Speaking of St. John, it was just a June party that inspired this tale. Isabel and I were hanging out in a chermesse, between hot dogs' wagons, hot stalls and children with Chico Bento's look.
Isabel, beside me, was babbling about the Manichean dialectic of the Keys episodes. I, yawning, just wanted to go home and write the end of my next literary failure.
By the so many, in the midst of the racket and play, they lit the fire of St. John.
For no apparent reason, I stood there, hypnotized, contemplating the enormous flames. They looked like arms of fire trying to reach the clouds.
I simply stood still, mesmerized, looking distracted at the fire. Isabel was still at my side talking. I, in a trance, know that she moved her lips, while my ears ignored any word.
That's when something surreal happened: the fire showed me five minutes of the future.
Hypnotized by fire, I visualized in my mind Isabel angry. She said the phrase: “You will turn this into a tale. I know you will.”
Suddenly, Isabel shook my shoulder, pulling me out of the trance. She said it out loud:
- What? Stop standing there, watching the fire. You're like a mongol.
At the same moment, a little boy with Down's Syndrome passed by with his mother. The woman pointed inquisitive eyes at us.
Embarrassed, Elizabeth uttered a embarrassed “ah no” at the very moment a dwarf passed us.
With her face almost the color of the apples of love in the candy stand, Isabel spoke an angry “shit” just the moment a pigeon defecated on her head.
Convinced that the universe was being mocked, Isabel said "I want a million real."
The most she got was a little girl puking corns of canjica in her All Stars.
In a bad mood, Isa looked at me and uttered the phrase I predicted five minutes ago:
- You'll turn this into a tale. I know you will.
Done and done. I wrote a story about mysticism, bonfires and premonitional gifts. I don't have the ability to predict the future, but I see that, as of practicality, this will also be a resounding failure, even if it costs less than a glass of hot.
For anyone who wants to cross the odds, I leave the link to the purchase:
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I met Geisislaine four months ago in a bookstore. I was looking for something from Dostoevsky and she had in her hands an Machado (calm people, it was a book by Machado de Assis).
I didn't make any effort to fall in love with her. We practically got out of there already dating.
Last week I was sleeping on the couch when all of a sudden, Stephen King's Shining, flew in my face.
- Stephen fucking King? So you read Stephen King? You want to humiliate me, is that it?
- You said you only read high literature and what do I find in your underwear drawer? Stephen King! That's it, you lied to me! - She said, moving her arms around with the elegance of a gas station doll.
Even though he's dizzy and his nose is bleeding (believe me, a five-and-a-half-page brick of Stephen King is like a Mike Tyson punch), I tried to justify myself.
I uttered all the lies that my sleepy mind managed to formulate at the time. I said the book was a gift from Aunt Hermengarda. Then I fixed it and said I got it from a secret friend.
- What? You don't have any fucking friends!
Finally, I stated that the book appeared in the middle of the panties by abiogenesis. That was only for Geisislaine to utter all possible and imaginable swearing. It was strange to hear, from those sweet lips, a sound "will take ass".
Sitting in the chair, with her watery eyes, she asked:
- What? So, all that high literature talk was a lie? Was that our trip to the literary convention in São Paulo just to impress me? Those conversations about the multiple layers in Fernando Pessoa's poetry were just to eat me? Is that right?
- My mind begged me to shout “yes” and “no”, but my lips could only pronounce “sorry”.
- Imagine if she finds Harry Potter in the sweatshirt trunk. - I thought so.
Gasping, Geisislaine pronounced his sentence:
- It's all over. I'm done.
In silence, I saw Geisislaine leave. She slammed the apartment door so hard she knocked Clarice Lispector off the shelf.
Angry and heartbroken, I ran to the balcony.
- What? You know what? I screamed at Geisislaine walking down the street, disappearing in the thick fog of that winter morning.
It's after that that I wrote my weak... I mean... my book. Here's the link: Abrir link
I didn't make any effort to fall in love with her. We practically got out of there already dating.
Last week I was sleeping on the couch when all of a sudden, Stephen King's Shining, flew in my face.
- Stephen fucking King? So you read Stephen King? You want to humiliate me, is that it?
- You said you only read high literature and what do I find in your underwear drawer? Stephen King! That's it, you lied to me! - She said, moving her arms around with the elegance of a gas station doll.
Even though he's dizzy and his nose is bleeding (believe me, a five-and-a-half-page brick of Stephen King is like a Mike Tyson punch), I tried to justify myself.
