Some call me a wild card.
Others say I'm two-dimensional, a caricature.
Flat affect? Ha! See me laughing?
Be glad they make me wear bells.
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Flash Fearsday is a 140-character (or, for the long-winded and Twitterless, 140-word) microfiction horror challenge, hosted here on Nine Worlds, Ten Thousand Things within four days (one way or the other) from a Thursday. Anyone can play. Line breaks count as one character. Feel free to link to your entry or post it directly in the comments.
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
F is for Flash Fearsday
Revolutionary thoughts?
Patently inadequate.
Ultimately, successful execution seems essential for getting ahead.
Madame Guillotine concurs.
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Flash Fearsday is a 140-character (or, for the long-winded and Twitterless, 140-word) microfiction horror challenge. I don't know where it is officially being hosted these days, but it will be here, if nowhere else.
Patently inadequate.
Ultimately, successful execution seems essential for getting ahead.
Madame Guillotine concurs.
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Flash Fearsday is a 140-character (or, for the long-winded and Twitterless, 140-word) microfiction horror challenge. I don't know where it is officially being hosted these days, but it will be here, if nowhere else.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Expansion Joints, part 39: "Pick" / Flash Fearsday
This is my response to Part 39 of the Expansion Joints Challenge, and to the January 12th Flash Fearsday.
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"Another homicidal worker?"
"Neurotoxic exposure, manual excavation methods - mining's hazardous."
"Recommendations?"
"Don't say "Pick me!""
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"Another homicidal worker?"
"Neurotoxic exposure, manual excavation methods - mining's hazardous."
"Recommendations?"
"Don't say "Pick me!""
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 39: "Pick"
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, the word for the Expanders! challenge was based on some relevant happening or theme. I'm continuing the tradition here. I apologize for the dearth of links in today's post, but I am still a bit under the weather here, and wanted to be sure that I got this up. If you read Science Fiction and Fantasy, you might already know that this week marks the start of the Tor Reader's Choice Awards where you can vote for the best SF&F novels, short fiction, comics,and book covers of 2011. This is your chance to make your voice heard. There are no restrictions on where the works were published, so short pieces or comics from bloggers like Porky's Expanse (and the many excellent pages it links to), Hereticwerks, or other places on the Web where such things sometimes make appearances would seem to be eligible. There's no limit on how many works you can include in your voting post, so there is no need to choose too carefully - don't leave out anything you really liked. Moving into the political realm (which many might argue still leaves us firmly in the domain of fantasy), the US Republican presidential primary season kicked off in earnest, with the first actual binding votes cast in the New Hampshire primary.(Please, don't ask me to explain the Iowa caucuses.) Closer to home, the season's first fabulously sweet Indian River murcotts (also known as "honey tangerines") were harvested from local groves and made their way to my table. The theme here is perhaps disappointingly clear already: the word of the week is "pick".
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, back, stand, plague beat, pin, present, and resolve, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, back, stand, plague beat, pin, present, and resolve, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Expansion Joints, part 38: Continuing Resolution
"It took all our resolve to resolve this once. Now it's recurred."
"So? Re-solve it."
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This is my ontribution to part 38 of the Expansion Joints Challenge.
"So? Re-solve it."
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This is my ontribution to part 38 of the Expansion Joints Challenge.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 38: Resolve
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. I'm trying to keep the tradition going. This past week saw the start of a new year in the Gregorian calendar, a time when many people vow to make positive changes in their lives. It also saw the official end of the US/Iraq conflict , although it certainly remains to be seen whether the problems in Iraq can truly come to a harmonious close. In New York's Zucotti Park, a New Year's Eve re-Occupation tested the commitment of protesters to brave arrest (in some cases, for simply walking on sidewalks in the area.) Closer to home, I'm formally pledging to spend more time doing things that make my heart light...so, hopefully, you'll be seeing me around here more. With this in mind, the word for the week is "resolve".
