The Tell-Tale Heart
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Glamcookie - Jan 16, 2008 12:22:16 pm PST #3704 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
§ ita § - Jan 16, 2008 12:22:38 pm PST #3705 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There are a shitload of sci fi short stories I love, but I don't remember titles. Pick a couple Ray Bradburys at random, and you'll hit something. Asimov too.
Oh! Roald Dahl. I love his work too.
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2008 12:22:50 pm PST #3706 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oooh, those are all great. What about "Paul's Case" or "A Jury of Her Peers"?
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2008 12:23:19 pm PST #3707 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I love short stories. They may be my favorite vehicle.
Cashmere - Jan 16, 2008 12:23:50 pm PST #3708 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
What are some of your favorite short stories?
Johnny Mnemonic. Mimsy Were the Borogoves. Nightfall by Isaac Asimov.
Susan W. - Jan 16, 2008 12:26:31 pm PST #3709 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I don't usually enjoy short stories as a reader and would have no idea how to write one, because, and I know this will sound silly, they're too short. I like more time to connect to the fictional world and characters. My favorite thing as a reader and my dream of developing as a writer is something like Sharpe or Aubrey/Maturin--20 or so novels about a good character sounds just about right to me.
Daisy Jane - Jan 16, 2008 12:27:45 pm PST #3710 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Bartleby!
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2008 12:27:52 pm PST #3711 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, yeah, Gibson has some great ones. "The Belonging Kind," "Fragments of a Hologram Rose."
-t - Jan 16, 2008 12:28:33 pm PST #3712 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yeah, "Lamb to the Slaughter".
I wish it was easier to track down short stories based on content.
Cashmere - Jan 16, 2008 12:29:59 pm PST #3713 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, yeah, Gibson has some great ones. "The Belonging Kind," "Fragments of a Hologram Rose."
New Rose Hotel.