I uttered all the lies that my sleepy mind managed to formulate at the time. I said the book was a gift from Aunt Hermengarda. Then I fixed it and said I got it from a secret friend.
- What? You don't have any fucking friends!
Finally, I stated that the book appeared in the middle of the panties by abiogenesis. That was only for Geisislaine to utter all possible and imaginable swearing. It was strange to hear, from those sweet lips, a sound "will take ass".
Sitting in the chair, with her watery eyes, she asked:
- What? So, all that high literature talk was a lie? Was that our trip to the literary convention in São Paulo just to impress me? Those conversations about the multiple layers in Fernando Pessoa's poetry were just to eat me? Is that right?
- My mind begged me to shout “yes” and “no”, but my lips could only pronounce “sorry”.
- Imagine if she finds Harry Potter in the sweatshirt trunk. - I thought so.
Gasping, Geisislaine pronounced his sentence:
- It's all over. I'm done.
In silence, I saw Geisislaine leave. She slammed the apartment door so hard she knocked Clarice Lispector off the shelf.
Angry and heartbroken, I ran to the balcony.
- What? You know what? I screamed at Geisislaine walking down the street, disappearing in the thick fog of that winter morning.
It's after that that I wrote my weak... I mean... my book. Here's the link: Abrir link
One night, I was at the bus stop. At that time, the only beings standing next to me were a dog tossing through a garbage can and sleeping beggar, maybe dead, you know...
Behind my back, a backpack was holding my Acer. An old laptop that I just didn't retire because I had to sell one kidney and soul to buy another.
- What? Hand me the bag, you bum. - That's the voice I heard right behind me.
The assailant, sneaky and silent as a prostate cancer, pulled something pointed at my waist.
I said I didn't have any money.
- What? It's over, man. Give me the bag. - He insisted.
I repeated that I had no money.
- I'm a writer. - I'm done.
That's when the robber took the knife away from me.
- Fuck, man. Are you really a writer? He questioned me with a mixture of embarrassment and sadness, as one who looks at the team of the heart chafurado in the area of delegation.
I've confirmed the bass.
- Fuck, bro, how did you do that?
I told you it was bad company. It was all Stephen King's fault, Tolkien's fault, Anne Rice's fault, this class...
I also said that I wrote a book and that I could count the number of readers on the right fingers of the president.
The robber, moved, hugged me and still gave me some coins to help me.
On the bus, I reflected on my condition and decided to abandon my literary career.
Unfortunately, I couldn't. The desire to tell stories is stronger than I am. I came home and wrote this story here: Abrir link
Behind my back, a backpack was holding my Acer. An old laptop that I just didn't retire because I had to sell one kidney and soul to buy another.
- What? Hand me the bag, you bum. - That's the voice I heard right behind me.
The assailant, sneaky and silent as a prostate cancer, pulled something pointed at my waist.
I said I didn't have any money.
- What? It's over, man. Give me the bag. - He insisted.
I repeated that I had no money.
- I'm a writer. - I'm done.
That's when the robber took the knife away from me.
- Fuck, man. Are you really a writer? He questioned me with a mixture of embarrassment and sadness, as one who looks at the team of the heart chafurado in the area of delegation.
I've confirmed the bass.
- Fuck, bro, how did you do that?
I told you it was bad company. It was all Stephen King's fault, Tolkien's fault, Anne Rice's fault, this class...
I also said that I wrote a book and that I could count the number of readers on the right fingers of the president.
The robber, moved, hugged me and still gave me some coins to help me.
On the bus, I reflected on my condition and decided to abandon my literary career.
Unfortunately, I couldn't. The desire to tell stories is stronger than I am. I came home and wrote this story here: Abrir link
I don't believe in supernatural forces, transcendental powers, astral maps and things like that. I can't believe the good or bad events in my life were the fault of Saturn, who was distracted, came into conjunction with Mars.
So I was surprised when the editor asked me to do a story on astrology.
My will to write about that theme was zero, but I moved on.
In my room, I remembered that Jacenira, the cleaning lady who makes my apartment less confused than Doctor Strange's spells, understands these things, including her even visiting a gypsy Iara.
- What? Believe me, your Fernando, the Gypsy Iara cures cancer, nail stuck and still brings the loved one in up to three days. Jacenira told me.
I asked if the gypsy understood numerology.
- What? Of course you do. When I adopted two puppies, Gypsy Iara said I should baptize both DJ and Sound.
I questioned the reason for the names. Mrs. Jacenira said it was because of the influences of the ancient gods on the phonetic conception of words.
