Torn Mind

EOF Update

2010-12-04T22:56:00.000-08:00

The next chapter should be out tomorrow.

Editing

2010-11-22T21:25:00.000-08:00

There's an addition to Ravenous's pack in the next chapter. It should be out within a few days.

EYES OF FRIGHT

2010-10-31T18:01:00.000-07:00

I've compiled a collection of the first 7 chapters of EYES OF FRIGHT. It's 11,000 words so far. The unedited version is about 25k words. I'm editing it on a daily basis.

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2010-10-31T17:03:00.000-07:00

CH7 - Ghost

EYES

2010-10-26T21:57:00.001-07:00

CH6 - Death

EYES

2010-10-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

CH5 - Cloisters

EYES

2010-10-16T15:23:00.000-07:00

CH4 - The Beast

More EYES

2010-10-11T20:22:00.000-07:00

CH3 - Three Rivers

Enter the gauntlet.

EYES OF FRIGHT

2010-10-10T22:01:00.000-07:00

CH1 - Inebriate Me

CH2 - V Born

More to come.

Site Construction

2010-10-05T19:15:00.000-07:00

I recently changed web hosting. The files will be available shortly. I will start posting chapters of Eyes of Fright tonight.

Hex Artist

2010-09-30T23:04:00.000-07:00

Today's story is Hex Artist. Feel free to leave comments. Bring on October.

October Inspiration

2010-09-29T22:04:00.000-07:00

New story - Ghost Night. The plan is to write and post a story every day of October. Here's to meeting that with a baseball bat, and seeing red.

August Misery

2010-08-31T18:13:00.000-07:00

Eyes of Fright came to a standstill at roughly 23k words. I haven't touched it in seventy days. I can see myself getting back into it and wrapping it up. I've been hesitant to start anything new because I want to finish EOF, but I'm not in the right place mentally to scribe it out.

Early June Sores

2010-06-09T20:40:00.000-07:00

Eyes of Fright is 23k words. I'm trying to organize the story more, but I'm lacking a way to do that right now.

Thursday 1700

2010-05-27T17:17:00.000-07:00

Eyes of Fright is at 21.8k words.

Nineteenth

2010-05-19T22:01:00.000-07:00

EOF = 19.5k words. Editing page 42 of 81.

1 Month EOF

2010-05-18T19:27:00.001-07:00

It's been one month that I've been working on Eyes of Fright. It's 16.5k words. I'm not sure how long it'll be in the end. I finished editing the first half of the story and am working on the second half in addition to writing new content. It's passed Ranicla's length.

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2010-05-16T08:08:00.000-07:00

Eyes of Fright is going well. It's reached 13k words and is going strong. Everything about it is very different from Ranicla. The story feels much more open and is easier to take different directions while still staying in the same universe. Though, Ranicla being 2.5 years ago, I think down the line I may go back and make it more complete.

Eyes of Fright's writing is still in the early stages. There are things to be rewritten and more stylized. Parts are being written daily, and I can see the project changing and unfolding very quickly.

The site's pages are corrupting themselves periodically. I'm re-uploading them when I notice. All the pdf files are intact regardless and are accessible here http://tornmind.com/files/ .

One last thing to mention is Eyes of Fright's title is temporary. I might have a more encompassing name like Ranicla to Doin Lines and the rest. The EOF acronym isn't working.

Mid May Update

2010-05-13T15:45:00.000-07:00

Eyes of Fright, the vampire story I'm working on, is nearing 11k words and still being written. There are two concepts I started on recently, one Venture, takes place on a ship/hotel about a fugitive criminal and follows his life. The other, Slaytronics, is about a virtual reality company and an employee, a co-founder enters the system for a trial run into a surreal world.

Late April Story

2010-04-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

I've been writing a new vampire story the past week. It's at 6200 words, but the last thousand will be scratched. I've hit a brick wall somewhat at the moment, though I haven't entirely sidelined it, instead I'm hoping to smash my head into that wall till my skull cracks and the wall gives. How that'll impact future writing or my current psyche, I don't know.

2010

2010-03-02T14:21:00.000-08:00

Three new stories up: Mirch, The Flesh Heals, and Fruit And Blood. I plan for all of them to have follow-ups.

