Fiction by Tessa: "Smoke"

May 11, 2009 09:15

"Does the Devil always smoke?"

He curved his thin lips into a smile and tapped the cigarette against the edge of the round wrought iron table. "You're wasting time."
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death, tessa gratton, fiction by tessa

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tessagratton May 11 2009, 16:31:16 UTC
I just wanted to put a Pear of Anguish into a story sometime.

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london_setterby May 11 2009, 21:24:46 UTC
I should not have clicked on that link! Eep! :(

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tessagratton May 11 2009, 21:28:27 UTC
Sorry! I know - it's awful isn't it? (I have a sick fascination with medieval torture devices. Sorry!)

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annemariewrites May 11 2009, 19:45:51 UTC
Interesting. I hope you revisit this idea in future. :D

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tessagratton May 11 2009, 20:31:07 UTC
Maybe the next time I'm totally braindead from revisions! I can use the Devil as my fall back character.

... that doesn't seem right.

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annemariewrites May 11 2009, 20:41:53 UTC
Then you can reply with "The Devil made me do it".

LOL

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tessagratton May 11 2009, 20:45:12 UTC
Good point!

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london_setterby May 11 2009, 21:28:05 UTC
Love the retelling of Persephone & Hades (natch, since that's what my novel is about, sort of). Appropriately sexy & disturbing. I've sometimes wondered whether Hades missed her when she was gone for the summer. :) Also liked how you tied him to smoke, and her to sunlight.

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tessagratton May 11 2009, 22:01:37 UTC
Thanks. I <3 Hades and Persephone, too. I've written a bunch of stories about them, in various forms, and love reading them, too. This is the first I've posted here, though. I should do it more.

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simonhay_healer May 11 2009, 21:59:00 UTC
I like finding words and phrases I haven't thought of using. Simple ones, but they work well. These -- bubble of sunlight, fanned my fingers. I used to think smoking was sexy. I liked the smell of burnt matches, and then everyone had a bic lighter and I ended up with a smokers cough, and I don't smoke.

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tessagratton May 11 2009, 22:03:24 UTC
I can't smoke, personally, and hate everything about the smell, and it's pretty stupid to smoke because it's bad for you and kills everyone around you, too.

But... it's sexy. And the Devil thinks so, too.

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brennayovanoff May 12 2009, 01:57:16 UTC
Oh, this takes me back to Acheron ;)

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tessagratton May 12 2009, 02:56:00 UTC
I miss Acheron. :)

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