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Fiction by Brenna: The Long Sleep

Jan 03, 2011 17:22

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retelling, water, brenna yovanoff, prompt, rip van winkle, fiction by brenna

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happy new year anonymous January 4 2011, 00:41:54 UTC

i love this line:

We went to sleep children and woke up grown, baptized in heat and dust, anointed with dark gritty water.

this story is one of my new favorites, a great way to bring in the new year:)

-Polkadotiful

Re: happy new year brennayovanoff January 4 2011, 18:32:42 UTC

Thanks-I'm glad you liked it! (I realized I hadn't done a drowning one in a while, so . . . )

ext_325383 January 4 2011, 00:48:25 UTC

That was haunting. I want to go back and read it a few more times. Amazing!

brennayovanoff January 4 2011, 18:40:16 UTC

I blame that bowling pin photo-I was browsing them and when I saw it, I knew it was the one! And also, strangely upsetting . . .

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brennayovanoff January 4 2011, 18:38:02 UTC

Somehow my childhood nostalgia always turns out sad, which is weird, because actually thinking about hot, dry summers and dust makes me really happy!

Cool anonymous January 4 2011, 03:57:06 UTC

Wow... I had no idea the flood was coming. Not to say I didn't expect something totally surprising coming from YOU but... Wonderfully done! Even if it was, well, KINDA depressing...

Re: Cool brennayovanoff January 4 2011, 18:35:26 UTC

I'm somehow incapable of writing about water without making it depressing or scary-maybe that will be my new assignment: a happy water story!

kusanar January 4 2011, 04:49:40 UTC

Very nice! What a great story to start the New Year with!

brennayovanoff January 4 2011, 18:36:51 UTC

Thanks :D And happy New Year!