Solundrums V.2
Eleven stories. Eleven different ways of being human.
In Solundrums V.2, Richard W. Kelly returns with a collection of short fiction exploring love, loss, memory, identity, and the strange places where technology and emotion collide.
Inside these pages, a former lover gets a second chance at what was lost, a family continues to hear from their deceased patriarch through social media, an astronaut confronts the crushing silence of lunar isolation, and an artificial intelligence begins to question what it means to exist at all.
Some stories are quiet and intimate. Others are surreal, humorous, or unsettling. All of them circle the same question:
What does it mean to live a meaningful life when everything—people, memories, even reality itself—can change or disappear?
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For more than fifteen years, Richard W. Kelly has explored the human experience through novels, essays, and short fiction spanning multiple genres. Now he returns with a second collection of short stories that examine the choices, relationships, dreams, regrets, and moments that define our lives.
Within these eleven stories, readers will encounter former lovers searching for a second chance, a family learning from a deceased patriarch who continues to exist through social media, a lonely astronaut facing isolation on the Moon, and an artificial intelligence struggling to understand its place in the world.
From heartfelt reflections on love and friendship to thought-provoking explorations of technology, memory, identity, and loss, each story offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human.
Featuring works written between 2017 and 2024, this collection showcases Richard W. Kelly's ability to blend humor, emotion, imagination, and insight into unforgettable tales.
Stories in the Collection
For the First Time Again – 2024
The Ghost of John MacMurphey – 2021
The Greatest Spectacle in All 38 States – 2017 – Early version of ‘Squirt’ Malone
The Last Man on the Moon – Originally written in 1990 (on notebook paper and likely lost forever) rewritten in 2022
The Last Statement of a Useless Intelligence – Originally written in 2002 as Born Into a Cell (included in Solundrums V.1) rewritten in 2021
National Identity - 2022
Nothing but Remembrance – 2022
SANDA3 - 2023
The Town of Preservation - 2023
The Utter Importance of Cheesecake – 2023
The Way Back Tonight – 2023
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A genre-spanning short story collection exploring love, loss, identity, and technology through eleven emotional and speculative fiction tales.
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A dark, genre-spanning short story collection exploring fear, guilt, and fractured reality through eleven psychological sci-fi and fantasy tales.
An epic fantasy about a father whose family is taken under the guise of divine “callings,” uncovering a prophecy that could dismantle a kingdom built on faith and control.
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