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A Talking To It begins with one rockA Talking To by `Halatia
a sloughed sediment that
has had enough of that bitch Gravity's pull
and decides it is time to go Down and talk
with Her face-to-face.
It shifts from noun to verb and
rolls to the edge to get a good look at what it's facing.
She is invisible, hiding somewhere among
the treeline pines or the caldera lake that glints like compressed coal.
No matter, it thinks. Her allure is like iron ore, coaxing and strong and unavoidable.
It tilts over the precipice and drops, slipping and striking along
the slope perpendicular to Her call with care enough to send
sparks up with each impact. At the sigh


In the Heat of the Moment Stagnant summer air seeped in through the sliding screen door that led off to the patio. There was no breeze to serve as relief, as per usual for a mid-August evening in this small Midwestern town. It wouldn't have been so intolerable if the air conditioner hadn't busted. Sometime during the afternoon, the clanking machine had shuttered still, bringing a silence that baked.In the Heat of the Moment by `Halatia
The high temperature caused the evening meal to not be as enjoyable as usual. Rear-ends stuck sickly to the hardwood of the chairs, making squelching noises with every movement. Little feet dangled above the floor next to the adult legs that were flushed with heat. My dar
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ScreamPrompt #25, April 2012Fourth Month.
Four weeks.
Four stories.
Four thousand words.
For real.
:w00t: All prompts are live :w00t:
Here's what's gonna happen. I will list four prompts, one for each week of this month. Once a new week starts, the prompt for that week will be posted. Since I've been rather word-count heavy lately, we're taking it back to Flash Fiction. Because the prompts are going to be fairly simple compared to the past, I will be attaching a difficulty to each one, mostly to help you avoid leaping toward to most obvious initial ideas. Read on...

The Future of Storytelling Has ArrivedThe recently announced changes to the core mythos of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the backlash from fans over the ending to Mass Effect 3 have ignited an incredible discussion about the rapidly evolving “collaborative” relationship between producers and consumers of videogames, movies, and similar “products.” Now it’s exploded beyond the secure borders of top news publications, gaming and entertainment websites. Looks like this long-bubbling cauldron of traditional ways and means, modern tech, web economics, core beliefs and future shock has finally boiled over...
The Future of Storytelling Has Ar

| New year means new books to read. Hooray! Books I have Read in 2012 Currently Reading: Halflings by Heather Burch and Deadline by Mira Grant Underlined books are reviewed at The Canary Review. I'm always looking for my next book. Suggest one if you've got a great title to share! And, as all good birds should be, we're on Twitter! |
| A lot of time was spent looking into the science and application of forensics before the Rising. How did this man die? What did he die for? Could he have been saved? It's been different since the Rising, as possibility of infection makes it too dangerous for investigators to pry into any crime scene that hasn't been disinfected, while the strength of modern disinfectants means that once they've been used, there's nothing to find. DNA testing and miraculous deductions brought about be a few clinging fibers are things of the past. As soon as the dead started walking, they stopped sharing their secrets with the living. --Mira Grant, Feed |
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