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optimus prime
on 2006-04-08 21:29 [#01875479]
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don't run away just yet! this one's only three pages ! and it stars an invisible purple blob !
i wrote this little sci fi story for a zine/storybook in toronto. it's awkward in spots but is pretty much a playful aphex twin song in story form. you can check it out if you want.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-09 18:37 [#01875974]
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i still have some small hope that this has a better chance than the other topic.
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ecnadniarb
on 2006-04-09 18:38 [#01875976]
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It doesn't. Sorry :(
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-09 18:38 [#01875977]
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:(
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mylittlesister
from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-09 18:51 [#01875983]
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i'll print it out and read it.
reading from a computer screen is annoying.
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r40f
from qrters tea party on 2006-04-09 18:53 [#01875984]
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i stopped after the first paragraph because i don't like stories like this. sorry. but i sincerely wish you the best of luck with your writing.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-09 18:55 [#01875986]
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apology accepted.
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tragedy
from Gloucester (United States) on 2006-04-09 18:55 [#01875987]
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my computer screen shakes when my cell phone is next to it. i'll read it tonite.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-09 18:55 [#01875989]
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(please try the other story instead.)
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unabomber
from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-04-10 03:38 [#01876074]
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readed.
not bad, but also not too much in there...
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-04-10 03:54 [#01876092]
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hello will read when I get some time.
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unabomber
from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-04-10 03:56 [#01876096]
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dude, you just need five minutes...
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-10 07:37 [#01876246]
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yeah, this story is more like a sample than anything else. if you want to try one of my 'full' stories then please read the previous one, seven lucky gods.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-10 18:49 [#01876698]
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one last shazam.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2006-04-10 19:06 [#01876701]
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SHAKES ON A PLANE!
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mylittlesister
from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-10 19:09 [#01876702]
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hahahah!
optimus: am i right in guessing your name's josh? anyway, i read the story, it felt like it was going somewhere, and then it just stopped. I did enjoy some of the surreal descriptive passages, i may read it again.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-10 19:34 [#01876708]
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my real name is actually Pubes McMadden. Josh Tierney is just a nom de plume.
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cuntychuck
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2006-04-10 19:39 [#01876709]
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if you can look like your avatar for more than 1 hour i did do ya.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2006-04-10 19:42 [#01876712]
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did do him what?
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cuntychuck
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2006-04-10 19:46 [#01876714]
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non-painfull stuff
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Taxidermist
from Black Grass on 2006-04-11 02:46 [#01876826]
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I liked that. Seemed a bit rushed, but I like the style. Maybe a bit more focus would be in order. It feels like you are trying to say 100 things in every sentance,.
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Taxidermist
from Black Grass on 2006-04-11 02:46 [#01876827]
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I liked that. Seemed a bit rushed, but I like the style. Maybe a bit more focus would be in order. It feels like you are trying to say 100 things in every sentance,.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-11 08:38 [#01877005]
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the story actually wasn't rushed, though i agree that it seems like it. i was just asked to do something very sci fi and very bizarre within a limit of three pages. the previous story, seven lucky gods, would be a better example of my writing as there wasn't any such restriction.
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mylittlesister
from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-11 08:49 [#01877008]
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you could write as much as you want on 3 pages, you just have to change the font size.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-11 09:31 [#01877029]
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it was for a zine.
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dog_belch
from Netherlands, The on 2006-04-11 09:39 [#01877032]
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I couldn't read beyond the line
The more menacing of the police robots, grey turtles about the size of freight trucks, were rushing past like a herd of elephants
Too many comparative things in one sentence, something that's like a turtle that rushes past like an elephant (how does that work?), that's the size of a freight truck.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-11 09:49 [#01877040]
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haha, yeah, that's awful.
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dog_belch
from Netherlands, The on 2006-04-11 09:53 [#01877042]
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Ha! Sorry, I know sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees, so it is good to get other people to read through stuff for you, well, as you already know of course.
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-11 09:55 [#01877044]
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indeed, i'm trying my best to get people to do that. :p
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mylittlesister
from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2006-04-11 10:04 [#01877045]
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one VERY minor thing: "To reach school he took the subway station, and all he had to do to reach the subway station..."
should it read: "to reach school he took the subway, and...." ?
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optimus prime
on 2006-04-11 10:09 [#01877048]
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thanks a lot for bringing that up. i'll be making changes to the story later.
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