Shit, it's almost one and I haven't started reviewing macroeconomics yet. But I suppose that writing this short story sort of made up for it?

Title: The Tourists' War: A Melancholy, If Slightly Cynical, Retrospective
Author: V.M. Bell
Summary: Once upon a time, the United States went to war with Iran. The catalyst for conflict was ( Read more... )

Title: Great, Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire
Author: V.M. Bell
Disclaimer: Title stolen from Patrick Wolf's "To The Lighthouse." Was so not in the mood for creativity at 2:30 am. Any errors in economic theory are solely mine.
Summary: The United States is embroiled in a global conflict with China, its adversary from the East, and George ( Read more... )

It is high time that I post some writing. Happy New Year, by the way. I will be back in another three hours to say it again. :D

Title: The Girl Goes Dancing There
Author: V.M. Bell
Rating: G
Word Count: 584
Author's Notes: Written for an English assignment, which required me to find a picture of someone and ascribe a story to the face. Emphasis ( Read more... )

Title: give in and relish every minute of it
Author: V.M. Bell
Summary: We are blind in the water, but then we open our eyes and find the world as something different.
Rating: G
Word Count: 618
Author's Note: It rained today. I took a walk in the rain and it moved me to write. The section headings are from Imogen Heap songs I was listening to as ( Read more... )

So this is piece about the CIA taking over the United States I promised. It really isn't so much a satire, i.e., I am going to fail my English assignment, but there is some dry humour in there if you look hard enough. Besides, it was fun going on an anti-democracy rant just because I could, and I was hoping that, in itself, would be ironic enough ( Read more... )

Still procrasinating. Will stop soon.

Title: (so you bleed)
Author: V.M. Bell
Summary: Blood wiped away and regenerated. Blood like secrets too terrible to behold. Blood like perpetual lineage that will not let go.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 351
Author's Notes: Written a few weeks ago, when I was feeling this irrepressible weight, which then ( Read more... )

Title: Revolution (noun)
Author: V.M. Bell
Summary: No, not apple-red or candy-cane-red. Such hues are reserved for lesser ideals.
Word Count: 261
Rating: G
Author's Notes: This week's English theme involved writing an extended definition for an abstract noun. Rather predictably, I chose revolution. Doubtless I'm going to add a proper ( Read more... )

Right, I have definitely never written anything like this in my life. I almost died at the OMG!RUN-ON!-ness of this. Perhaps the fact I was writing at 11 pm last night had something to do with it. Hmm.

Title: impressionist mornings
Author: V.M. Bell
Summary: crooked asphalt angling into the sea that jolts the bus
Rating: G
Word Count: 224
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Title: for all else is dust and air
Author: V.M. Bell
Summary: I pick up the telephone, its ringing shrill. I hold it to my ear with my shoulder. “Hello?”
Rating: PG
Word Count: 503
Author's Notes: This is about as close as I'll come to experimental writing. Originally written for my school's literary magazine, the theme being dreams. If this ( Read more... )

Title: whatever you are, be revolutionary
Author: V.M. Bell
Summary: Just me, talking about me, my life, my thoughts, through fifteen vignettes for fifteen years of existence.
Rating: G
Pairings: absolutely none - dude, it's my life you're talking about!
Word Count: 2,626
Author's Notes: This was originally written for an English assignment from ( Read more... )