seeking God in nature.  Is that what I’m doing–looking for God out [...]

Guest Post: Th. reads from Dorian by Nephi Anderson

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Th. writes of this recording, “This is a selection from chapter three of Nephi Anderson’s Dorian (1921), perhaps my favorite Mormon novel. This chapter will be featured in an upcoming series of posts I’m doing on Anderson for Motley Vision. Dorian may be read online. The birds are from Soundsnap.”
For Th.’s–Eric Jepson’s–bio, go here.