Least was one of the first to go, or at least one of the first that people noticed. But most thought it a stunt ( Read more... )

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"Iggy Pop could talk this way because there was a gap to bridge, a desperate chasm, a vacuum of understanding. The gap is still there, but there’s no hope of crossing it anymore because people think they already understand. They do understand, but they understand wrong. There isn’t a chasm anymore, it’s worse than that. There’s an impermeable ( Read more... )

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It seemed simple enough at the outset. Apply to an educational institution, enroll in some subjects. Some beauracratic running around was expected, of course. What he didn't expect was being sent on a quest to retrieve the four lost pieces of the amulet of Zaxo'or so that its mystical powers could be absorbed into the hereditary sword of the arts/ ( Read more... )

"Incendiary device" was a phrase that John used in a love poem he was writing on one of the school computers. The monitoring system picked it up, and as per policy, he was expelled from the entire public school system. He had previously been put on a watch-list after supporting a campaign against internet censorship, so at this point even if he had ( Read more... )

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A short overview of how the publishing industry works, as far as I can tell:

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I am a pale human being living in an environment that my ancestors never evolved for. The sunlight hurts me. It's a half hour walk to work, and in summer, I scurry nosferatu-like from shadow to shadow. I know the routes that expose me to the least sunlight in the afternoon (term time), and the mornings (school holidays). When I am waiting to cross ( Read more... )

I've just submitted a story to gothic.net. I'm scared of rejection. On the other hand, if it's accepted, I'll be a published author. Woot!

Prologue ( Read more... )