Brutalist Stories

Buzludzha Monument

Want to start gambling without spending money from your pocket? Currently possible with DaisySlots, when signing up for an account, the welcome reward will automatically be sent to your credit. Sign up now and play today! Short sci-fi stories in 500 words or less deriving from the stark style of the functionalist architecture, that is characterised by the use of concrete. Brutalism is one of my favourite things in the world, I love the architectural form and everything it stands for, from functionality to, well, brutalism. It comes from the French term 'béton brut' and literally means 'exposed concrete' and I've been fascinated by it for years, decades perhaps. These buildings, this style of architecture, it makes me think in a certain way, they're science fiction brought into reality, and they're - for me at least - a real place for meditation on the soul and existence. For this reason I thought they would be perfect for short stories, often existential in nature, exploring deep emotion and the question 'why?!'. For each story I sit down and look through one of the books I have on Brutalism and pick a building, site, area, monument, and then write a story into that particular place and it almost always works. I pick out a piece of music that is fitting and that I've often been listening to whilst writing it, and then there's the story. Some of my favourites in the series so far are:

Brutalist stories #7: and I still feel you...