A Man Of Time
Author and Artist
TRADITIONAL NOVEL
The Stoned Theory Of My Own Destruction is an adult picaresque novel that immediately plunges the reader into the dark, seamy side of life for twenty-nine-year-old Ray, whose troubles with hallucinogens and struggles with schizophrenia lead him down a crazy path where he must deal with his dysfunctional family and reality. Buy the ebook and custom prints available on Amazon with the regular paperback and hardcover available via the wildly morbid, super-toxic, and disintegrating juggernaut of Technossance Press.
“I think you've got something really interesting here. The drug-addled stream-of-consciousness viewpoint is ambitious, but when it works it's very effective ― almost visceral.”
(Jane, The Editorial Department)
“As the novel stands it is mesmerising. The almost pure poetry that the author uses helps elevate this novel to a higher level than just a story of a crazy person on drugs.”
(Alison, Beta Readers)
“The book is interesting to read. Its tone is almost like Kerouac’s and rewarding to persist through.”
(Justin, Beta Readers)
“I found the story profound. I can honestly say that I have never read anything like this and I will remember it for a very long time to come.”
(Robyn, Beta Readers)
"I finished reading your novel. What a tour de force! The last quarter of the book was brimming with excitement ― well worth the read.”
(Raymond Findlay)
"Ray’s narrative voice similarly has a lot of energy and Ray’s personality is entertaining and enjoyable. Although he is miserable and suffering in many ways, he has an ironic verve and a great sense of humour about his situation and the people around him and the unfolding events. Ray’s an engaging character and the narrative voice has a lot of charm."
"I thought your novel has a lot of potential to be one enjoyed by readers of literary fiction. This was an interesting experience and I think you did a fantastic job making it all seem realistic. A lot of your themes fit in with the type of ones I studied in college. I could see college classes reading and discussing this book at length. "
(Juliette Townsend)
COMIC BOOK
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FLASH FICTION
Scour the internet and a short story is available online: Pink Bunny Rabbits was accepted for the July/August 2018 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine.
The Literary Yard published his flash fiction. And that's not all you get from the author because he re-released The Midnight Traffic Report, a wildly imaginative but mostly amusing short story on traffic that draws on his interest in media.
"Winter road conditions reports on The Traffic Channel saved lives in the flourishing town of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Traffic Channel was a major employer. Traffic History Month isn't widely celebrated, but trafficking deserves recognition. Sure, traffic reports were a staple of early morning satellite television spreading across the Canadian Prairies."
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I'd write beyond midnight.
The vast, empty, unruly literary world fiercely seized my restless soul.
I actively sought out publishers and learned directly from their experience. See my last video appearance with French Press Bookworks Author Roundtable. I had some guest comments about reading daily. Just follow the sexy YouTube link:
Lionheart Leaks
Technossance Magazine presents a fresh twist to the comic book format. Richard leaks a collection of Lionheart's stories with issues. We often speak about reading as an escape, a book to read, to keep us company, but it caused Richard to perceive the world more intensely, more avidly, observing things differently with a different tenor and understanding. The magazine keeps him company in the strange, real world.
Sew what? Lionheart Enterprises® is a fabrication company. But Lionheart is not all that meets the eye when a faceless dark organization emerges. A rebellious company at heart — offering crime-fiction grit, horror, music and leaks, audio pulled from a whole network of radio stations.
Graphic novels deliver a clear beginning, middle, and end — but Lionheart Leaks plays by its own rules, unfolding with no true end. A fresh way to experience something thrilling, bold, epic, memorable, and undeniably awesome. It's a timeless odyssey powered by equal parts passion and drive.
The digital magazine with a multitude of functions is essentially a comic e-zine, but call it whatever you want. This "I was just joking" masterpiece is finished. It’s refreshing to stumble upon something done well for the sake of doing it right and preserving a piece of the Technossance era.
Beyond parody. It’s all available for fair use. It’s free. It's a wild ride and it costs nothing.
POETRY
Richard's last blog includes internet poetry. Richard's body of work in poetry includes reflections, narrative verse, and ranges from conventional to old unconventional, from confessional, bizarre forms of free verse.
"Spring leads a man to work with tin
And a crow to scare beyond a field,
A rebel kingdom where hearts spin."
A techno poem feels like circuitry turned into language — pulsing, mechanical, emotionally distant yet strangely alive. It treats words like beats, repeating and mutating them the way a synth evolves over time.
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