Title meme!

[rheasilvia]

1. Find a title.
Any title, be it hauntingly, lyrically beautiful, irresistably quirky or awe-inspiringly insipid.

2. Share it!
Leave the title in the comments.

3. Let me find the story your title should have.I'll tell you a little bit about the story that I feel fits your title (which may or may not be the story I would have written for the

Comments

[beltenebra]

The Space Between (the wicked lies we tell)

[rheasilvia]

This novel opens with a murder - a middle-aged accountant murders his lover for no apparent reason, and then finds the nearest police station to turn himself in. The action then immediately rewinds three years to trace the events that led up to this.

The real protagonists of this novel are secrets and lies. The devastating and incalculable effect of lies is traced clearly - like ripples spreading out across a pond, small lies take on a life of their own as the liers attempt to keep from being found out, leading to larger and larger deceptions. The larger the deception grows, the more vital it is that it not be found out; in the end, the murder is the inevitable and inescapable consequence of what started as no more than a little, inconsequential white lie.

[beltenebra]

This is such an incredible idea! I don't know if you are at all familiar with role-playing games but there is a brilliant game called 'Nobilis' that I think you would find really interesting and be just amazing at.

The characters in the game are concepts of reality such as 'anger' or 'neon'... your story description reminded me very much of that!

♥

[rheasilvia]

Ooh, I'm very glad you like the story idea! :-)

No, I don't know "Nobilis", but I love role-playing games in general and will definitely check it out (ah, if only I had as much free time as fascinating things to do with it...). Thank you very juch for the link!

[beltenebra]

It's honestly the best written and most imaginative role-playing game I have ever come across! The writing is incredibly imaginative and lyrical. Even if you never get to actually play the game, the book is worth reading just for the beauty of the prose.

I totally feel you on the sentiment of not enough time... I have far more hobbies than I have free time.

[rheasilvia]

It sounds very interesting! I don't have a group to roleplay with at the moment, but I do think I'm going to get the book. :-)

Yes, the scarcity of time... *sigh*