2009

2009-08-18T12:31:00.000-07:00

You'll find 11 new stories in the shorts section since the last news update.

Death Comes Halloween

2008-10-16T20:27:00.001-07:00

Posted.

Right

2008-10-14T21:50:00.001-07:00

I wrote eleven pages handwritten today. I'm typing/editing now. It'll be up tomorrow.

Strottenville

2008-10-12T13:19:00.001-07:00

New story in SHORTS.

First Halloween Story Of 2008

2008-10-11T13:40:00.001-07:00

The story's in SHORTS. It's about a monster and a boy. I plan on shooting out more Halloween stories before Nov.

Leg Snatcher

2008-10-07T06:02:00.001-07:00

New story. Read.

Fred The Crawler

2008-09-23T22:23:00.001-07:00

Story's posted in SHORTS.

More Body Horror

2008-09-22T21:51:00.001-07:00

Wrote a new story today. I've got to make a few edits before I upload.

Body Horrors

2008-09-07T00:54:00.001-07:00

Read.

RANICLA

2008-09-03T20:23:00.001-07:00

I've just finished the final edit on Ranicla. It comes in at 15278 words. You can find the pdfs under NOVELS.

Cutting Girly

2008-08-31T09:03:00.001-07:00

There's a new short. Read, digest.

Skinpunk 1939

2008-08-30T12:40:00.001-07:00

Check out the new story. Let me know if you like it, because I do have more written in this story, but I'm leaving this world for now.

James the Sea Dog

2008-07-24T22:43:00.001-07:00

Read it. This story is my favorite right now. All the stories are my favorites at the moment, otherwise I wouldn't write them, but I'm really into this one. I'm still feeling the high from it.

Baxter

2008-07-21T19:14:00.001-07:00

The Red Abyss. Read. I'm typing up the sequel right now. I also have another new story about the sea.

Torne Sequel

2008-07-20T20:21:00.001-07:00

New story up in Shorts. I'm typing in Baxter's story now.

Back To Ink

2008-07-16T22:29:00.001-07:00

I've started writing again. I have four stories that'll be up'd soon. There are two storylines.

Ranicla

2008-06-12T11:34:00.001-07:00

30% complete.

Ranicla

2008-05-31T18:38:00.001-07:00

I've finished editing Doin Lines (1 of 13 chaps). I'm looking to have it ready for 06/06/08.

Ranicla

2008-05-21T01:39:00.001-07:00

I've decided to wrap up Ranicla for the moment in a finished pdf. It'll be about 16k words, including all the one-shots of it posted here. I'll be editing it this week and getting it up asap.

Bleedin’ Shoe Buffer

2008-03-08T17:21:00.001-08:00

New short, read it.

Schedule

2008-03-03T22:46:00.001-08:00

After watching M Bot Strange's videos of having a production schedule, I've decided to plot myself out. The goal is 36k words in one month (gold, not just content), along with 17 short story edits. I think I can work at this rate and even faster, so I should be pre-buffing days easily. Here's a picture of it – http://tornmind.com/dezschedule.jpg

Devil’s Rye

2008-02-28T19:37:00.001-08:00

New Ranicla. Read, drink, devour, and go fuck yourself.

Ranicla

2008-02-10T20:17:00.001-08:00

Bavaria is posted.

Stelcy and Pete’s Bakery

2008-02-09T11:57:00.001-08:00

Stelcy is a witch piece. Pete's Bakery is Ranicla. Up next will be Bavaria on either tonight or tomorrow.

Marshmallow

2008-02-05T23:56:00.001-08:00

I've wrote, edited, and have just posted Marshmallow – all in one day. Want, from Ranicla, will be posted tomorrow. I plan on writing the fourth draft of Bavaria tomorrow. Marshmallow is in SHORTS.

Danny On Top

2008-02-02T00:00:00.001-08:00

New short. Read.

Ranicla

2008-02-01T14:05:00.001-08:00

I just posted Scrape. The next piece is Want, which will be up either tonight or tomorrow.

Redondo Beach

2008-01-27T21:22:00.001-08:00

New piece is up in SHORTS. Working on Ranicla tomorrow with Fangs.

