Israfel Sivad

• Jan-2015
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A divine comedy -- inverted. Christian Michael Anderson hasn't been doing so well lately. He's out of work, out of money, and out of alcohol. But when he loops a stolen rope through the exposed rafters in his ceiling and places that noose around hi...

• Jan-2013
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A lyrical concept album for the teenagers of this world. How can a man recreate the sensations of his youth? By returning to the lyrics he wrote for the punk rock bands he played in throughout high school, Israfel Sivad reawakens the sensations of r...

• Aug-2012
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Telling the tale of the end of an American dream. Written during the height of the wars and conspiracy theories of the first decade of the 21st century, "The American Apocalypse" is Israfel Sivad's attempt to reconcile our experiences with our belief...

• Aug-2012
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A dark blue love story coloring the crossroads of the world. Andrew, Charlie, and Michelle have known each other since high school. And it's no secret, at least to Charlie, that Andrew's love for Michelle is the main reason his friend wound up in New...

• Aug-2012
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A dissertation performed in the style of "mythological realism". The 11 stories and 2 essays of "Psychedelicizations" enter the mind of the writer in an attempt to meld themselves with the mind of their readers. Using a wide array of techniques (rang...

• May-2012
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A poetic journey through the rings of good and evil in order to rediscover the tree of life. During the days and months following 9/11/2001, while strolling the streets of Manhattan and living on unemployment in Brooklyn, Israfel Sivad completed thes...

• Apr-2012
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Early poems of a young man contemplating the weight of the world thrust upon his shoulders. With these poems, Israfel Sivad began his exploration into the variations of poetic form. He drew upon the inspiration of the masters of British and American ...

• Apr-2012
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A full-immersion baptism in the waters of the freeways of life. In an attempt to shatter the placid façade that artists so often seem to feel they must present, Israfel Sivad delves into the nooks and crannies of human psychology to create these sto...

• Apr-2012
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An idle mind is the devil's workshop... In this earliest of Israfel Sivad's collections of stories, the author lays the intellectual and artistic foundation for all he has done since. Functioning off of the theory that art should "explode" reality, I...

• Apr-2012
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Symbolic tales set to the tune of American youth. These 12 stories of American children and teenagers interweave symbolically to form a vision of artistic realities that the characters would never imagine they were living. Amid this origin of what th...