Looking Glass

Jan. 27th, 2005 09:46 pm
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The sum total of my Rabbit Hole Day postings. For posterity.

I know, I have two hours left, but I honestly don't see myself adding to it. It's pretty much done.

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Unearthed from the archive

Jan. 27th, 2005 06:10 pm
[identity profile] caddyman.livejournal.com
Originally written for a PBM game run by [livejournal.com profile] immerwahr and [livejournal.com profile] ysharros many moons ago. I don't think I've posted this up before.


( The Rehearsal )
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Kult

Nov. 8th, 2004 11:18 pm
[identity profile] smittumi.livejournal.com
"You know who I am" he said.
The speaker was an Angel ( Read more... )

excuse spelling shenanigans. I have no Word and this one takes too long.
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More Pometry

Oct. 22nd, 2004 07:54 pm
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BBC neologistic short story thing

Oct. 19th, 2004 07:30 pm
[identity profile] boglin.livejournal.com
The BBC magazone has got a thing here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3755482.stm, connected with Susie Dent's book Larpers and Shroomers: The Language Report. Your're given a list of 'buzzwords' since 1904 and you have to write a story of no more than 150 words. Here's mine ( Read more... ) I think I managed 40 of them. It's quite good fun. Anyone else?
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Bad Fanfic

Oct. 12th, 2004 10:56 am
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Okay, this may not mean much to many people - it's fanfiction for a relatively obscure TV series.  I post it here partially to see if it's accessible to people outside the fandom; I suspect not at all, since fanfic, by its nature, is aimed at people who already know the setup.  Witness the entirely skipped exposition scene.  (I was thinking about including a brief overview of the show and its mechanics up here, but I've decided to field questions by way of comments instead.  Think of it as an intellectual exercise.)  Mostly, however, I'm positing it for general storytelling critiques.

It's largely an exercise in introducing a new character to an established mythos, but also an excuse to see whether I could write existing characters faithfully.  Just so you know - I don't make a habit of this, it's my first fanfic.

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In strictest copycat mode:

Oct. 7th, 2004 08:23 pm
[identity profile] caddyman.livejournal.com
[livejournal.com profile] pax_draconis took the opportunity to post up the highlights of some of the characters he wrote for NWO Rome. Of everything I've ever written for NWO, Galerius from NWO Transylvania is the one of which I'm most proud, so here are some of the highlights.

Inevitably, it will mean nothing to anyone who hasn't played in an NWO game.

( Galerius, Magus ex Tremere )
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Three Colours : Rosemary

Oct. 5th, 2004 06:40 pm
[identity profile] wulfboy.livejournal.com
Right. Third piece. This one is unpolished indeed. I'm not sure whether it works, now I read all three pieces together. I might re-write the first section in the present tense.

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Three Colours : Sage

Oct. 5th, 2004 06:11 pm
[identity profile] wulfboy.livejournal.com
The second part; there is at least one more part to come, and if I'm lucky I'll finish it there. My inability to know when to stop is hardly a secret. Again, first posted in main journal, now edited a reasonable amount, especially in the third bit and to try and make the second bit easier to read. I wonder if it might be best to write the second section in the form of a script - dialogue is an area where my grasp of punctuation runs off and joins the Foreign Legion.

( Zwei )
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Three Colours : Parsley

Oct. 5th, 2004 05:52 pm
[identity profile] wulfboy.livejournal.com
Hallo. You may have seen this before. I don't usually return to stuff I've written before, but in this case I'm making an exception. Following advice, I've tightened it up a little, I think. There are two (possibly three) more short installments, one of which is already written. I first posted it (and the sequel) in my journal proper. Second piece probably to follow fast.

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Oct. 4th, 2004 04:00 pm
[identity profile] boglin.livejournal.com
I thought I'd pop this here too, as it's only small.

( 100 words - autumn )
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River

Sep. 30th, 2004 11:26 pm
[identity profile] boglin.livejournal.com
Does this get bigger towards the end?

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Sep. 29th, 2004 06:22 pm
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This is a piece (currently untitled) that I've been working on that I'm reading for a class on Friday. Any feedback and criticism would be very appreciated.

