Vision? Nary! Podcast

Perils of Free Thought, a metaphysical joke book, will be free May 8-10.

“Perils of Free Thought” is a short book filled with aphorisms, jokes, anti-jokes, philosophy, and bears.
Jokes are compact lies. But they are splendid, beautiful lies. Short stories are simple lies, and you can tell them in one sitting. Novels are long form lies. Complicated. Got to hold that lie together. Reality is just a bunch of lies in real time.

David Raffin is a Metaphysicist, Writer, & Performer. His work has been featured in the national newspaper Funny Times and praised by MaximumRock’n'Roll, among others.
Find him at http://DavidRaffin.com

Rhyme or Treason (the hard fought illusion of choice)

Review:
“A cross between Garrison Keillor and Salvador Dali.” (standup/interview)
- The Northwest Examiner

“Intelligent, humorous, and highly imaginative- always a pleasure to read.”
- Peter Bacho, Author “Cebu” “Dark Blue Suit”


"His perversions are oddly analytical.”
- Jodi Lamm, Author “Titan Magic”

“The amalgam of fantasy and realism, of fantastic plot turns… Certainly, David is a virtuoso at not delivering what an audience might expect. As such, he shows his remarkable skills as a satirist.”
- Sarah Ryan, Evergreen State College

“He’s not your average comedian.”
- The Daily Olympian

Product Description:
A collection of darkly humorous stories and columns. In “Twilight of the Clowns” a traditional way of life ends as clowning ceases to be a viable way of life; In “Everybody Loves a Little Elf” elves save a man’s business but create a literal stink about property rights and slave labor; In “More than One Day in the Life of Igor Igoravitch” a KGB agent is caught up in a web of intrigue that is his own creation; Australians move to take over the world with their national food, the hot dog; The web of lies in Charlotte’s Web is exposed; and the price of the simulacra in the window is finally laid bare.

From the Author:
These stories and columns originally appeared in the magazine Vision? Nary!, of which MAXIMUMROCK’N'ROLL said: “A sarcastic, funny magazine that takes it to you with humor about the general f***ed-up-ness of America- down home heartland America.”

About the Author:
David Raffin is a Metaphysicist, Writer, and Performer. He is a sometime contributor to the national newspaper Funny Times. His work ranges from short jokes and columns to stories unconventional and absurd; subject matter is wide ranging but tends toward both silly and dark. Pretty words about not so pretty things. Visit him at davidraffin.com

1. New Anthology 2. New Rhyme or Treason

I have a story in the new anthology by Evil Jester Press, Attic Toys.
The book is a collection of dark fantasy and horror edited by Jeremy Shipp and features new work by authors such as Piers Anthony, Lisa Morton, Gary McMahon, Joe McKinney, Jeff Strand, and more.
This is Attic Toys. (Linked is the kindle edition, there will be a paperback edition soon.)

There is a new edition of my book of shorts, Rhyme or Treason.
This one is “The Revised Standard Edition.” It has a new cover, a variation of the older picture. It is available in paperback and for the kindle (or kindle application).
This new version for the kindle has better formatting and a new, working, table of contents. Both versions have new formatting, a new cover, and a handful of longstanding typographical errors have been corrected.
For those who purchased the older kindle version, Amazon is currently deciding whether to send email to previous purchasers to alert them to the change. Either way, the new version should be available to past purchasers for updating on the “manage my kindle” page within a few weeks.

Rhyme or Treason is a collection of shorts that originally ran in Vision? Nary! magazine. Some of the pieces also ran in the national newspaper Funny Times and were reprinted in other on and offline publications.
It features short stories and essays.
You should buy five copies, because that is lucky.

This is a newsletter in pdf form. It includes an essay about the Wright Brothers and some music reviews and links. You may print it and hand it out to friends and enemies alike.

Until some point in the apocalyptic future, we will always have http://vision-nary.com and http://davidraffin.com . After the apocalypse, I will meet you over by the smoke and the fire.

These videos were shot at a Square One house show in Olympia, WA.

This is Scott Erickson. He has an album out titled “Cobwebs & Constellations.”
He may also be found at http://www.myspace.com/scottageerickson

This is Tin Tree Factory. It includes the song “Utopian Futures” and a story about the song in Sweden.
He may be found at http://www.tintreefactory.com/

This is Chelsea Baker telling a story about a fetishist. And a dog park.
She may be found at http://chelseathebaker.com

Small crowd. I talk of love in the night.

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A small crowd, ensconced in darkness.

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Very small crowd. I think people were at home mourning the loss of Kim Jong-il. Or shopping.

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Dredging the Lake of Love / Terminal Velocity

It’s a small crowd, I talk of love.

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This is a collection of shorts.

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Shorts. Swedish Pancakes. Vikings.

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I go there. A hush falls over the crowd. It’s OK, I bring them back by talking about dying children.

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The Oldest Joke in the World. And Bob Crane.

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So dirty…

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Lost in translation. God of Storm. Let’s eat.

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A hodgepodge of newness. Also, monkeys!

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