Randal Eldon Greene is the author of Descriptions of Heaven and the forthcoming collection Blabber, Chat, Shouting Match: 50 Dialogue-Only Fictions.
Descriptions of Heaven
A linguist, a lake monster, and the looming shadow of death–news of an unknown creature in the New Bedford Lake coincides with news that Natalia’s cancer has returned.
On the shores of the lake in a strange house with many secret doors, Robert and his family must face the fact that Natalia is dying, and there is no hope this time. But they continue on; their son plays by the lakeside, Natalia paints, Robert writes, and all the while the air is thick with dust from a worldwide drought that threatens to come down and coat their little corner of green.
A lament for what is already lost and what is yet to be lost, Descriptions of Heaven leaves only one question to be asked: What’s next?
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“Randal Eldon Greene’s novel Descriptions of Heaven is a courageous and unflinching story about the mystery at the center of human life—death—and the stories we tell to make sense of its brutal reality.”
—Colorado Review
“Some authors tell great stories with drab prose, and some have striking prose, but no real story. Greene nails both.”
—Unbroken Journal
“Randal Eldon Greene paints his words with every array of colors imaginable.”
—Paperback Darling
Blabber, Chat, Shouting Match: 50 Dialogue-Only Fictions
Forthcoming from Corona\Samizdat is Randal’s short story collection of fictional dialogues.
Many of the stories in this collection were written during a writing challenge where for a whole year Randal wrote one story a week using only dialogue.
Hello, Author is a Randal Eldon Greene’s Substack where he interviews other writers from around the world.
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