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?
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.
erika, I think there's more to it. I know there have been cases where people aren't just hearing the screams from their windows, but are witnessing an assault, but don't help. I saw someone on some show once, say if that happens to you--if you're being attacked and there are a bunch of witnesses failing to act, you select someone. For example, you say, "You in the black leather jacket, help me." It breaks the [whatever it's called] of the crowd.
For example, you say, "You in the black leather jacket, help me." It breaks the [whatever it's called] of the crowd.
I think that's the way CPR works, too -- you pick out one person and say "You! Call 911."
