Tantra Bensko: Lucid Fiction

        

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You will find links to a bit of my writing:  Some of my fiction  is New Wave Fabulism, Magical Realism, and the majority of it is whimsical, sometimes metafiction, often multi-dimenional, going beyond the general ideas of what a person is. Please enjoy the playful, zany stories, the experimental, quantum stories, the literary presentation of glimpses into unusual people's lives.  My stories are often anti stories, non linear, going against the rules of mainstream fiction. I try to take that further in some of the stories and create Lucid Fiction in which the fiction of reality wakes up through the lucidity of the words.

Included within the mix are some stories which explore the context we live in, as our awareness grows through piercing the veils of illusions created throughout history by those who want to keep us under control.

You'll see some of my art, music, and videos here, as well. Have a good time playing in it.

             

My classes are doing well, my essay about experimental fiction is having an interesting conversation with itself at Bewildering Stories, and Retort Magazine just published an interview by Alex of me about Lucid Fiction, the innovative format and the social/paranormal/political/spiritual ideas behind it.



It's been a long time since I've updated this scrolling section. Now, it's become Feb. 2010, and I'm offering two online classes in Experimental Fiction Writing. One is through UCLA Extension, the other through WritersCollege. You can read more about experimental fiction and my classes here and here.  I have a site dedicated to Experimental Writing resources.
Now is the time to sign up for the April class, which is 10 weeks. Otherwise, you can sign up any time for the other class, which can be taken as 6 or 12 weeks. Currently, I have to recommend studying through the UCLA class, and it's filling up fast, and early, so sign up now!

I've added a blog for everyone to comment on my latest articles or stories, and anything of your own, or anything at all you want to share. I also have a forum for members, and feel free to join up in the members section. I've also added a video blog, currently focusing on the classes offered.



Galen, an activist, and I talked on Marayam's radio show, out of Bolinas, Breaking the Silence, recently and now we are all going on Daniel Kottke's TV next show. Based in Palo Alto, the show is called The Next step, cable access. We'll be discussing piercing the veils of illusion, escaping the matrix, using tantic methods to lucidify the consciousness, liberate the self. We'll be giving many facts about the nature of the conspiracy against the people and what can be done about it in specific, empowering ways. 11/25, 11/27, etc. it's simultaneously webcast whenever it airs, you
can watch it in Quicktime. go to communitymediacenter.net and click WATCH (and
the channel number).

www.visionaryfiction.org/forum.html   is a place for discussing a new genre of fiction that overlaps with lucid fiction. My post is in this link. Let us know what you think about the ideas of including more of reality in fiction.

At the moment I'm writing this, mid November, My writing is in the Current issues of Soma Literary Review, Rose and Thorn, Retort, Unlikely Stories, Cosmopsis (print), and Alternative Approaches, Lit Chaos,
and my art is in Current issues of Ashe Magazine (along with an essay) (print), Outside (print), and CameraArts Showcase Edition (print).

 

Retort Magazine published one of my articles calling for a whole new genre, Lucid Fiction!

I was just nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize by Rose and Thorn magazine. Thank you Rose and Thorn.

 

Thank you to Bari Kennedy for featuring me as a reader in Sacramento at Luna's Poetry Unplugged event. It was lovely.