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Bend or Break
I have always hated Superman. It's easy to be the Boy Scout or savior of humanity when you're invulnerable to everything. Bend or Break is not about the Superman as we think of from comic books. When I say the superman, I mean the failed ideology of our greatest human potential-how can we get there, what must we achieve, what must we sacrifice, and what is our ultimate limitations. What we find is quite selfish, quite human, quite vulnerable. The Superman of my world is no hero. Bend or Break follows the perspective of a dark enlightened one; one who has achieved enlightenment through horror and come out the other side a living nightmare. Before him, there is only vengeance; behind him, there is only a wake of carnage. His singular goal is to destroy a tormentor from his past, a phantom that now holds the leash to the entire criminal underground of New York City.
134 pages, Paperback
Published June 14, 2018
About the author
Reed Alexander
5 books38 followers(He/Him) I've had multiple books and short stories published. I specialize in the terrifying, macabre, and the bizarre. My current publishing house is Madnessheart.Press and St. Rooster Books.
I was most influenced by Sci-Fi horror writers Harlan Ellison and Robert Heinlein. Indeed, my all-time favorite is a collection of shorts The Deathbird Stories, by Ellison.
I'm also a political scientist, my primary education being Political Theory and Policy, which I received from SUNY at Albany. It deeply affects my writing as much as the horror media I've consumed since a young age. It also directly impacts my critical opinions of horror in the media.
For this reason, I'm feverishly pro-2SLGBTQAI, pro-women's rights, and pro treat your fellow human equally (a hill I'm willing to die on). For that reason, I've made a pledge to be as inclusive in my writing as possible to represent often overlooked communities. This is a true reflection of reality, as we are a very diverse species in race, nationality, gender, and sexuality.
Accomplishments
Graduated Dean's list at University at Albany
Published in Artpost Magazine for his short fiction "Inside" and the short fiction "Not In My Country." (The magazine has since folded)
Published by Madness Heart Press "The Effect (Trigger Warning Anthology 2)," "In the Shadow of the Mountains," "In The Beginning," and "UPD Texas Case Files."
Published by St. Rooster "Hungry Cosmos" and "The Diabolic Mind.
Published in Stranger with Friction "The Night Life," and "Predation."
I was most influenced by Sci-Fi horror writers Harlan Ellison and Robert Heinlein. Indeed, my all-time favorite is a collection of shorts The Deathbird Stories, by Ellison.
I'm also a political scientist, my primary education being Political Theory and Policy, which I received from SUNY at Albany. It deeply affects my writing as much as the horror media I've consumed since a young age. It also directly impacts my critical opinions of horror in the media.
For this reason, I'm feverishly pro-2SLGBTQAI, pro-women's rights, and pro treat your fellow human equally (a hill I'm willing to die on). For that reason, I've made a pledge to be as inclusive in my writing as possible to represent often overlooked communities. This is a true reflection of reality, as we are a very diverse species in race, nationality, gender, and sexuality.
Accomplishments
Graduated Dean's list at University at Albany
Published in Artpost Magazine for his short fiction "Inside" and the short fiction "Not In My Country." (The magazine has since folded)
Published by Madness Heart Press "The Effect (Trigger Warning Anthology 2)," "In the Shadow of the Mountains," "In The Beginning," and "UPD Texas Case Files."
Published by St. Rooster "Hungry Cosmos" and "The Diabolic Mind.
Published in Stranger with Friction "The Night Life," and "Predation."
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