Stonesbury's Six- Yesterday We Said Tomorrow

1st Edition (March-June 2015)
by Abraham Slothface

When I started writing on 2013 it was a very lonely process. I spent hours on my bed with my laptop flat on my chest in the dark depth of my room, thinking of new ideas and shit to entertain my nonexistent readers. And also discussions with my nonexistent fellow writers was always intense, due to the fact that they are not actually there, and trying their best to run away every time. Just me, the night, and a laptop that sounds like a jet engine waiting to blow up in the dark.

Now I have nine writers with me, and hopefully more in the future. Promotions and publicity are actively happening in Twitter, Instagram and Facebook attracting more and more readers to know more about us. Never have I been so exited looking at tiny graph before, but the increase of readers coming to the blog and the positive feedback we received really makes me feels like "Wow I should've started this thing earlier," but anyway here we are.

Thanks to everyone Stonesbury is now officially alive and breathing bubbles, waiting to crash the surface and yeah, our baby is picking up its pace very quickly this few weeks. And he looks so freaking good in black and white after the new plastic surgery by one of our upcoming writer which I can't reveal his name yet. If you've heard of Stickybox you would know him for sure.

Also kudos to E. Hellcat, Timber Tim,  Atrocious Hogwash, and S. Pessimist for the new adition to our family. All are excellent writer/poet, with different style and charm on their own. Be sure not to fall for them because they might just break your heart (cewahh!!). We are expecting more works from them in the form of short stories and explore their diverse skills in the art of writing. Hogwash's short story was once published in IIUM Clairvoyance and we hope that we could publish it here soon. Muhd Muaz's and Shauqi Shiro's internet novel series also gonna be very big, so keep coming back to Stonesbury for more updates! Also shoutout to Zicko Adanan for his furious publicity on Instagram and to Shakesbo for the dope poems of all kinds. These are the men that gave birth to Stonesbury. Now lets imagine that in our head for few seconds, how we gave birth.

Stonesbury's Six is gonna be happening after a writer have completed a collection of six works (prose and poetry) and we're gonna be discussing our works in general. This is gonna be a magazine-like review with a bit of wild ranting, just like this one, aimed to generate discussions and second thoughts on our previously published works, clarifying extra details and such. Hope there's not much spoiler here for you guys to enjoy the six. For this first edition of Stonesbury Six, I'm gonna be talking about my 3 poems and 3 stories in the order of the publication dates and hope this would clarify few things on them and leave you enlightened.

4th Wall? Never Heard of It is a love letter to Asimov and his freaking amazing sci-fi short stories. His science fiction never fail to make me think of how having everything empirical can always cloud our mind from all that is unseen from the human eyes. My aim is to push the boundaries of human comprehension of whats possible and what is not, and how the world is sometimes just a set for some of us who could see beyond the fourth wall.

My first poem on Stonesbury, Empty Glass is one of my most beloved work until today. It captures the moment when a writer is unable to write anything while cursing himself, the night and the muses for the lack of inspirations. I always read it when I don't have anything to write, and most of the times I went back to sleep. Sometimes I am a grateful servant. Heh.

The Adventure of Inspector Wahab. I freaking love this short story for everything in it. Cyber bullying, revenge, conspiracy and murder, all packed into the fast-paced short story that will leave you gripping on your seats. Inspired by the movie Pulp Fiction in terms of style and structure, this short story might require you to connect the dots to find out what is really happening in the story. Or just sit back and let Inspector Wahab solve the mystery of dead schoolgirl for you, before he sells his lands in Kedah and retires for good.

Baseball Bat and Deadman's Denial are both new poems compared to Empty Glass, and I would say my voice as a poet is more refined as I write more and more, but I do realize that I'm slowly losing my creative side when it comes to poetry. Maybe I'm getting more rigid in terms of idea nowadays and unable to engage with the side of me which is more experimental. Nonetheless both poems are quite abstract and open for any interpretations. Baseball Bat is pure manifestation of anger and wrath towards everything that is wrong in life, and I love to hear how different readers find different things after reading it. Deadman's Denial was supposed to be some sort of posthumous love poem, but me being me, it's hard not to rip out baby's guts at the end of a poem heheh.

Sini Bukan Amerika not actually a love story. At first I was conflicted on whether I should really write this one in Bahasa, but due to some of the elements in the story that can't be executed using English I made up my mind and there you have it. As I said before it is not actually a love story and this is not America! And credit to Muhd Muaz for the Fixi-esque editing because my Bahasa sucks. No kidding.

Well that's all from me for the first edition of Stonesbury's Six. Hope you guys are enjoying Stonesbury as your favourite place to read and don't forget to follow us of Instagram, Facbook and Twitter and watch out for new works and hopefully another editions of Stonesbury's Six by other writers. Keep supporting us and don't forget that your feedback is precious to us like the ring to Gollum.

I'm Abraham Slothface and this is the Stonesbury's Six.