The Gray Crossing

In an era in which technology has imposed its rapid authority on the modern recipient, it has stolen from him the balance of calm and the luxury of patience, so he no longer accepts extended circles, and he is burdened by the nets of long lines. He now yearns to harness the dense connotation in simple words and aspires to achieve deep meaning in short texts. Thus, the very short story and free verse poetry came to fulfill his literary demands and bring his artistic hopes closer; they came filled with vitality, liberated from literary contexts and critical dominance. They are akin to a camera flash that condenses long history into a line and deepens its connotation in a word. There has been a clear convergence that confuses the recipient, making it impossible for him to stand on firm ground in classifying them; due to their crossing of genres and their flexible openness to other creative arts, they immersed him in grayness and fog. Therefore, this book attempted to reveal the approach between them and to sense the points of silence about them.