John Solensten

John Solensten has published novels, short stories and poetry. THE MUSIC TEACHER is based on Schubert's "The Trout."

June 16, 2019June 16, 2019

Fiction

Odin, The Man Fish and the Trickster God

Who can conjugate madness, shadows, apparitions from the untime of legend and myth--from the world always next to the commonest, simplest scenes

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December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

The Music Teacher: A Love Story

“Music is love in search of a word.” – Sidney Lanier Mr.Adam Fisk, high school instrumental music teacher, stood looking out his bathroom window at the glide and swell of the lawless waters–the terrible aquatic dissonance–of Devils Lake. He had

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Fiction

Odin, The Man Fish and the Trickster God

June 16, 2019June 16, 2019

Who can conjugate madness, shadows, apparitions from the untime of legend and myth--from the world always next to the commonest, simplest scenes of everyday life. Who can know the margin, the boundaries

Fiction

The Music Teacher: A Love Story

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

“Music is love in search of a word.” – Sidney Lanier Mr.Adam Fisk, high school instrumental music teacher, stood looking out his bathroom window at the glide and swell of the lawless