Dalton L Schirling

The Exsanguination of Atlas Dalton L Schirling

If writing is bleeding, then reading must be healing. Have you ever wondered what would happen if the self-reliance of Ralph Waldo Ellison met the humanity of Toni Morrison, the dystopia of George Orwell, and the disturbia of Kurt Cobain? A work of remarkable beauty and stunning ugly would be produced, of course! And its name? The Exsanguination of Atlas. Romantic yet realistic, humorous yet horrific, The Exsanguination of Atlas is a depiction of the apocalyptic damage drugs can have on a family unit, but also an exhibition of the miraculous restorative effects nature can have on an individual mind. Exsanguination is a warning for those unable to engage in introspection to begin looking inward lest they be crushed by the world's weight in narcissistic agony. At its heart, The Exsanguination of Atlas is a manual for navigating our non-consensual placement as Atlas under the debilitating pressure of an unforgiving planet. The sentence is unjust, but it is far from unfelt.