Howard Hughes and the Man from Mars

[greygirlbeast]

Yesterday, I wrote 1,401 words and finished "Little Conversations" (née "Salammbô Redux") which came to 5,356 words. I emailed Neil Clarke to let him know the story was finished, but that I wouldn't be handing it in until Monday evening, because I want to have some distance between me and it before the "final" reading and edit. It came out to be

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[sovay]

and I'm quite certain this is the most blatantly autobiographical story I have ever written.

Salammbô, then, was another avatar?

[greygirlbeast]

Salammbô, then, was another avatar?

It would seem so.

[tiel]

I have to ask...is the story's title in any way related to the Concrete Blonde song?

[greygirlbeast]

I have to ask...is the story's title in any way related to the Concrete Blonde song?

Yes, it is.