Mike's Website

[poliphilo]

This is my son Mike's birthday. 

Happy birthday, manfalling.

He writes "weird fiction" (his description) and blogs about life in Japan. His excellent new website (with links to published stories) is here. Check it out! 

Yeah, I know I'm his dad and I'm prejudiced, but he really is good. If I thought he was crap, I'd just keep quiet about him. His best stories- Celibate Jayne the Hammerhand for instance- go places no-one else has gone before. And he loves language. The characters in his Jabbler Mons universe speak a dialect that melds King James Bible with Lancashire with Lewis Carroll- yeasty, preposterous, hi-falutin. He's funny but he can also hit the heights and make your spine tingle. Sure, I'm proud; he's an original.

Comments

Mike

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

I only looked at a couple of pages on Mike's web site, both excellent. His apartment looks a lot like my own here in the USA - I have about 275 square feet of space, made up as a bed-sitter (convertile sofa) with kitchenette and pretty good sized bathroom. Oh, yes, and TWO enormous closets.
Your son seems to be very talented - and clever. Of course you are proud of him.
One day soon, when I have more time to spend I will read his entire web page and check out his stories.
Actually, his tone is a lot like yours.....wonder why?

Re: Mike

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

For some reason he doesn't show us his bathroom. I'm not at all sure where it is. The kitchen looks tiny, but- him being a bachelor and all- I don't suppose he does much (or indeed any) serious cooking.

Thanks for saying such nice things. All my kids write a bit. My daughter even has a publishing contract.