The Conduit and Other Visionary Tales of Morphing Whimsy
by Richard Gessner

fiction

Now available as an audiobook!

“I like the way you have gradually added layer upon layer of detail—Grandma’s maple syrup, ancestors, country dance steps, various animals- to make a densely swirled piece of fiction. Reminiscent of William Burroughs. My favorite line was: 'Poop chute—parachute—somersault—sleep—ventricle snow—do-si-do.'”

—Allen Ashley, author of “The Planet Suite” British Fantasy Society Award Winner

“What Gessner does best, perhaps, is create microcosms—self-contained worlds in which he has made up the rules and established the action. I'm reminded of a drop of water, which, under van Leeuwenhoek's microscope, turned out to be teeming with alien creatures possessed of varied modes of swimming. I am reminded of Blake: Gessner dramatizes the Romantic poet's belief that there is a world in a grain of sand. The Conduit, one of the more visionary pieces, demonstrates Gessner's ability to expand space and uncover its inhabitants in a seemingly infinite regression...

“He is also relentlessly funny. Virtually every paragraph in Excerpts from the Diary of a Neanderthal Dilettante—the title is self-explanatory—presents the reader with material worthy of a stand- up routine.”

—Vincent Czyz

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The Introduction by Vincent Czyz