Dmytro
Kolesnyk
Four novels out with many more to go. Nobody asked for any of them. I can't stop writing them. Read them here for free.
Born in Kyiv, running around Vancouver since 9/11ish. No agent (not for a lack of trying), no plan — just a persistent belief that this stuff is worth reading, undercut by an equally persistent belief that it isn't.
Big Phoney
A short book in verse about artistic ambition, self-loathing, fraudulence, sex, love, ego, depression, and the exhausting comedy of knowing exactly what's wrong with you and still not being able to shut up.
This one was written to be heard as much as read. It's out now — free, on purpose. As it puts it: “It feels like my destiny, but boy, art is tiring.” Or, more bluntly: “I'm not fake, I'm just fiction.”
Found a numbered copy of this out in Vancouver? You're exactly where it wanted you to end up.
The Archive
Three earlier books · now freeMost of these barely sold — which is either tragic or freeing, depending how emotionally disconnected I am from writing on a particular day. Big Phoney is the front door. These are what's behind it.
The Sponge
2015A young writer flees to Bangkok chasing focus needed to complete his first novel, and finds cheap liquor, bad decisions, and the first real draft of himself instead.
John Loves a Hooker
2018A heartbroken amateur chemist, an escort who's too good at her job, and a henchman looking for meaning — all breaking down in the same city, at once.
Coming Soon
Late 2027Monkey Elementary
A single father tries to keep it together while his young son keeps losing limbs in freak accidents.
A Note on Money
So the PDFs are free. Buy a paperback if you want the object. Share one if it does something to you. Ignore all of it if it doesn't. I'd rather these get read than sit behind the thinnest paywall I could build.