Story: Puddles
It was a nice day and Todd was in no hurry. Stopping on his way home, he stole a glance at each puddle on his way. The night’s rain had turned into a shining day and bright reflections cratered the...
View ArticleFlash: Are you ready?
George casually leaned over the edge of the building and watched the milling crowds. “Are we ready?” John looked over the crowd for moment and then went back to cleaning his gun. “Depends.” “On what?”...
View ArticleFlash: Running out
“He’s not going to make it!” Janet tried to calm her pacing daughter. “He’ll be here. He’s probably just stuck in traffic.” “He needs to be here.” Janet patted her daughter’s hand. “He will be. He’ll...
View ArticleFlash: On Mark
23.7 seconds. A new record. I restarted the timer and began to leave. I had scheduled for up to two minutes before I would have to run and planned to walk causally before then. As I rounded the corner,...
View ArticleFlash: Memory Block
Dr. Tersten adjusted the sensors. He waited a moment and seemed to be satisfied with the readings. “Amy, is that better?” The small pinpricks that were taking brain readings did not hurt now but were...
View ArticleFlash: Losing it all
1 INT. SMALL ROOM We see a WOMAN (40s) organizing boxes for the homeless. Various foodstuffs surround her as she tries to establish some order on this chaos. Her name is JUNE. After contemplating the...
View ArticleThe Demon Speaks
He stands in the white room. A vast empty nothingness stretches out from him in all directions. It’s a bit of a Neo in The Matrix moment. There is nothing but him. Him and nothing else. Until there is...
View ArticleStory and Storage: An overview (Part 1)
I’ve realized that I have been rather fast and loose with what I have been writing about over the last week or so. In wanting to record my thoughts on the subjects, I haven’t taken the time to say from...
View ArticleStory and Storage: An overview (Part 2)
[This is Part 2 of a set of posts covering "Database as Symbolic Form” by Lev Manovich (RTF, HTML).] If you have read this article already, you might have noticed that I am skipping over what Manovich...
View ArticleHello! The End. Restart?
He wanted to end on something interesting, so he began to write the beginning. Not knowing exactly where he was going with the story though, he put some words on the page. It was as he entered the...
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