In Darkness

This is a story fragment… the first scene of a first chapter that will likely never be finished. Unlike most of the other “From the Archives” stuff I’ve posted, this one is relatively recent. I wrote it last year, shortly after returning from a trip to New Orleans. When I finished this bit, I was surprised at how dark it was… a good bit darker than the stuff I usually write, if you can imagine that. And if you can’t, then just read it for yourself. More details follow the story.

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Just for laughs, here’s how much work I got done last week:

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I haven’t been posting or interacting very much lately due to work and travels.

Last week I was in Ft. Lauderdale. I was home (in Atlanta) just in time for OMGWTFTORNADO!!!1, and now I’m in Chicago for most of this week. Writing has pretty much ground to a halt, but I expect the second half of this week to be much calmer with more time for stories.

BTW, the tornado that hit downtown Atlanta was nowhere near my house. I live about 30 miles south of there. All we got at my house was a lot of wind, very little rain, and a pair of very anxious mothers.

For the record: I thought the original Saw was awesome. The second one was pretty good, but a far cry from the first. The third was a bit of a disappointment, but still had a few memorable cringe-worthy scenes. I was actually glad the third movie ended the way that it did, because I thought the Saw series had run its course and that, by killing off the main villain, the creators had taken the high road of NOT bludgeoning us to death with endless “more of the same, only not as good” sequels in an effort to extract every bleeding cent from the franchise.

It turns out I was wrong.
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My writing efforts for the past week:

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