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I Now Present My Pome (You Cannot Stop Me)

Sep. 28th, 2004 02:14 am
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Sep. 27th, 2004 08:30 pm
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Sep. 24th, 2004 06:23 pm
[identity profile] immerwahr.livejournal.com
A friend of mine asked me to write him some lyrics for songs. He is pretty skilled at three minute pop wonders, which I (to my undying disappointment) am not. I guess he was looking for something different. I'm not sure that what I came up with is suitable for him, and I'm not sure that it is suitable to be called poetry either. Before I pass them on to him I thought I would ask for comments here. I find it hard to release things into the world as I will endlessly refine, fiddle and edit without ever being happy with the finished product. However, I chose as a method one which was used by a poet I was lucky enough to share a writer's group with many years back. He wrote reams of good words and then ruthlessly cut them down to the bone (I was amazed to see a four line poem that I loved be born from two sides of closely written A4). Often the sense of what he was after in the first place was left only for him to see. I kind of liked that idea, and still do. I'll post more over the next few days. Here is the first one. I'll be very glad of comments. Ta.

CATS WITH WINGS

Cats with wings
They exist, you know
In more than doctored photo
They take your tongue in lieu of love
And nail it to their stretching backs
A mouthful of blood produces only red words
Spit spray crimson and every sense blurred

It’s no small thing to own some thing
That only works in theory
Especially if it’s ugly and unnatural
Just stubby limbs and furry
Glued parts of horse and narwhal spike
Will only make the unicorns laugh
However many innocents
Are drawn in to breathe out on dirty glass
Your mermaid is a kewpie doll with bits of pike attached
Look for the join and you’ll see what does not truly fly
Mummers and mountebanks remain hidebound
Not like cats with wings

Be smart enough to take off from the ground
And gravity’s rainbow will bring you safe back down again
Up there somewhere in the layered aether
Cats cloud coloured scrap with nipping fever
Down below a bowl of quicklime and saltpetre
Lesser beasts have no taste for either
Cats with wings
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Sep. 22nd, 2004 11:06 pm
[identity profile] boglin.livejournal.com
A pome

Drafted in the spirit of egalitarianism this afternoon in my creative writing workshop. Game goes, fold a piece of paper into 4. Write down a concrete noun in one 'box', then a 'is like...' simile in the facing box. Do the same on the bottom row with an abstract noun. Rip your piece of paper up and then pass different times to the left and right, so you're left with a new set of nouns and similes. Match up two you like and write something.

I opted for 'Life...is like mustard' ( Read more... )
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I need a muse to inspire a muse...

Sep. 4th, 2004 06:30 pm
[identity profile] boglin.livejournal.com
Or in other words, I find myself doing creative writing as an enrichment course this year, and I was wondering if folks could throw me some ideas about what I should include. I know this isn't the usual sort of entry posted here, but I thought it might be an interesting and fruitful place to reap some ideas.( Read more... )
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The Night Watchman

Aug. 21st, 2004 02:40 am
[identity profile] wulfboy.livejournal.com
Hai! Late night! I wrote this because the one I was writing about the sinister machinations of the household cat just didn't work out. The title belongs to [livejournal.com profile] nyarbaggytep, and following her example I have cross-posted it.

I'm not happy with it, but I would appreciate constructive criticism on how to make it better. Then I'll rewrite it and see what happens.

( Night Watchman )
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There's Somefink Horrid in the Cellar

Aug. 3rd, 2004 01:17 am
[identity profile] caddyman.livejournal.com
Inspired by Margery Allingham, via the immortal Magersfontein Lugg...


There's somefing horrid in the cellar,
Dunno wot, but it's there.
They won't tell me wot it looks like,
Nor wot the damn fing's called

But I know it is down there,
Giggling in the dark;
Somefink grey and large and awful,
Wot wails and creaks and gnaws.

It 'ides from me torch light,
It skitters in the dust,
It quivers in the shadows.
Like horrid fings must.

There's somefink horrid in the cellar,
Somefink like a jellied lump.
The fing wot's in the cellar,
They feeds it wiv a pump.
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