Things Kept Burning is the debut collection of stories by Rob Simons

About the Author

Rob Simons was born in 1974. He received his BA in Film Studies from UC Santa Barbara and his MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts (CCA). His collection of stories, Things Kept Burning, was published in September 2006. Rob also collaborated with German director Werner Herzog on the script for Rescue Dawn, which debuted at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. His photography has been featured in Mooncruise, Gomma, Beautiful Decay, Braintwisting, 1983, Iconology and XFuns.

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Taken by Chicago photographer Brian Milo for the Things Kept Burning official website.

From the publisher’s web site
“Simons writes wistful stories. There is a sense of standing in the ruins and not especially caring
because there’s so much to look at. Still, the tone is of an avuncular amoralist trying to simply
be decent, a gargantua puzzled that the bonds of servitude are voluntary. Resignation doesn’t
mean passivity, just a limit met every night.”

From Amazon
“This author seeks to find patterns in the chaos, and instill sympathy in the reader for the odd
and outrageous tragic characters in his stories. There is definitely a Kerouac-like sadness in the|
narration. There is an almost physiological connection between the Beat writers and Rob Simons.
Simons is most successful at bringing darkness to the light. This book is a must read for anyone
who likes to delve into the shadows.”