PEARLGATE: A SURREAL TALE OF THE SLIGHTLY DISTRACTED

by DAMON RUSSO

Marcus stood motionless, a human statue frozen in time, his connection with the world lost as it continued its endless dance. Around him a myriad souls weaved purposefully, their criss-crossing trajectories surrounded him like a web, a network formed by motive and prospect. Yet he had none, at least nothing that was immediately apparent in the flotsam and jetsam of his mind. In the search for clarity, seemingly chance encounters become ever more surreal as Marcus becomes increasingly unsettled and indecisive as he strolls along the road mapped out before him. Does he follow the path presented or resist and choose his own destiny? The stakes are higher than he realises! A slightly surreal meander into the machinations of the distracted.

80 pages, Paperback

Published April 3, 2021

About the author

Damon Russo was born to Italian immigrants and raised in the Channel Islands. In the past, he has worked as a life guard, banker, English teacher, bicycle mechanic and aerospace engineer (still does) but could not resist the creative pull exerted upon him by the world of literary fiction.

Damon writes primarily science fiction and fantasy, the genre he has always loved since childhood, reading and watching the likes of Dr Who, Rendezvous with Rama, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, 2000AD, Blake's 7, Space in 1999, Sapphire and Steel, Lord of the Rings and the list goes on! He likes pizza, pasta, open mindedness, acceptance, rugby, real ale, physics, Stephen Hawking, Slayer, Caparezza and the Infinite Monkey Cage.

Damon lives in Italy with his wife, four children, dog and several cats (the true rulers of the household).

Rules to live by: NEVER eat a pizza with a knife and fork!