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, back, stand, plague beat, pin, and present, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, back, stand, plague beat, pin, and present, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 37: Present
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. I endeavor to maintain the tradition. I'm not going to try to fill in for the whole time that I've been away in one post, so I'll just lay out immediate events, such as the recent winter solstice, the first since the 1600's to have a lunar eclipse and a meteor shower, and Christmas and other holiday celebrations. After far too long an absence, I am finally here, now, (or, alternatively now, and/or now, or even now), regretting that I can give you all only that most humble of gifts, my words, which are unlikely to win any literary awards. With that perspective in mind, the word of the week is "present".
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, back, stand, plague beat, and pin, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, back, stand, plague beat, and pin, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Flash Fearsholiday: Hanukkah Horrors
This is my response to this weeks' (soon-to-be-released?) Flash Fearsday, a 140 character (or 140 word) microfiction horror challenge. I went with a Hanukkah theme in honor of the upcoming holiday...
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"We can hold out if we keep the fire going. They avoid it."
"Fuel?"
"One day, max."
"When do the others get back?"
"8 days."
"G-d help us."
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"We can hold out if we keep the fire going. They avoid it."
"Fuel?"
"One day, max."
"When do the others get back?"
"8 days."
"G-d help us."
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sorry for the silence...
The "word of the week" posts for the Expansion Joints Challenge are three weeks behind at this point, not by choice. I have been working on them in my sparse free moments, and will hopefully get the full posts up, complete with links, sometime in the near future. If anyone wants to get a head start, (or, at least catch up on this project ahead of me), the words are (Were? Will be?) plague, beat, and pin. All of which should give you a good idea of how the past month has gone...
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 33: "Stand"
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. This week, locals took to the trees for the opening of black-powder and bow season for wild turkeys and bucks. On the topic of bucks, protesters outraged over the financial crisis and the wholesale transfer of wealth to the super-rich from the rest of society remained firm in their convictions and refused to leave financial districts and public squares around the world despite tear gas, clashes with police, arrests and conditions that were increasingly difficult to tolerate, while the position taken by St. Paul's cathedral regarding the Occupy London protests drew widespread criticism from those inside and outside the church hierarchy, and led to several resignations of high church officials. Here in the U.S., Attorney General Eric Holder agreed to testify before Congress about the disastrous Federal gun sting "Operation Fast and Furious". And for those RPGers who are interested in what level of craftsmanship is really possible using only human-powered tools, I ran across a remarkable video shot at a Moroccan street vendor's stall demonstrating the use of a bow lathe and hand (foot?) chisel to make chess pieces. The common element for them all is, of course, stand, and that is the word of the week.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, and back in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, and back in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Expansion Joints, part 31: "Skip" / Flash Fearsday
Rhythm regulating universal order,
primal heartbeats'
standing vibrations creating organization,
manifesting beauty.
Skip? Fatal arrhythmia.
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This is my entry for part 31 of the Expansion Joints Challenge and for this week's Flash Fearsday 140-character horror challenge.
primal heartbeats'
standing vibrations creating organization,
manifesting beauty.
Skip? Fatal arrhythmia.
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This is my entry for part 31 of the Expansion Joints Challenge and for this week's Flash Fearsday 140-character horror challenge.
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 32: "Back"
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. This week, I discovered The New Yorker's list of unlikely Occupy Wall Street supporters, a review of the state of current research on stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury that suggests that human trials should go forward, and genetics research aimed at reversing the ongoing collapse of the bee population. And, perhaps of more immediate relevance, I'm returning to post here, so the word of the week is back.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, and in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, vent, skip, and in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 31: "Skip"
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. I spent this weekend getting partially caught up on paying work by passing on other semi-essential activities, including writing on the blog - again. Here it is Wednesday already, and I have nothing up yet for the Expansion Joints Challenge, and I haven't glanced at the blogs or even the news in days. No real options at this point but resigning myself to missing a week, or improvising and using this as the relevant happening. Sounds like "skip" may be the word of the week.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, and vent, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, fall, and vent, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Flash Fearsday / Expansion Joints, part 30: Plaguing Your Conscience?
Carried forward through pressure,
inexorably compelled,
reaching critical threshold, dispersing...
Vent?!
