There are short stories, and then there are Corwin Fox short stories - and those don含羞草研究社檛 get much shorter.

The B.C. musician and music producer has added 含羞草研究社榩ublished author含羞草研究社� to his portfolio, with Kill Love - a book of one-sentence stories.

Fox said the idea for a book of one-sentence stories came by happenstance.

含羞草研究社淚 started writing one-sentence stories by accident - I was just trying to crack up my bandmate, Laurel,含羞草研究社� he said. 含羞草研究社淚 was replying to an email and I just wrote this funny once-sentence response that turned into a story - which is in the book, incidentally含羞草研究社� I cracked myself up; it was just funny. But then that night I started thinking含羞草研究社� I wondered what else I could do?

含羞草研究社淪o I just started writing more to see what I could do. Could I write sad ones, funny ones, dark ones? What can I do with a one-sentence story. I was writing them every night until I had dozens of them. Then I realized there was a theme tying a whole bunch of these together, so I just cleaned it up, grouped them, and made Kill Love.含羞草研究社�

The Vancouver Island-based artist含羞草研究社檚 one-sentence stories are akin to extremely free verse poetry. There is no consistent pattern or word count from one story to the next. Some stories are 20 lines long; others are five words long.

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 almost a literary form - or it could be a literary form,含羞草研究社� said Fox.

Corwinisms, if you will.

Fox said some of the stories are autobiographical, while others are pure fiction. There are even stories of invented words, such as 含羞草研究社榓mpersymphonialocity含羞草研究社� - the rate of speed at which two or more musical ideas merge. 含羞草研究社楩ox said the book is 含羞草研究社榥ot really for kids - there is some dark and weird stuff in it, along with some cuss words and stuff. I wanted it to be really unfettered and experimental, but also to make it very personal.含羞草研究社�

As much as anything, Fox figures once he starts doing music gigs again, Kill Love will be a nice addition to his merch table.

含羞草研究社淭he state of the music industry has changed so much,含羞草研究社� he said. 含羞草研究社淣owadays people buy computers that don含羞草研究社檛 even come with a CD drive, so some people still buy CDs, but not a lot of people; some people by vinyl, but not a lot of people; some people are even buying cassettes again, but most people consume their music these days through streaming.

含羞草研究社淪o I started thinking, what am I going to sell, once I go back on tour, because I will do gigs again, and it will be great, because you need your merch money. No one has CD players anymore含羞草研究社� I already supplement my merch tables with hats or shirts, but I含羞草研究社檓 not super into clothing, so含羞草研究社�

含羞草研究社淭hat makes it sound like the impetus of writing this book was an economic one, but it wasn含羞草研究社檛. That含羞草研究社檚 just a secondary thing. I was already creating this stuff and I just felt compelled to make the book - the same as writing a song.含羞草研究社�

Kill Love is available at Moon含羞草研究社檚 Records in his hometown of Cumberland, or order online at Fox含羞草研究社檚 website,

terry.farrell@comoxvalleyrecord.com
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