Meat Pillow

2008-01-18T17:57:00.001-08:00

Read in SHORTS. I have a page or two of Sand Sharks, third draft. Really unsure how that will come out finalized.

Grant Sick Fuck Is Back

2008-01-16T15:13:00.001-08:00

Run for the fucking hills. He turned 21 and is on a date with a hotty named Betty.

WIP

2008-01-14T22:38:00.001-08:00

I just wrote Meat Pillow. I'll edit it tomorrow and post it.

Disturbed Meal

2008-01-13T21:53:00.001-08:00

New short. Currently working on Bavaria.

Droofus

2008-01-04T07:30:00.001-08:00

Eighth Ranicla posted. Droofus.

Bagel Boaster

2008-01-03T23:16:00.001-08:00

The seventh Ranicla has been posted. Read it. It's called Bagel.

2008 Piece

2008-01-02T23:54:00.001-08:00

I wrote my first story of 2008 this morning. It's called, You're Dead Now, Mom! I've also uploaded the next Ranicla, which is Pandemonium. I'll have Bagel, of Ranicla, uploaded soon.

More Ranicla

2007-12-28T22:34:00.001-08:00

The Cove was posted the other night. It's in NOVELS/RANICLA.

I've updated the site a bit, trying to get a more intuitive/less-clicks design. I have the next few pieces of Ranicla already written and am currently editing them. After The Cove is APT #606, which I'm working on this very second.

I've also been making some minor changes in all of the shorts. Every story has been changed in some way, and all the new black pdfs are a potent dark grey.

2007

2007-12-22T19:03:00.001-08:00

I've posted Black N' White, which is a Ranicla piece, and I've posted Moon Jumpin', a short.

So far for the shorts I have posted, which mostly started in late October, I have 21,568 words. I'm thinking of putting them together as a shorts compilation. Possibly title it Fall 2007. I may take a look at Lulu. Contact me if you know any places to publish.

New Works

2007-12-20T21:23:00.001-08:00

I've got five Ranicla pieces I'm editing, soon to post, and Moon Jumpin' has been written. Milk Drunk has finally been posted – it took a month to go from the original idea to finished piece. I feel it took far too long. The original idea didn't have much going for it, but after three weeks, I started pounding out 1k here and there, and it's done.

Ranicla has been very potent in my mind as of late. There's now seven pieces in it, which come out to approximately 10k words. I hope to get everything edited and posted soon, but I'm not going to stop writing.

Christmas 2007

2007-12-03T22:22:00.001-08:00

I've decided to merge my remaining Christmas ideas into one final piece. It will be 'Milk N' Bones'. I'm guessing it'll be around 3-4k words. I should have it done in a week's time. Ranicla isn't hitting those Sunday's. But I will be working on both Ranicla and Genocide after Milk N' Bones. I also have ideas for Fall Brothers going down. Novel writing will take priority after this last short. Though whatever I come up with will be written, whether it's shorts, flash, etc. I'm also polishing up some of the old shorts like Eyelid into flash's – 600 words a piece.

Rudolph The Misfit

2007-12-02T19:14:00.001-08:00

I have a new Christmas story out on the site: Rudolph The Misfit. This is the fourth Christmas piece, and I plan on doing two more. The other two are Milk N' Bones and Disfigured Dwarves (title wip). I decided to go through some of my older work, to polish it and make more sense of it, so that they're all equally strong.

More Ranicla

2007-11-28T21:03:00.001-08:00

The second issue of Ranicla has been uploaded. It's titled Face Cut, you'll find it in NOVELS/RANICLA. I'm currently working on the next Ranicla piece, Rudolph The Misfit, Disfigured Dwarves (title may change), and Milk N' Bones. Once I finish the Christmas pieces, I'll get back to Habitual Genocide and post a revised Chapter 1-2.

Christmas 2007

2007-11-26T19:34:00.001-08:00

I've been writing Christmas stories today. I have two completed, and two to go. Ranicla's second issue will be out soon. It's titled Face Cutter. For now, check out Reindeer Blood in SHORTS.