Spreads emotional contagions, too.
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This is my response to part 30 of the Expansion Joints Challenge and to the October 6th 140-character Flash Fearsday horror challenge over at Lunching on Lamias.
inexorably compelled,
reaching critical threshold, dispersing...
Vent?!
Spreads emotional contagions, too.
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This is my response to part 30 of the Expansion Joints Challenge and to the October 6th 140-character Flash Fearsday horror challenge over at Lunching on Lamias.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 30: "Vent"
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. Here in the US, protesters in New York and in cities around the country continued to give voice to their social and economic grievances, with many complaining that mainstream media coverage of the protests has been perfunctory, dismissive or absent, in contrast to coverage afforded other, less significant news. Indisputably earthshaking news increased around the world this week, with a number of volcanic sites blowing off a great deal more than more than steam. Closer to home, I have now tried several times, unsuccessfully, to publish this week's Expansion Joints, with no luck, and no Blogger explanation for the errors, and it annoys me enough that I am including it here. I appreciate your patience in listening to me rant. Hopefully, Blogger will allow me to publish to the blog shortly. And, perhaps best of all for me, it looks like I'm finally going to get the air conditioning fixed at the house. The word that draws them together? Vent.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, and fall, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, die, and fall, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Expansion Joints, part 29b / Flash Fearsday
Spiraling despair paralyzing initiative.
Motivation?
Illusory abstraction without propulsive momentum.
Depression forming!
Don't fall in...
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This is a combined response to part 29 of the Expansion Joints Challenge and to the Flash Fearsday horror challenge at Lunching on Lamias.
Motivation?
Illusory abstraction without propulsive momentum.
Depression forming!
Don't fall in...
*************************************************************************************
This is a combined response to part 29 of the Expansion Joints Challenge and to the Flash Fearsday horror challenge at Lunching on Lamias.
Expansion Joints, part 29:"Fall"
Fallout?!
Fall in!
Fall back!
Don't fall apart, fall behind, or
fall into their hands...
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This is my response to part 29 of the Expansion Joints Challenge.
Fall in!
Fall back!
Don't fall apart, fall behind, or
fall into their hands...
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This is my response to part 29 of the Expansion Joints Challenge.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 29: "Fall"
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. It has been a hectic few days at home for me (hence being delayed in getting this up), with several incidents in which family members took tumbles and actually sustained some minor injuries, but an unexpectedly less busy time at work, where my appointment numbers dropped off significantly for no readily apparent reason. The equinox arrived Friday, a planetary event on a scale to put such things back into perspective, ending the southern hemisphere's winter and moving the northern hemisphere, where I reside, into autumn. Its arrival was heralded by declining temperatures, with highs that this week have been reliably below 90 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time since May. And then there's this. It should come as no surprise, then, that the word of the week is "fall".
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, and die, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, file, and die, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Die
This is my response to part 28 of the Expansion Joints Challenge.
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Die?
Cast, the aleatoric scythe sculpts boundaries,
throws existence, non-existence into perfect relief.
Roll again?
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Die?
Cast, the aleatoric scythe sculpts boundaries,
throws existence, non-existence into perfect relief.
Roll again?
Monday, September 19, 2011
Expansion Joints Challenge, part 28: "Die"
Many apologies for the long silence.
