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  2. I hope you all have a wonderful orgasm.

    I hope you all have a wonderful orgasm.

  3. Essays, Treatises, and Other Pretensions

    My thinking was to go beyond the sensational and into the literary. When you describe the "skimming off the top" sequence, you did so in narrative summary, and as you demonstrated, it worked well for not only conveying lots of information quickly, but for condensing time and even to add some...

  4. Essays, Treatises, and Other Pretensions

    Something I often say is that it's a matter of who you know. Literally. Two-thousand five-hundred and ten people, or my daughter? Well, sorry, Norfolk Island, my daughter comes first. I have zero responsibility to anyone but her. With the trolley problem it's a bit easier. If I don't know any...

  5. Essays, Treatises, and Other Pretensions

    The connection between exposition and action cannot be overstated. I was reading a piece I myself wrote and I happened to land on a technique a couple of times. Here it is. Context is important so I copied a little more than may seem necessary: A change of topic was the desperate but obvious...

  6. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 12, End

    And so it was over. The air-conditioner kicked off, leaving the kitchen eerily quiet. When a game is completed it's normal to whoop and celebrate, so the silence between the siblings felt unnatural, even to them, even as they did nothing about it. They just sat there in their respective...

  7. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 11

    Missy sat there looking more pitiful than Thomas had ever seen her. She had the dice in her hand still, but didn't really notice them. She was staring and her eyes were tearing up and her mouth was turned down in the most piteous u-shape. Thomas didn't like it either, but the story was the...

  8. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 10

    Daniel awoke the next morning and sat up into the fog of a thick, restive morning atmosphere. The blanket slipped from torso and stomach, crumpling in his lap, revealing the musculature that had been earned over years of arduous pursuit of the pernicious scourge. He ran his hands along his...

  9. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 9

    There had been one hour of preparation before the cursory training. Daniel felt like a schoolteacher preparing a lesson plan, doubly so with Ilsa eagerly helping. He told her that maybe she should have been a schoolteacher, and she said that if she had been he would probably be dead, and he...

  10. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 8

    A broad perspective is the privilege of those with time on their hands. Filling bellies, pocketing coins, acquiring shelter and considering future prospects can all be assessed, organized and tended to in due time; but as the generous days dwindle, that privileged vista narrows. Full stomachs...

  11. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 7 - Scene 1, 2, 3

    As the siblings created a routine of playing their role-playing game in the evening, it was becoming less distracting during the day. At school, Thomas could focus on his classes again, and Missy could focus on anything except her classes, which was the standard for them both. It was...

  12. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 6 - Scene 1, 2

    Feet pounded across the floorboards. Doors opened and slammed. Backpacks were hurled through the air and landed who-knows-where, and who cared? Hanging out had been fun, but it was time to get back into the RPG. Thomas had taken his socks off and flung them, while Missy, in her impatience...

  13. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 5 - Scene 1, 2, 3

    Thomas sat back in his chair, kind of slumped, and didn't say anything. Missy looked at him furtively, then openly. When still he said nothing she shrugged with the sort of drama only nine-year-olds could muster. "What?" "Huh?" Thomas said as if awakened from a deep reverie, which annoyed...

  14. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4 - Scene 3

    The "boon" worked exactly as was claimed, and soon Daniel was in bed resting in a room big enough for three. While Felicity stayed with him to keep a vigil, Ilsa and Adam decided to be proactive. This issue of shared illusions was beginning to cause problems greater than just being...

  15. State of the Play - An Original Fantasy Novella
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4 - Scene 3

    The "boon" worked exactly as was claimed, and soon Daniel was in bed resting in a room big enough for three. While Felicity stayed with him to keep a vigil, Ilsa and Adam decided to be proactive. This issue of shared illusions was beginning to cause problems greater than just being...
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