Jean-Olivier Lods
Jean-Olivier Lods was born in 1963. A lover of literature since childhood, he has continuously written poems and prose pieces alongside his daily life, without any concern for publication. He has now decided to take the plunge with this collection of short stories where imagination challenges reality and in which his affinity with Perrault, Poe, Van Vogt, Asimov, and other great authors from other worlds is affirmed.
A child, Nicolas, speaks with a raven who initiates him into the winding paths of magic once frequented by his father. But magic has its rules, which cannot be broken without surprises. A writer discovers fragments of strange texts in his wastebasket, texts he didn't write… But who is the author? In a world where hyper-connectivity is omnipresent and locks everything down, including thoughts, what place can Jason, the child artist who gives form to his dreams with the tips of his charcoal pencils, have? Can human dreams be controlled in order to better enslave them? A totalitarian state considered this, creating a special intervention brigade for the purpose. But they hadn't counted on Arthur, the poet. In total, eleven short stories, eleven tales that escape the weight of reality on the magic carpet of imagination, dreams, or fantasy. Publication date: May 2, 2025. Order now. Press release.
