Our first short story has been put up and Harry has treated us to a reminder of what can happen if you wander out in the dark.
Harry is the blogger behind Temple Library Reviews and has recently interviewed myself and Chris as well as allowing me to guest post.
He has recently started a new blog to focus on his writing.
"Night's haunting touch spread its quilt of urban shadows over burly streets, intertwining into a macabre stage for shadow play. Among the foul scents of darkness sweet cherry fragrance bloomed, so obvious, so out of place with its vulnerability.
Emily waltzed wearily down the street, her high heels dictating a steady rhythm on the paved ill lit alley. The monotonous sound subdued her grief and sedated the madness, bubbling in her heart. She took big breaths of the frigid, slimy air. The rich odor made her cringe her face in disgust. "
Head over and read the rest of Nocturne Kiss.
Or check out the other short stories in our index.
6 comments:
Interesting indeed.
I don't know why (and I have read it serveral times, more and more closely with each one) but it seems to evoke (or perhaps emote, I don't know) Poe to my mind. Whether it is the sentence construction, a few choice words, the rhythm, something, but I get old Edgar Allen from it.
Excellent!
There is something lovely in the way Harry writes that for me brings more pleasure than the story in some ways. I love the way it all sounds. :)
@ Adele: Thank you for having me and I am thrilled to have contributed. I like getting exposure *attention whore syndrome* [joke] I actually like to hear people enjoying what I write. It fulfils me.
@ Stray: WOW, that is one major compliment I am going to remember for the rest of my life and hope to earn enough street cred for it to be REALLY legit. It's strange, because I have never read Poe apart from "Raven".
Harry: I would recommend Poe, as his stuff is excellent, poetry and prose (and did you know Whitman was the only person of note to turn up to his funeral?)
You will find as you read his other stuff how much modern fiction owes him. A lot of the plot devices, structure and outlook can be seen to derive from there.
And when you are rich and famous, I intend to dine out on 'I was the first one to comment on one of his short stories way back when...' :)
ST - yup, and we get to gloat that he loved us first. ;P
Harry - I second the recommendation, i've not read much Poe, but what I have read has been wonderful.
Guys, I hope I become rich and famous and then I will point people to come here and you will get tons of hits and become a magazine and start making cash too. :)
Though my wish is for my fiction to be liked [hopefully loved] and respected.
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