Such Things

Well, here's the second part. The story is much longer than last time, but I think, most likely, much better. Stick with it, I promise it does go somewhere. Some familiar concepts and interactions if you've read any of my older stuff but also, hopefully, better. I realized that I probably should give the whole thing some sort of title. For the time being, said title is "Such Things." As in "there's no such thing as ________!" Also, as Simon pointed out, reading things on a computer screen sucks. And, as I have realized, blog formatting sucks too. What do you mean I can't indent? So, for anyone who would rather read anything on here as a PDF or some other file format, just let me know. Email me at piotrowski.luke@gmail.com and I'll send it right away. There might be a way to post files on here, but all I see are buttons for movies, images and links. That's all for now. Since reading the story is enough of a commitment, I won't waste any mo...

I started putting these things online in the hope that it would encourage me to write more. Knowing that this nonsense is not just going to exist on my monitor (now it might exist on yours!) makes it all feel a bit more real and worthwhile. Also, I enjoyed writing a holiday themed story last month and got some lovely feedback (!). Then New Year's Eve hit and here we are in 2010. It's the perfect time to try something new. So here's my ambitious (for me) plan. I'll write one story a month, each based or set on a holiday within that month. For extra ambition, the stories will be connected, featuring the same recurring cast of characters, hopefully building (as other long form narratives do) a little world that can grow and change and ultimately come to a brutally violent end come next January (maybe). If it works, I'll be thinking and writing consistently and I'll end up with something a bit more substantial than usual. I don't have much planned beyond the fir...