{"id":9104,"date":"2018-08-13T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2018-08-13T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:17:00","slug":"another-peculiar-august-update-vlad-vaslyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9104","title":{"rendered":"Another Peculiar August Update – Vlad Vaslyn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Peculiar Family 2<\/p><\/div>\n

What if you could steal someone\u2019s imagination? #Read @Vladvaslyn\u2019s creepy gothic tale ONLY in the exciting #new #short #story collection, MY PECULIAR FAMILY II<\/a>.<\/p>\n

@Vlad Vaslyn<\/a> recalls his peculiar experience writing \u201cThe Final Tale!\u201d<\/p>\n

Creativity is a blessing and a curse peculiar to humankind. Is there any other creature that displays such ability to wield the lightning of imagination? When an artist\u2014painter, writer, sculptor, and so on\u2014is blessed with the throes of creativity, it\u2019s often a blissful and exhilarating experience. It can feel almost holy, and for most, the sacrifice of time, energy and emotion is well worth ceding a bit of one\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a dark side to creativity, too, as all adepts know. Consider the\u00a0episodes of gloom and<\/p>\n

crisis that can all too easily overwhelm, those moments when an artist feels that no matter his skill, his work is mediocre, and is therefore doomed. What happens when an artist just isn\u2019t good<\/p>\n

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enough, when he fails, despite how badly he yearns, despite how he puts his craft above all else? What happens when the curse peculiar needles its way into his soul, and the ecstasy of creation is overwhelmed by the agony of mediocrity? It can lead to uncomfortable questions,\u00a0soul-shaking<\/em>\u00a0questions, and the blessing of creativity can all too easily become a curse.<\/p>\n

In \u201cThe Final Tale,\u201d Andrew Lahr is a lonely young man yearning to become a writer of renown, but despite his love of storytelling, he consistently falls short of fulfilling his life-long dream. Destitute and on the verge of suicide, Andrew is at crossroads \u2026 until his mysterious uncle\u2014a man known to dabble in strange magic\u2014bequeaths Andrew with a gift that can unlock the power of not just his own imagination, but all imaginations. Andrew begins to grow into the writer he\u2019s always desired to become, but his uncle\u2019s gift exacts a price, and soon Andrew starts to wonder: has he been blessed, or has he been cursed?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Learn more and\/or support this peculiar publication\u00a0on Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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