Introduction to the Abyss

Thanks for dropping in!

I created this blog for several reasons. To blog some of my thoughts and feelings about writing. I have been negligent for several months now and intend to use this blog to get the ball rolling in regards to writing. I really enjoy writing both poetry and fiction, especially horror. I don't know how to really characterize my poetry-style, but I would say it is a mix of surrealist and impressionistic. My poetry is heavily influenced by artists especially from the surrealist and German impressionist school. My favourite artists include Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, and Gustav Klimt. As for my favourite writers, well that is a very, very long list. However, they include Hermann Hesse, Henry Miller, Fydor Dostoyovsky, Knut Hamsun and as for contemporary writers they run the gamut of Stephan King, Richard Laymon, Shaun Hutson--mostly authors in the horror genre. Now for poetry! I don't read too much poetry but some of my favourites are John Keats, Edmund Spenser, Leonard Cohen, and in my humble opinion one of the best of all time, the great Rumi.

Thanks for visiting!
Brian