Some good words on Pathologies from Chris Heavener, publisher of Annalemma:
"Walsh slices his characters thin, then chooses which slice will show you their eventual trajectory."
Read the whole post here.
And J.A. Tyler, author of Inconceivable Wilson and the man behind Mudluscious Press, presents "A Partial Study of these Pathologies" at Big Other:
"...Walsh’s Pathologies, in its seventeen micro-fictions, has a clear through-line & a vibrant arc..."
Read the whole post and comments here.
And Timmy Waldron, author of World Takes, had some pathological questions to ask me at Word Riot, like:
Timmy: Many of these stories have surreal elements to them, but you never take these stories into the impossible. Could you talk about this type of writing and what draws you to this kind of hyper reality?
William: I like the story-ness of stories. Fiction shouldn’t try to be too realistic. Fiction is portrait and fiction is landscape, but fiction is not real. Stories should be an examination or dramatization of an idea or a feeling. A story should also bring a reader to know something or feel something new.
Read the whole Q&A here.
Finally, some sharp readers (like Ben Tanzer, Kathy Fish, Marc Lowe, Tim Jones-Yelvington, Jason Jordan) posted some sweet ratings of Pathologies at GoodReads.
