[story] how the light

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author: pei yi
email: dreamsmoke [at] gmail.com

Comments

[letterbugg]

I love the style and cadence of the writing, I really do. It brings the setting to life with just the right effect, fits it like a skin. On a side note, this feels like a hybrid between Ghost In The Shell and Resident Evil. =)

[lacewood]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! :) And considering I wrote the whole thing convinced my zombies were not creepy enough, I'm glad that it could still remind you of Resident Evil XD

[aefallen]

Hey! This kicks ass! Your extract was but the tip of the iceberg, and all the very very best of your writing on this one is here! ♥ I love the use of the quote right at the very end, I think it's particularly fitting.

[lacewood]

*peers* d00d, i didn't post an extract on toxicsky, I posted the whole thing. XD Did you mean a different story altogether? XD

I actually wanted to just use the whole quote as a title but uh, it's... too long. (also, pretentious!!! not like my truncated title isn't pretentious ANYWAY)

Anyway, glad you like it! <333333

[downclouds]

wow. you totally don't know me but.

this was just. amazing. i love how it's sort of fragmented and the little excerpts are just like punches in the gut. seriously. beautiful.

and i loved the quote. and the zombies ARE creepy.

[lacewood]

Thank you! I'm really glad that you like it, and that the excerpts worked so well for you (every writer dreams of being able to metaphorically punch people in the gut)

I actually got the quote from petronia, who was using it as a theme in a theme set she did for 31_days. It was a lovely theme set. :)

[wordsofastory]

Oh, wow, this story is really lovely. I adore the writing quality- it's so dreamlike and feverish and horrifying. Plus, eee, zombies! I never would have expected to find zombies in a cyberpunk story, but it works so very well here, and they're such a creepy take on the monster. Awesome, awesome story!

[lacewood]

Thank you, I'm really flattered you liked it. <333 (Also, thank you very, very much for reviewing and pimping the issues *moar harts* XD)

[wordsofastory]

(No worries! I just adore getting more things to read with this zine, and I should be thanking you for helping to organize it. I just wish my pimping was more effective at actually getting other people to come and comment.)

[bratfarrar]

Wow. Freaky. And not usually the kind of story I read straight through, but the strength of your writing sort of just pulled me along.

[lacewood]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it and the (admittedly strange) writing style worked!