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Cliff J. Burns's Blog
November 2, 2009
- Thanks to my techno-savvy wife, I finally figured out how to add an audio excerpt of my supernatural thriller SO DARK THE NIGHT onto Redroom. Click on the "Media" section beside this post and you'll find an MP3 of me reading from the most exciting, intoxicating occult/paranormal novel since Jack Torrance took on the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook. And it features a winning ...
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November 1, 2009
- Well, it took some doing but I finally figured out how to add a page to my Beautiful Desolation blog that is specifically devoted to the short stories, poems and novel excerpts I've recorded over the past two years.This has been a long time coming and I'm delighted to offer audio presentations of my work to my readers, for free listening and downloading. Many of the recordings feature soundtracks ...
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October 29, 2009
- Moments ago I added an offering to my Beautiful Desolation blog that's a tip o' the hat to All Hallow's Eve and an acknowledgement of the crushing depression I've been experiencing over the past couple of days. Brain chemistry can be a bitch.I've taken an 18th century poem by Lord Byron and added music I created through Garageband. The end result is a chilling piece that ought to raise the ...
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October 22, 2009
- Added a new story to RedRoom, in my view the best bit of prose I've composed this year. It's called "The Future" and you'll find it in the Articles and Stories section, in the column to the right of this posting.A bittersweet offering, with a coming-of-age angle. It's part of a short story cycle that's posted on my main blog, Beautiful Desolation, which is the exclusive venue for my ...
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October 19, 2009
- Whoo hoo! Finally got around to adding one of my favorite recent short stories, "DeathThreats", to my blog. If you are cursed by mortal fears, have a dread of dying, this is the tale for you. Mordant without being morbid, evocative, chilling and funny.Pop over to my blog and either listen to it or download the PDF--no charge, as free as Woodstock (without the bad drugs). And do ...
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October 3, 2009
- Sherron tells me I've really got something with the latest audio piece I've added to my blog. It's called "The Departed" and it's another little beauty from my growing file of audio samples, themes and atmopsheres.Scamper over to Beautiful Desolation, plug in your headphones...and give it a listen. You're welcome to download it --and any of the other stuff on my site--onto iPhones, ...
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October 1, 2009
- Now this one I'm proud of.My wife and sons have been telling me I'm really starting to make some cool sounds with my Garageband program...so I decided to post one of my recent pieces on my blog. Hoping to get folks downloading it onto their iPods or iPhones...or whatever the hell it is they're listening to stuff on these days. Frankly, I get lost trying to keep track of all the different ...
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September 28, 2009
- Oh, yes, I do love Garageband. It has added a whole other dimension to my writing and if you'd like to hear the newest examples of my "spoken word" efforts, pop by my blog, Beautiful Desolation.I've recorded four more short-short efforts, about three-and-a-half minutes of prose, accompanied by weeeiiirrd music. You'll love it, I promise...
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September 19, 2009
- I'm finally working up the nerve to explore some of the amazing things this iMac can do: movies, music, you name it. This weekend I recorded three of my favorite prose poems (short short stories), added some incidental music and sound FX and posted them on my blog.I'm a ham, I admit it, and having the chance to perform this trio of stories, compose music in Garageband and edit it all into a ...
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September 14, 2009
- I've alluded to the four short stories that made my summer a living hell--well, now you can go to my blog and read them...and then tell me if the abuse I put my body, mind and spirit through was worth it.Personally, kids, I have my doubts. I haven't been this beat up by a writing project in a long time and, frankly, I might be getting too old for this shit. Like a punchdrunk fighter, showing ...
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September 6, 2009
- My muse is a pretty eclectic gal.She likes EVERYTHING. Over the course of the past 25 years, I've written short stories, novels, poetry, prose poems, song lyrics, radio drama, stage plays, screenplays, reviews, essays, rants and just about anything else you can name--except haikus and limericks. A person has to have some standards.Having my own blog/web site allows me to post all of that ...
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August 31, 2009
- I'm forty-six years old in October and I'm still building plastic model kits. I don't know if this is a sign of creeping dementia or an indication I've never really grown up.I especially love any kit associated with old TV shows or the space age. I own everything from an Area 51 alien space craft to a German zeppelin (can't wait to put those babies together).But as one final gesture to the ...
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August 14, 2009
- Just added one of my most anthologized and best known stories to my blog. A tale that appeared in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (thank you, Ellen Datlow) and leads off my 1997 short story collection The Reality Machine. Just letting folks download and read it for absolute nada. As in nada bloody cent. You don't believe me? Click here and see for yourself....
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August 10, 2009
- I'm delighted to announce I've posted "New World Man" on my site, as of this morning. I consider this tale to be one of the ten best I've ever written--it appears in my Reality Machine (1997) collection and posits a near future world where even the traditional family has broken up...and revolution is in the air. I once jokingly called it "the last cyberpunk story" and ...
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August 9, 2009
- Finally, some new work to show to my readers.I've posted the text of my radio play "The First Room" on my blog. Do pop over for a look--you can download and read it for absolutely nuttin'. Let me know what you think of this piece--I think it's the best radio drama I've ever created, a compelling document of a time and mindset. Check out the dozens of audio and cinema samples; ...
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