A Conversation with Jasper Kerkau

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Jasper Kerkau, co-founder of Sudden Denouement. Sudden Denouement Anthology Vol 1 will be releasing soon!  

Meditation

Subterranean Novellas – Aurora Phoenix

Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
he is sleeping fetally curled as the narrow bench allows hairily bedraggled a forlorn green bean hopelessly lost in a crisper corner. insensible to the hubbub lurch oblivious sea legs unconscious. his story has uncracked bindings though I inescapably draft this chapter unimaginatively entitled “homeless” subtitled survival strategies for…

‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’: A Shield Maiden Collaboration

Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
1Wise-Woman Her words, her will, her worth Trampled and trodden Forgotten But for her Flickering light Fueled by ferocity Molded with might Courage compiled Resilience reconciled Wolves wryly grin Circling again Nevertheless, she persisted   Christine Ray She was told little girls should be seen, not heard but silence…

‘Shoo, fly.’ – Collaboration – Kindra M. Austin & Samantha Lucero

Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
Fly guy—bar fly with Roman nose and sake soaked tongue buzzing in my ear; shoo fly, don’t bother me. ? like a sip instead of a gulp, the spider is on the cliff of my knee, it spreads no further with its unshaven jowls scratching the walls of my…

‘Recombinant Selves’ – A Collaborative of 11 writers

Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
We inherit The wordless cry Of all our former Selves (CER) ? They layer themselves upon us ragged cloaks of the homeless dragging at our heels (AP) ? Dusk takes one last breath Swallowing golden specks of us Scattered among the detritus No light reflects From such depths We…

Bellyful – Kindra M. Austin

Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
Excuse my protrusion; I suffer intrusion of demons mine, and yours forced between my teeth. I masticate while you masturbate; fun to watch me swallow, innit? Pour a stiff drink, something acetic acid— make my stomach into plastic lined landfill, non-biodegradable. I’ll die bloated with a bellyful of demons, …