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Michael Coorlim

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Michael Coorlim is a teller of strange stories for stranger people. He collects them, the oddballs. The mystics and fire-spinners, the sages and tricksters. He curates their tales, combines their elements and lets them rattle around inside his rock-tumbler skull until they gleam, then spills them loose onto the page for like-minded readers to enjoy.

He writes fast-paced stories about real people in fantastic situations, plots with just a twist of the surreal, set in worlds just a shadow’s breadth from our own.

Some whisper that he may, in fact, be a wizard. Others maintain that he’s naught but bluster and blarney. The truly wise know that there’s nary a difference.

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Bartleby and James

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Narrative Analysis: Lurking Horror

An analysis of Infocom's horror game, Lurking Horror, set on the MIT campus with a lovecraftian twist.

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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
Calvin Coolidge

“Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.”
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Avry15 Thanks so much for the friendship.>:D


Michael Coorlim Tracey wrote: "Hi, Michael - thanks for the friend request! I'm looking forward to reading more Bartleby and James adventures!"

I certainly hope you enjoy them. I'm currently at work on a full-length novel.


Tracey Hi, Michael - thanks for the friend request! I'm looking forward to reading more Bartleby and James adventures!


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