Randham Acts

Matthew St. Amand

Waywords & Meansigns Press · AI-narrated by Matt (from Google)

About this audiobook

After receiving his latest rejection letter from a fiction magazine, aspiring writer Hugh Longford purchases The BlockBuster plot-generation software, which analyzes fiction and suggests ways to "punch up" storylines. Soon, Hugh consults The BlockBuster about how to handle real-life problems, including a miserable co-worker who makes his job unbearable, and a "ball-busting" history exam threatening to derail his university career. Meanwhile, the mother of his girlfriend suffers a catastrophic nervous breakdown, suggesting she might be capable of violence.

About the author

Matthew St. Amand is a life-long resident of Essex County. His two most recent published books include The Kilominator: Cycling Through a Global Pandemic In Search of Sanity & Stability (www.kilominator.com), telling the story of his obsession with cycling that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Gas of Tank: A Canadian Law Enforcement Odyssey 1979 – 2019 (www.gasoftank.com), which chronicles a friend’s four-decade law enforcement career.

Matthew has also authored seven plays (two of them performed by Post Productions: Shelter in Place, 2018, and Negatunity, 2021—his play Tether will be produced in 2024).

Beyond these works, Matthew regularly contributes articles to The Drive Magazine and Windsor Life Magazine.

Over the past thirty years, his short fiction has appeared in The Toronto Review of International Writing, Opium Magazine, FRiGG Magazine, as well as numerous online publications. His prose poetry has appeared in The North American Review, Agni, and Phoebe. His other books include a collection of short fiction titled, As My Sparks Fly Upward (2004), a volume of poetry, Forever & a Day (2004), a suspense novel, Randham Acts (2006), and a comic novel, Loitering with Intent to Mope (2009).

His blog, The Kilominator Chronicles on Wordpress (www.kilominator.wordpress.com), spans 200 posts dealing with subjects from cycling, to writing, to life in general. His other theatrical works include Dorian (2008), directed by Mark Lefebvre, Shine on You Crazy Diamond (2013), The Uncanny Valley (2015), and Moon Over Endor (2017), each directed by the indefatigable Rob Tymec.

Matthew lives in LaSalle with his wife and two sons.