tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post2449888928360743244..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Flash Fiction Friday 14.01000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-34373482890688032232013-09-12T21:41:06.629-07:002013-09-12T21:41:06.629-07:00Haha that sounds like Charlie ;)
...and you know ...Haha that sounds like Charlie ;)<br /><br />...and you know I was just bugging you about the name thing :p1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-19838355683520819442013-09-12T21:24:45.354-07:002013-09-12T21:24:45.354-07:00A broken bell is .... like one-hand clapping? :)
...A broken bell is .... like one-hand clapping? :)<br /><br />And x-posted to here with: And nah, Jay wasn't a conscious poaching at all. I went with "Jasel + other syllables" for a name the creature couldn't say, and the magician switching it to Jay because it's common and quick and Jay as a bird makes a metaphorical sense later on in the story. <br /><br />(Plus, at some alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-38809874110928009802013-09-07T03:52:57.869-07:002013-09-07T03:52:57.869-07:00The soul isn't exactly logical either. Love, ...The soul isn't exactly logical either. Love, at least in this story, is an aspect of the soul.<br /><br />The monthly phone call is referring to the fact that the boss "sucks a girlfriend dry" about once a month.<br /><br />He's saying "I'm sorry" to his boss, hence "I added", as in it's a continuation of the previous piece of dialogue.<br /><br />Patrick Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690555802232025818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-25689174924627813052013-09-06T21:41:14.029-07:002013-09-06T21:41:14.029-07:00That's a really interesting idea, him saving t...That's a really interesting idea, him saving that emotion until last... but I'm not exactly sure how that works. Love isn't logical, so how can you meter it out/save it for last?<br /><br />I have no idea what your main character does! The soul-sucking line made me think this was a devil/demon story, but then the policeman calling kinda threw me for a loop :) And I wasn't sure 1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-2676332733661135822013-09-06T21:37:10.495-07:002013-09-06T21:37:10.495-07:00Hahahaha, is this revenge for me *borrowing* the n...Hahahaha, is this revenge for me *borrowing* the name Zeth/Seth from one of your stories? Now you've got a Jay? :D<br /><br />...just tell me he's not going to end up like Jesse...<br /><br />Maybe it's just my own weird sense of...humour? But I've always found eggs to be a really super creepy thing to eat... so it makes absolute sense that your demon Jay is enjoying a large plate1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-72443624645827213072013-09-01T16:07:34.436-07:002013-09-01T16:07:34.436-07:00 I knew it would be an ugly morning when the s... I knew it would be an ugly morning when the smell of scotch was stronger than the smell of coffee. My boss and his girlfriend were fighting again. His sober stretches were getting increasingly shorter as he managed to suck the soul of his latest victim. I really wish I wasn’t speaking literally.<br /> “It’s as if she doesn’t love me anymore,” my boss said into his bottle. “I always Patrick Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690555802232025818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-43579616998877849692013-08-30T21:38:54.810-07:002013-08-30T21:38:54.810-07:00Posting here since it would put the stories on my ...<i>Posting here since it would put the stories on my blog out of order; this one takes place 3+ stories later as the magician has acquired a Servant from outside the universe [mostly against his will] that takes the form of a boy named Jay. As this fragment tells no story on its own, I doubt it will be part of the overall series unless expanded</i> <br /><br />I knew it would be an ugly morning alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-83728246366628130302013-08-30T17:59:23.162-07:002013-08-30T17:59:23.162-07:00...and I'm excited to read it :D
Hahaha, writ......and I'm excited to read it :D<br /><br />Hahaha, writing on your day off... why doesn't that surprise me?1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-61546225721158659832013-08-30T11:51:55.552-07:002013-08-30T11:51:55.552-07:00Heh. Oooh! I can definitely use this in the magici...Heh. Oooh! I can definitely use this in the magician series of stories. But it does mean I have to finsh one story and type up/finish another ... well, that is what days off from work are for :)alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.com