Well, I don't have many stories to share, but I'll never refuse a bit of self-promotion!
1) The one you wish more people had seen.
That would probably be my latest story: A tale in Marrakech.
I think I messed up the title of this one, because I've never had a story (a Recommended Read at that) fly off the front page with so little views (about three times less than my other stories) despite staying there quite a long time.
Besides, it's a great story! My best, according to my most excellent and trusted editor: Curvygalore. It's a very onirical tale, it's prose written with poetry in mind, mysterious characters and set in one of the most enchanting place I've ever visited. I'm quite proud of it and if you're feeling brave, I'm certain you'll find something to like and bargain for, in the souk of Marrakech.
2) Character that you've written that you'd most like to spend a night with if they were "real."
Well, I name very few characters..Well...I write in the second person, so why would I?
But I would really like to spend a night with the girl from "Apocalypse". The reason here is quite personal, as the story itself is inspired from true events - a rather interesting encounter with the police and their generous use of tear gas. The girl is real as well. This story is an hommage to her defiance, and of course I had quite the crush on her.
"Cécile", from "Puppets of the Lens" would be a close second. But I have spent many nights with the girl she is inspired from, so a large part of that desire is sated.
3) Most interesting female character.
Much as "Apocalypse girl" is in the discussion as well, the prize has to go to the Muse from "A tale in Marrakech".
Unlike most or all of my other female characters, she isn't based on or inspired by anyone real. She's a pure fantasy, drawn from a variety of classic tales. The most notable inspiration for the whole story is of course Faust, where she would play the role of both the Devil and the worldy pleasures the character wishes for.
4) Most interesting male character.
Impossible to say, as a male author writing in the second person, most male characters are the ones I very identify with. They're supposed to be malleable enough to allow anyone, female readers included, to find their own place inside the story. All my stories are about you and no one else.
5) Story whose success surprised you.
That would be my very first story, Sinnerman. Re-reading it, I can see and remember its appeal and the fun I had writing it, but I find it much less refined than anything I've written since. Yet, it remains my second most-read story.
It's still worth a read of course, it's the one with which I created my lush "style". I write stories drawn from places I love rather than writing a plot and chosing a setting afterward. It's Paris for "Puppets", "Moanin" and "Apocalypse"; Roma for "Sinnerman" and of course "A tale in Marrakech" is self-explanatory.
6) A story you were nervous about posting.
All of them? I always find more mistakes when I reread, so everytime I post a story I'm always anguished of finding more. Of course, I always do, but there comes a time where you just have to submit that thing.
7) Your raunchiest story.
Definitely Puppets of the Lens.
As I said, I draw stories from places rather than the opposite, and "Puppets" had the most limited setting. Just a small student room in Paris, and two lovers. That makes it the most direct and intimate of everything that I've written, it's exclusively about the boundless energy between them, their fascination for sex and each other.
It's also been by far my most successful story.
8) Your sappiest story
Difficult to say, being an arrogant bastard, all my stories have elements of grandor that make the term "sappy" hardly applicable. But Apocalypse is probably the most romantic?
9) The one you're proudest of.
Actually, the next one I'll be publishing. It will be called Bromeliads and I'm feeling very good about it. Mark my words.
10) A story you want to mention just because.
Moanin' didn't get much love in this list, but that's probably because it's the most balanced of the stories I've published so far.
All my other stories accentuate one element at the detriment of others. Sinnerman is the most plotty, Puppets the most directly sexual in nature, Apocalypse is supposed to be wild and incoherent, A tale in Marrakech is very onirical. Moanin' is all of those things at once, it's the "jack of all trades" of my stories with something to love for everyone.
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