The Literary Diversions of K.T. Lazarus

Good Day, Readers,

The moment that would pen Cela’s future had arrived. She’d come with purpose, and only one chance remained before the ink dried on her future.

I have some fun news to share: I’ve just had a piece of flash-fiction published in the September/October issue of the free-to-read Science Fiction and Fantasy Saturday e-zine, aka SciFanSat. My piece, loosely titled Author of Destiny, follows a young woman navigating the expectations thrust upon her not only by society, but also by her own mystical fate. To read it (as well as a sizable collection of other stories by a wide variety of authors) you can head on over to their website and download a copy of the issue for your favorite e-reader device – or you can view it online in their built-in reader, here.

The constraints for this issue of SciFanSat were very straightforward: Flash fiction must be no longer than 1000 words; and all stories must use as a core theme the word/concept “Author.” Writing this piece was an interesting exercise for me. When I write micro- or flash-fiction, it’s usually either stream-of-consciousness exercises, or tiny, disconnected scenes like you’ll find in my Lightning Rounds. The inspiration that came to mind for me, however, was clearly that of a full story, with – as they always say – “a beginning, a middle, and an end.” Fitting that story into the word limit was a… challenge… to say the least (a hint at just how challenging – the final word count of Author of Destiny: 999).

I have thoughts to mull over on this, which I will likely write up and share in the future, once I’ve achieved a wider perspective. In the meantime though, check out SciFanSat, and read my latest story, Author of Destiny _{(scroll down a couple pages from the link destination to find me)}

-KTL

Cover Art by Jason H. Abbott