Kirjahaku

You are free to choose but you are not free from the consequence of your choice. This is the story of a life which hasn't happened yet. A life that could have been, given the chance. It will happen. In time. Does anyone deserve a second chance at life? Who plays judge? Is it possible to make amends and right one's wrongs, so that one may clear the slate with life? To live again? Can someone put everything behind them and move on? Is the remorse they feel sufficient punishment for their past deeds? Are the constant memories a punishment, to live with us until the day we die and beyond? Travel with Victor Frank in a search for knowledge and the ultimate answer to the ultimate question: that of life. Why are we here? The Paradoxicon is a flash fiction novel: a story told in 42 brief chapters. This is a journey through time, space and dreams. A trip through the past, present and future. A journey into the unknown but where knowledge lives.

Before and after The Paradoxicon, there are other stories: The Director's Cut is a collection of six short talees which place the novel into a context, prefaced by the original flash fiction novel. When You Wish Upon a Binary Star [1]: Inspired by and written for two of my closest friends: teenage girls, confused about life and who found reassurance in this story. Solum Oculus Claude: An insight into the world populated by the silent. Master Yehudi's Flying Circuc: A fantastical, whimsical tale with dark undertones. A Message: A tale of anticipation with a sting. Helvetica Haus: "Written by a genius psychopath." COGS: "Utterly disgusting and morally wrong, yet beautifully written." The Director's cut is the consequence of choice.

These are collected tales from an author variously compared to the surrealists Julio Cortazar and Otrova Gomas, the horror writers Kafka, Lovecraft, King and Poe, and with Douglas Adams, Arthur C. Clarke, Roald Dahl and Paul Auster. "A writer who can hold a black mirror to the soul, and who has a deep insight into the human condition," these are stories of fairy tale fantasy, plausible and whimsical science fiction, near-future vision and surreal dreams, with drops of dark humour. Tales of post-human landscapes mix with everyday slices of life to tell a longer story with a dark heart. "A weird and thought-provoking journey..."