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. The past week and a half, for me, has been filled with the rituals and emotions at the end of life, the celebration and mourning of a dear friend who passed away September 8th. I've been delaying writing here, caught up in memorials, and house blessings, and the scattering of ashes, waiting for the time and the words to come, waiting for the moment and the inspiration that would let me communicate something about the essence of the week without getting overwhelmed by emotion. I wanted to be able to share something of the spirit and the life of a woman whose personality was such that her memorial reception would not have been complete without the Star Wars-themed plastic tablecloths and plates, or the Stargate montage that featured prominently in the service itself, whose friends posted Facebook statuses like "Spent the evening disposing of human remains in the river under cover of darkness..." after scattering her ashes. But words fail me. Yet, this is the second Sunday that the blog has sat quiet, and that can't continue. Hard as it is to say anything right now, it is harder still to write here and say nothing. So you get the short and badly-polished version, and I hope to do better in the future. I'm going to be trite now, and remind everyone to love life, and drink deep from it, get every last drop. You may not be able to do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about the depth and the breadth of it. That said, I do want to share a few other things that have come my way this week by chance, and the coincidences confirmed my choice of word. The first is this intriguing project on positive and negative space and the second is this amazing WebComic from TwentySided, which you have probably all read before, but which I had somehow managed to miss until a friend sent me the link this week. The connection between them all is, of course, "die", and that is the word of the week.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, and file, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
When this exercise was hosted over at Porky's Expanse!, he always chose the word for the Expanders! challenge based on some relevant happening or theme. The past week and a half, for me, has been filled with the rituals and emotions at the end of life, the celebration and mourning of a dear friend who passed away September 8th. I've been delaying writing here, caught up in memorials, and house blessings, and the scattering of ashes, waiting for the time and the words to come, waiting for the moment and the inspiration that would let me communicate something about the essence of the week without getting overwhelmed by emotion. I wanted to be able to share something of the spirit and the life of a woman whose personality was such that her memorial reception would not have been complete without the Star Wars-themed plastic tablecloths and plates, or the Stargate montage that featured prominently in the service itself, whose friends posted Facebook statuses like "Spent the evening disposing of human remains in the river under cover of darkness..." after scattering her ashes. But words fail me. Yet, this is the second Sunday that the blog has sat quiet, and that can't continue. Hard as it is to say anything right now, it is harder still to write here and say nothing. So you get the short and badly-polished version, and I hope to do better in the future. I'm going to be trite now, and remind everyone to love life, and drink deep from it, get every last drop. You may not be able to do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about the depth and the breadth of it. That said, I do want to share a few other things that have come my way this week by chance, and the coincidences confirmed my choice of word. The first is this intriguing project on positive and negative space and the second is this amazing WebComic from TwentySided, which you have probably all read before, but which I had somehow managed to miss until a friend sent me the link this week. The connection between them all is, of course, "die", and that is the word of the week.
If you aren't familiar with the Expansion Joints project, it all began over at Porky's Expanse!.
The rules are just as they are described over at Porky's: as much narrative as you can cram into fifteen words, one of which must be the word of the week.
This can take the form of
1. An epyllion,or litle epic, a stand-alone fifteen-word narrative, or
2. An epos, or 'epic'. Instead of an independent 15-word story, you can choose to develop someone else's story from a previous week, or extend your own story from week to week. Just write the next installment. If it has 15 words, uses the word of the week, and continues the story, you've done it.
There are two important things to think about if you choose epos. First, you should have the permission of the person who wrote the story you will develop. If anyone writes a 15-word epyllion or adds to an epos and is happy for others to develop it later, please say so, with something like 'for use in an epos'. Second, by using specific elements of someone else's story, we technically create a derivative work, so it's best to avoid this.
There are a number of generous contributors who have given express permission to use some of their writing as the basis for epos:
Porky, the founder of the project, offers up all of his contributions.
GDMNW has opened up the three stories here.
Dave G_Nplusplus makes any of his Expanders! stories available for use in an epos.
Arlequin has an epos running on his Expanders! page, and he has graciously extended permission to play with any or all of the contributions there.
Andy, over at The Creepy Corridor, has also made his epos posts available for expansion.
C'nor, at Lunching on Lamias, gives consent to use any of his entries, which are partly located on his blog, but mostly strewn throughout the comment threads here.
And, as always, feel free to use any of the stories on this blog that are tagged as "Expansion Joints" in an epos.
Words that have previously made an appearance in an Expanders!/Expansion Joints include: food, fort, stuff, elf, rogue, pass, fool, hammer, note, temper, table, twisted, missing, sacrifice, spirit, rush, tie, line, free, break, cut, opening, close, shock, balance, field, blow, and file, in case you are of an historical bent, or wish to write a complete set.
When you've finished writing your entry for this week, either post your 15-word story directly in the comments here, or leave a link in the comments to the blog page where we can find it.
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