Flight of Destiny by Francis H. Powell

Please help me welcome my guest, Francis H. Powell:

Flight of destiny is a collection of short stories about misfortune. They are characterized by unexpected final twists, that come at the end of each tale. They are dark and surreal tales, set around the world, at different time periods. They show a world in which anything can happen. It is hard to determine reality and what is going on a disturbed mind. People’s conceptions about morality are turned upside down. A good person can be transformed by an unexpected event into a bad person and then back again to their former state. The high and mighty often deliver flawed arguments, those considered wicked make good representations of themselves. Revenge is often a subject explored.  

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And now, Francis is going to share a little about himself…

Where did you get the idea for Flight of Destiny? 

The title flight of Destiny, seemed to go really well, with the theme running through my short stories, which often revolve around fate and misfortune.

Are there any tricks or habits you use when creating a story?

For me, it is fundamental that the first sentence in each story, starts dramatically and grabs the reader’s attention, for example my story Bugeyes begins with… Bug-eyes was due a life of toil. Seed begins with Captain Spender’s wife was ovulating.  Cast from Hell begins with There it was: I was to be banished from hell. The ends have to have a dramatic twist, with events leading up to this.

What’s your favorite book of all time and why? What’s your favorite childhood book?

A book that has stayed with me since childhood is Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, it’s a book of short stories and has been a great influence on my book Flight of Destiny.

What do you want readers to come away with after they read Flight of Destiny?

I hope they will have been entertained, hooked on the stories right up to the last sentence.

What genre have you never written that you’d like to write?

Perhaps a historical novel.

If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could have 3 (inanimate) objects, what would they be?

A computer with wifi connection…(sorry that’s a bit sad)

A piano (I could spend my time teaching myself to play)

An enormous sketch book so I could draw and paint…

Your favorite…

Movie One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

Music Bitter sweet symphony by the Verve

Place you’ve visited Cornwall

Place you’d like to visit Bali

TV show from childhood  Doctor Who

TV show from adulthood Mad Men

Food Thai

Sports team Chelsea FC

 

BIO

What better way to put all my angst into short stories. Born in a commuter belt city called Reading, like many a middle or upper class child of such times I was shunted off to an all-male boarding school aged eight, away from my parents for up to twelve weeks at a time, until I was 17.  While at my first Art college, I met a writer called Rupert Thomson, who was in the process of writing his first book “Dreams of leaving”. His personality and wit resonated, long losing contact with him.  Later I lived in Austria, in 1999 I moved to Paris.  During my time in Paris I met Alan Clark, who had a literary magazine called Rat Mort (dead rat). I began contributing and got hooked on writing short stories.  My book Flight of Destiny is a result of this obsession.  I also write poetry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Savant Books & Publications LLC; 1 edition (April 7, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0988664097
• ISBN-13: 978-0988664098
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches