Is it strange to interview yourself?
Well … it wasn’t until you brought it
up. Jeez, thanks a lot man.
What an asshole.
Jeez, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean anything
by it, I was just asking.
Jeez.
Do you have to say jeez so much, that’s
my thing, jeez.
How about this, I’ll stop if you stop,
okay?
Je—okay. So are we going to start this
interview or what?
So, I hear that you have recently put
together a book of all your short stories, 23 in all, 17 of which were
previously published on line (Yellow Mama, Out of the Gutter, All Due Respect,
Literary Orphans, Shotgun Honey, Revolt Daily) or in print anthologies (All Due
Respect, Near to the Knuckle, Out of the Gutter 8, Flash Fiction World) and
that it is available on Amazon for Kindle at this link (UK).
Is all this true?
Yes, yes it is. Hey, you seem to know a
lot about me. I like that about you.
Yeah, whatever. What are your favorite
crime and noir novels?
Wow, put me on the spot why don’t you?
It’s a simple question. People want to
know.
Okay, but none of them are famous.
Doesn’t matter, spill it you sonofabitch.
Okay, not in order: Piggyback, TheBitch, Just Like That,
Graves, Dope Sick, The WrongMan – stuff like that. Simple,
fun books put out by indies.
Enough of that crap, what is new with
your awesome writing
career?
My book The Scent of New Death is
supposed to come out from
Out of the Gutter in November. Pretty soon I’ll get
to see the final
cover art but he hasn’t let me know yet. Please
pray for me.
I thought you were an atheist?
Oh, right. Then, put out good thoughts
into the universe for me or
some shit like that.
This is fascinating. What else?
I’m writing a new novel.
Wow, that is great! I can’t wait to see
it when you are done.
Me too.
Well, let me know when it is finished.
Believe me, you’ll get the first look.
Monson's done it! Went over to the darkside from the darkside with the help of his inner friend . . . er . . . fiend . . . er . . . imaginary opposite (yeah, yeah, that's it!). Seems they might really know each other on this plane though because that list of books seems like the kind of books that Mike Classic would like whereas a couple of them look like novels New Mike would like. Ot maybe there's an Other Mike emerging. I don't know. But I'm scared. And I like it. All three of me and the oyster too.
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