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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
It's about a seemingly narcissistic child recounting his difficulties in grooming the next big horror writer. As the story unfolds (Novella-in-flash sequences), we learn more about the narrator and his idiosyncrasies than we do of the author that he - the narrator - is grooming. What we have, then, is a story told by an unreliable narrator. I'm also trying to make it humorous, for without humor we have a lot of dead people. And I know quite a lot of dead people! 
Here's one chapter:
(snippage for brevity)
The lesson we can learn from this is that a writer should never underestimate his dog’s influence on the development of his craft, whether it be the wagging of a tail, or a forlorn bark in the night. |
Oookay, so it's a bit--not a lot, but a bit--like that Travolta movie with the baby, voiced by Bruce Willis? Is that the idea here, except...I guess the Baby (two?) is meant to be grooming some writer? Is that right?
At that point...I guess it pretty much qualifies as LitFic, which means you can put any damned cover on it you wish. LitFic is famous for meaningless and non-indicative covers, after all!
Hitch