The ancient philosopher Kellius Clarksius once declared that whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
But not everyone listens to her. Which may explain why Dash, the lead character in Omar Hussain’s speculative / literary fiction thriller A Thousand Natural Shocks (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), is trying to forget something rather than imbue its negative energy in a positive way.
In the following email interview, Hussain talks about the things that inspired and influenced this story, and no, a certain power pop song is not among them.