Yeowtch. Very nice.
'Objects In Space'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
any damned reason on this green green planet why they allow so little time?
Because publishers like to schedule themselves a procrastination window. (I happen to know.)
Because publishers like to schedule themselves a procrastination window.
Heh. Infuriating. I never did that when I worked in publishing, though, damn it. I was scrupulous about giving the authors at least three weeks, and those all had art that had to be checked, too.
scp, I'm with Steph. Terse, perfect and nails it.
Ailleann, this:
Cheeks sunken, unnatural, collapsing without his beautiful soul.
Gorgeous. The idea of soul as blood running, air moving, is as pretty as it is poignant.
Teppy did my favourite kind of photo drabble: a freezeframe. I love those.
And it's interesting that both Amy and Ailleann looked at #10 and saw the mother as someone who needed a bitchslap to get the smirk off her face.
BTW, a question, because my brain is apparently a collander: famous case, early sixties, a Queens neighbourhood, girl stabbed to death repeatedly, screamed for help, no one came out because they didn't want to get involved. The case became a metaphor for uninvolvement.
What in hell was the poor girl's name?
Kitty Genovese
Kitty Genovese.
All I could think of was "Not Tawana Bradley!" and then "Oh, well. Other people will know."
Kitty Genovese...you asked me to cut her out of A Model Citizen, remember? Other girls know rock stars and fashion designers don't they? Freaky Synchroncity(Not the Police's)
Kitty Genovese was a lesbian, BTW.
I didn't know that...if she hadn't been, do you think her neighbors might've... (This is why I don't sleep at night, isn't it? Give it a rest, Timmy.)
Some studies suggest that you're most likely to get help if there's only one witness. One witness knows that it's her responsibility; multiple witnesses can comfort themselves by thinking that somebody else must have handled it by now.