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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Short Story Fridays( The Monday Edition!): Pandora’s Fedora

Long ago, sometime in the distant future, there lived a shopkeeper named Lin. Lin was a small, wirey man, with small wirey spectacles. He kept a tidy general store on the beach of a large island called Qin. Lin lived in a room above his shop with his beautiful wife, Gwin.
Lin’s shop did very well, and he [...]

The Expansion of Narrative in Entertainment

There was a time when the storyline of a video game was fairly simple, if not completely absent. The pixelated world that served as the backdrop for the game was in dire need of a hero. That hero was you. So, armed with your trusty sword/axe/bionic arm/blaster, you saw to the killin’ of the monsters [...]

Short Story Friday- The Hands of Edgar

As part of my struggle against apathy, I will be attempting to have a short story prepared for publication each Friday. Terrible or tremendous, I will reveal the heart of my creative spark for all to see.
 
Edgar was perched in his usual spot. He sat high above the sprawling mass of human ingenuity and overpopulation that was Manhattan. [...]