The Chattering

by Lucas Milliron

Marvin has lived through a lot in his life, and remembers all of it through his photographic memory. With his wife’s passing, and his daughter’s growing family, his memory is all he has left, until something awakens in the aisle of Fear. Everything he knows and loves is in jeopardy. He’s fighting for more than his life, he’s fighting for his mind. Without memory, we are without history.

100 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2017

About the author

Someone once told me there’s an old Buddhist curse of an interesting life. My family and I have been both cursed, and blessed.

My family has survived health disasters, homelessness, financial destitution, and family abandonment worthy of any day time soap drama.

Yet throughout I have learned that the most important thing of all is to never give up, and never stop loving the ones closest to my heart. My family.

I’m a born and raised native Florida, oldest of three siblings to a loving mother and father. I’m a writer of dark fiction, fantasy, horror, comedy, and music.

I am an artist of words, scribing thought and emotion in the forms and styles that come most natural.

Currently residing in South Florida.

Reviews

[John The Crippledgimp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy shit...... This story made me sad as hell but also it reminded me that we should all stop take a breath once in a while and just appreciate life the good and the bad. This story is probably the best description of dementia ever. I've had relatives that have had it and that's probably why this story made me sad. I highly recommend this one. This one punched me right in the face and ultimately made me grateful for the times I've spent with my grandparents and the older people in my life because we all get old and we all lose memories and people in life, but most of us just want to know that we are not alone in the end and that we did enough to be loved and remembered. Without our memories what are we?

[DA · Rating 5 out of 5]

I imagine this story is almost what it's like to begin experiencing the first signs of Alzheimer's. The most terrifying thing about the book is the thought that losing memories is something that could happen to anyone. I could feel Marvin's panic as those precious memories start to slip away.

[Lucille Bransfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a little gut wrenching for me. It reminded me of my dad when his Alzheimer’s started and how fast it took him from us. This book is bittersweet, it’s a beautiful reminder to take time to spend time and memories with loved ones, before it’s too late.