- Okay. And have you noticed if the names of the puppies affected their lives?
Jacenira said she didn't notice anything.
- What? The only thing I noticed is that when the two fight, I always scream: “DJ releases the sound”.
So I was surprised when the editor asked me to do a story on astrology.
My will to write about that theme was zero, but I moved on.
In my room, I remembered that Jacenira, the cleaning lady who makes my apartment less confused than Doctor Strange's spells, understands these things, including her even visiting a gypsy Iara.
- What? Believe me, your Fernando, the Gypsy Iara cures cancer, nail stuck and still brings the loved one in up to three days. Jacenira told me.
I asked if the gypsy understood numerology.
- What? Of course you do. When I adopted two puppies, Gypsy Iara said I should baptize both DJ and Sound.
I questioned the reason for the names. Mrs. Jacenira said it was because of the influences of the ancient gods on the phonetic conception of words.
- Okay. And have you noticed if the names of the puppies affected their lives?
Jacenira said she didn't notice anything.
- What? The only thing I noticed is that when the two fight, I always scream: “DJ releases the sound”.
Here's my latest literary scoundrel. As the name itself indicates, Disasterous Reports is the purest disaster in the form of literature, coming to consolidate me as one of the least-read authors in this galaxy quadrant.
From a young student who invents a killer android to an actress who was possessed in an evangelical cult, the three tales present in this book deliver what they promise: disaster in every way.
Come on. Give it a try. Click on the link to get this book. He's not gonna change your life, but he's gonna help me buy my dog's food.
Abrir link
From a young student who invents a killer android to an actress who was possessed in an evangelical cult, the three tales present in this book deliver what they promise: disaster in every way.
Come on. Give it a try. Click on the link to get this book. He's not gonna change your life, but he's gonna help me buy my dog's food.
Abrir link
It's true, I wasn't always that sleazy writer. I tried to work in different professional segments.
I've already acted as a manufacturer of june party flags, raccoon trainer and racket handling instructor to kill mosquito. Once, I also worked as an individual who only served to be cursed in an accounting office.
At the time, my boss, seeing that even the ferns in the room had more use than I did, told me to prepare a lecture on sticks.
- Tell me all about it. - She ordered it.
I found the theme rather strange. However, as my job was to obey, I did what I was asked.
I've prepared a series of slides on sticks. I talked about chicken bread, stew, vegan, diabetic pie, and even pie for those who were pound with ascendant in twins.
On the day of the presentation, I was there, in the meeting room, being ravaged by several pairs of inquisiting eyes, all eager to see what I had to talk about sticks.
Right on the first slide, when I approached the origin of the pies on the Iberian peninsula, my boss screamed:
- What? What the hell is this?
- I did what you said. I've written a lecture on toothpicks. - I explained small and scared shitless.
- Piece of shit, I said empathy. In-pa-ti-a. - She pronounced it. Each syllable sounded like a rat in my ears.
After such a disastrous event, I was defended by the company and became a writer. A chipped writer, obviously.
Causes like this I recorded here, in this booklet, the Disaster Reports, a collection of three stories that summarize the daily life of a unfortunate author.
The book, cheaper than a little pie, won't change your life, but it will help take my name from Serasa.
I've already acted as a manufacturer of june party flags, raccoon trainer and racket handling instructor to kill mosquito. Once, I also worked as an individual who only served to be cursed in an accounting office.
At the time, my boss, seeing that even the ferns in the room had more use than I did, told me to prepare a lecture on sticks.
- Tell me all about it. - She ordered it.
I found the theme rather strange. However, as my job was to obey, I did what I was asked.
I've prepared a series of slides on sticks. I talked about chicken bread, stew, vegan, diabetic pie, and even pie for those who were pound with ascendant in twins.
On the day of the presentation, I was there, in the meeting room, being ravaged by several pairs of inquisiting eyes, all eager to see what I had to talk about sticks.
Right on the first slide, when I approached the origin of the pies on the Iberian peninsula, my boss screamed:
- What? What the hell is this?
- I did what you said. I've written a lecture on toothpicks. - I explained small and scared shitless.
- Piece of shit, I said empathy. In-pa-ti-a. - She pronounced it. Each syllable sounded like a rat in my ears.
After such a disastrous event, I was defended by the company and became a writer. A chipped writer, obviously.
Causes like this I recorded here, in this booklet, the Disaster Reports, a collection of three stories that summarize the daily life of a unfortunate author.
The book, cheaper than a little pie, won't change your life, but it will help take my name from Serasa.