Ranicla

2007-11-20T19:03:00.001-08:00

I will be writing a weekly serial of the city which 'Doin Lines With The Devil' takes place. It's called Ranicla. Rosco and Bozolli will be featured along with other characters. I will post each installment every Sunday. The run is planned to last five months, 20 pieces. Each one will be roughly 2k-3k words.

Rage the Wolf

2007-11-17T10:08:00.001-08:00

I've just finished Rage the Wolf. It's a story of lust, desire, and hardcore, splatter goodness. Impalin' those clouds, man. Read it in the SHORTS section.

Fappo the Clown

2007-11-10T22:48:00.001-08:00

I've been thinking of writing a clown story the past week and wrote it tonight. It's roughly 1500 words and an easy read. I had a lot of fun writing it, so I marked it as an adventure story opposed to a short. I'm considering doing multiple adventures of Fappo the Clown. I'll have to see the feedback. Not that I'd hold Fappo back. Guy's fuckin awesome. It's posted in the SHORTS section.

Doin Lines With The Devil

2007-11-04T23:39:00.001-08:00

I've just finished a new story titled 'Doin Lines With The Devil'. It's posted in the SHORTS section. I entered it in a Lit Horror contest on DevArt. I'm very satisfied with how the story came out. I focused on a horror approach, with transgressive traced through it. I like the characters and the story very much, so I may continue it. There's a very good chance there will be more of Bozolli and Rosco.

I've been working on Habitual Genocide as my main focus beyond 'doinlines'. I'm working on describing the world more in the beginning. I have a feeling that there's many people who are unfamiliar with cyberpunk and may not pick up on the terms as fast as I want them to.

Habitual Genocide

2007-10-31T20:29:00.001-07:00

The Genocide has just been uploaded to the NOVELs section. I'm really excited for this one. I had originally wrote the idea for this last year and came out with a 30 page scramble which didn't have the elements in it I was looking for. This is a revision I started writing last week, this is the third write for these chapters. I have a good amount of ideas for Habitual Genocide.

Rose Bianchetti

2007-10-28T21:27:00.001-07:00

The first chapter to Rose Bianchetti has been posted. This character experiences hellish nightmares which begin to start manifesting. There's a lot of ground to cover as far as the nightmares go.

Torn Minds

2007-10-21T17:13:00.001-07:00

The concept which pulled me into writing was Torn Minds. Torn Minds is an abstract idea. It's what defines myself and hits some of the philosophy I believe. Torn Minds isn't necessarily one location or one span of time. It's a lucid idea which can enfold itself into anything. Initially though, it began as a story about vampires.

Of course there's many different types of vampires. The Torn Mind deZ is relentless, strong, morally diverse, unethical, and adventurous. The collection I just posted was written in 2004-2005. I just revised it slightly, touching up the grammar, but kept everything else intact. I plan on writing more Torn Minds in a more narrative form. Origins is heavily poetic and is in small self-contained chapters.

You'll find it in the SHORTS section. I recommend the black PDF. Get Adobe Reader to view it, if you don't have it already.

Fall Bros

2007-10-15T23:24:00.000-07:00

The Fall Brothers Halloween Special has been edited, revised, and posted. It can be found on the Fall Brothers dir page in NOVELS. Also posted on DA.

Edsel

2007-10-10T19:10:00.000-07:00

I have posted the first two chapters of Edsel. It is in the NOVELS section. I recommend reading the PDF's for the best legibility.

Fall Brothers

2007-10-09T21:24:00.001-07:00

I have just finished editing the first three chapters to Fall Brothers. I'll be posting the Halloween Special of the Fall Bros shortly. I'm also working on getting the pdf created for the novel page. Go to the NOVEL/FALLBROTHERS page to find it in different formats.

I've made a DeviantArt account for the writing. I plan on uploading everything there as well and linking here. http://deztornmind.deviantart.com/

Writing progress is steady.

October: Fall Brothers

2007-10-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

I'll be posting the first 15 pages of Fall Brothers. The story takes place in the heart of October.

I've been falling towards the over-sized pumpkins. The ones that seep through veins and embeds itself in your eyes. Bleeding orange, squash strings wrapping round entrails. Have to duck tape those fingers to stop the seeds from jutting out.

Fall Bros will be up soon.