This is an excerpt from my novel-in-progress A Long Slow Aftermath. This scene introduces the main character Preston’s Narcotics Anonymous friends Haste and Durant as they talk about the art of going South of the border! “I swear, I can still taste her,” said Haste. “Taste her?” asked Preston. “Her pussy. I …
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Quotes from my new novel Stella Maris
These are selected quotes from my new novel Stella Maris, available in paperback and on Kindle! Think of them as mini excerpts! “How the fuck do you remember my birthday?” “It’s still etched on the one brain cell I didn’t burn out,” said Lori as she tapped the side of her head with …
What the Hell are You Doing? – When Your Book’s Characters Come Alive
“…don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t.” – Anne Lamott “So I told you about Annie Rage an’ my band, an’ you wont tell me about your artwork, so you gotta draw me a picture.” He took the paper and pen. “What do you want me to draw?” …
The Evolution of Skye Wright – The Writing Process
I created the character Skye Wright when I wrote a series of sketched out urban stories called Gutter Folklore. It was my first ever attempt to write a book. In it, I decided to create a lot of typical and high-volume inner city characters, such as the surly punk, a gratuitous junky, a musician with …
Dry Heave Records
This is an early chapter from my novel-in-progress What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? This work is the sequel to my novel Crash Shadow: A Tale of Two Addicts. I have prepared this opening and am offering it up for feedback, as it is still a work in progress. “She wanted to call …
On the Subject of Speed and Privy Members – An excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle
Here is an excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle, a story about being down and out and punk in the big city. Available on Amazon.com It was an unusually cold night. The biting cold seemed to make the night extra dark. A good gust of wind would shoot by now and then as Preston …
Novel excerpt: Skye Comes Home – Novel in Progress
This is the opening for my novel-in-progress What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? This work is the sequel to my novel Crash Shadow: A Tale of Two Addicts. I have prepared this opening and am offering it up for feedback, as it is still a work in progress. Walking down her street, she …
From the Livejournal Archives: Luckiest Clubber in the World
My blogging career started on Livejournal, oh so many moons ago. I no longer use Livejournal, but I have archived all of my entries and occasionally check them out. This is a post I wrote nearly six years ago in March of 2014 about the epic Heavy Metal band Gwar. The frontman for an indescribable …
“Omigod, I think this guy is straight!” – An Excerpt from my Novel The Clubber
An excerpt from my novel, The Clubber: A Tale of the Eighties, available now on Amazon.com “Your friend’s upstairs.” He turned around. It was Beth El, this time with a spaced out Throcker hanging off her arm. “What?” “Your friend Serge is upstairs.” “Serge?” “Yes.” No doubt Serge had made it to the club’s covert …
Talking to Gust – An excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle
This is an excerpt from my recently published novel The Falling Circle, available for Kindle and in paperback on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Circle-Jeffrey-Matucha-ebook/dp/B07K7NVKBW/ Talking to Gust Preston was meditating on the faint, translucent swirls oozing around the surface of his coffee when he heard someone bounding down the hall. Ka-flump, KA-flumP, KAFLuMP! The kaflumping got closer and …