Adam Wasserman's Fiction Page

Stories are the stuff of my life. Since I was a little kid I've been inventing them, and as an adult I'm no different. Most days I'm working in an office, which is the most unimaginative place human beings have ever created for themselves! In my “real life” - where I can be and do what I want – I play a lot of AD&D second edition and I write.

I don't keep a blog because I don't have much to say about the real world that isn't better suited to a story. A story to me is like a painting or a sculpture, and there's more in it than simply a plot line. Anyway, the real world isn't nearly as interesting as the ones we create for ourselves!

Email me! I'd be happy to hear from you.

Below you'll find some of my work. I hope you like it. You can also download most of this stuff in PDF format here.

The Novels

Well, I guess it's only natural to have more stories than novels.

Title	Description	Pages	Completed
Gyges the Terrible	What kind of person would you be if you did not fear punishment? It is the future. The world is a boring, mundane, tightly controlled place. Six major empires exist, one of which is the United States and its Northern European and Central American provinces, now ruled as a “freemocracy”. Wars are fought over the resources mined on the moon. The Justices of the Supreme Court are powerful adepts at the black arts, and the President, Samuel Judas Epstein, opposes them. It is into this bitter feud that Marcellus Gyges and his friends inadvertently step when he finds a magical ring with the power of command. He and his friends go to Washington with the intention of taking over. But things turn out far differently than any of them had expected...	326	January 2010
The Grey Life	It's mostly philosophical and focuses mainly on the characters, so if you're looking for a story with a strong plot this one's probably not what you're looking for. However, if you're looking for a description of the confusion that arises from growing up in our most modern (American) society, an exploration of human nature, love, sexuality, racial tension, cruelty, and ethics, maybe this will be a good read.	243	Original version completed 21 October 1993, Revised May 1998

The Plays

This is a new experiment on my part. What do you think?

Title	Description	Pages	Completed
Bringing Down the House	The mayor against a bunch of squatters. Comedy.	100	November 2005
The Hearing	A miserable bastard wants to sue everyone else in the world. Comedy.	10	July 2005

The Stories

A little bit of everything, I guess.

Title	Description	Pages	Completed
The Politics of Consumption, Part II	From the fall of communism to Orwell's 1984 state.	36	April 2002
The Politics of Consumption, Part I	From the advent of capitalism to the fall of communism.	21	November 2001
Collision Course	The world of the distant future, when corporations have taken over the earth.	14	May 2001
Stuck	A fat man in Amsterdam gets stuck in his neighbor's window.	31	December 2000
Silence in Heaven	A myth about the death of the gods. If you like fantasy, you may like this one.	18	June 1997
Untitled I	A dark story about modern family life and Christianity. I wasn't sure whether or not to put this here. But I really like the characters, especially Ms. Woodrow.	22	September 1996
The Girl the Boy and His Demon	The twisted workings of a twisted mind.	6	November 1995
Ms. Wellington's Oak Tree	A short little story about likely love.	5	October 1995
Untitled II	The adventures of a rebellious, pagan youth in the time of the Renaissance.	30	November 1994
A Stoned Trip to America	Just another North American coming back from a trip to the Netherlands.	14	December 1993

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This site and all its contents are the result of the tumultuous workings of the mind of one Adam Wasserman.