Short Fiction

A while ago in this blog I discussed a problem I faced in regards to what to do with The Indebted. This dystopian story as originally designed to be a short story and turned into a novella. Sadly, there is not much of a market for novellas, and while there may be romance in the idea of a starving artist—romance only goes so far. For those who have never heard of The Indebted and to save the reader from having to page through the many blogs to find its reference: The Indebted explores the dark side of the “Green Powered” world and global economy.

When I started rewriting this story I came to a standstill as I wrestled with the question I posed before: What to do with a problem like a novella. I set the story aside to let myself think about it. After months, I have finally decided that the work (which is also a tribute to all those who have survived concentration camps and like prisons) deserved to be explored in a longer piece than a short story. I have decided to rewrite the story as a novel.

This means I need to take the story and replot it as a novel. I plan to have this novel written by the end of 2010. Please watch these blog pages for one dedicated to The Indebted in the future and please visit www.davidalanlucas.com for more information on the articles, blogs, non-fiction books, stories, novels, and poetry I write.