Quite a bit of this one went right past me -- that is, if there was anything to it at all . . . is this simply another (very) off-center cautionary about being careful what to wish for?
It reminds me of conversations I've been in after staying awake far beyond the point of exhaustion . . .
By the way, thanks, Rick, for the Michael Parkes reference -- had my hair standing on end. It did wonders to help set the mood for the piece, too.
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glass, glass, cat
I had to dig a little, but I found the others -- and just for anyone else too lazy to dig, but still curiouser, a gift:
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/ ... Glass.html
and:
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/ ... Redux.html
Indeed, it would be nice to gather these three together in some way -- it really does help.
Could I possibly get my next pair of prescription glasses -- mmm, never mind.
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/ ... Glass.html
and:
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/ ... Redux.html
Indeed, it would be nice to gather these three together in some way -- it really does help.
Could I possibly get my next pair of prescription glasses -- mmm, never mind.
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It does . . . the project I'm working has characters that could (and I hope do) appear in other stories. I've built an imaginary universe, and this current project just deals with a small set of incidents involving these characters.I like to use characters interchangeably. Like life, there is no apparent rhyme or reason. So many of my stories are all in an interconnected multiverse if you will.
I get to enjoy them as people, wondering what they will do given a situation (no matter how "real" it may be), and as their personalities grow.
Does that make sense?
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Re: follow ons #2
Rick's original version referenced the earlier stories by title. I substituted the synopsish introductory paragraphs...Bill_Wolfe wrote:It's also a little annoying, Rick.rick tornello wrote:Just so you know, I tend to use characters from other stories to populate new ones, ie, KITSUNE which is a Japanese Fox spirit. It plays in a number of stories and the personality reflects some of that mythology.
I've read both of those previous stories. . .and a million-and-six in between. Thanks to Lester, I reread them, and then reread Temptress in a Teapot (FANTASTIC title, by the way.)
Only after a little research and refreshing, did I understand any part of the thing. I was lost and confused by it, the first time. It didn't make much sense at all, as a stand-alone. Couldn't you at least reference the stories that lead to this one as part of some prologue, or something?
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