Comments on: Puppet Strings: Michael Greenhut

By: Fantasy Magazine » Watermark

Fantasy Magazine » Watermark — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:56:12 +0000

[...] more about the background of the story and discuss it with the author in Michael Greenhut’s Author Spotlight. 9 commentsJump to comment box 1 • catrambo said:July 14th, 2008 at 7:06 pm, [...]

By: Michael Greenhut

Michael Greenhut — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:57:20 +0000

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the compliments. Nope, Cat is a pioneer in reading my fiction out loud (which is a brave feat, since *I* don’t even like reading my stuff out loud).

By: Jim Osmer

Jim Osmer — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:26:11 +0000

I will definitely be sending this podcast of Watermark to friends.
Glad you had success with this one. Are there other readings out there of your short stories?
I would thoroughly enjoy a full book of this caliber.
Will listen to again but felt the protagonist was not free of blame and that made it more interesting.

By: Michael Greenhut

Michael Greenhut — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:58:13 +0000

A “weird naked Indian” came to me in a dream and led me across a desert to the late Philip K. Dick, who told me to make this part of my novel into a story and submit it to Fantasy.

Actually, I just found it easier to sell piecemeal, for the time being. It’s all part of the grand scheme to get my novel into the world sooner or later (mainly to kick myself in the rear end and get back to revising it). I’ve turned several other parts of the novels into stories; one of them is a teeny tiny 200 word prequel called “A Witch’s Grocery List” which won a small contest at Flash Me Magazine some time ago. The others I’m still trying to market.

By: Willow Fagan

Willow Fagan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:07:36 +0000

It makes sense to me that this story was part of a novel; it definitely felt like it was connected to a broader world. I’m curious–what made you decide to turn part of the novel into a short story? Are there any other parts of it that you have or plan to do the same with?

By: Paul Jessup

Paul Jessup — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:30:10 +0000

heh- which reminds me of the Grimm’s fairy tale, about a murdered boy who was buried, and then the sister takes the bones from the body and makes a flute, and the flute tells the betrayal. Same with Nisis Shawl’s short story, Cruel Sistah, which was similiar, but had to do with the hair of a girl in well turned into violin strings