Five Song Shuffle Tuesday, Infected Soundtrack Edition
Not only does noise once again rule the week, but the majority of these songs have appeared on self made soundtracks for my Infected books.Funny how that works. These Arms Are Snakes – Meet Your Mayor Unreleased track (in MP3 form), hard to find. I can imagine Roan working the heavy bag to this. Black Eyes & Neckties – Bloodbath The title of one of the Infected chapters! (Yes, I named it after this song.) From a defunct (of course) Washington State Goth-punk band. It’s easy to imagine the snuff house takedown taking place to this. Alkaline Trio – Private Eye Tailor made for Roan, this tale of a (metaphorical) hard boiled detective short circuited by his addiction problems and bad decisions could have been written...
Read MoreFlash Fic Challenge Round Robin, Part 2
This fiction challenge continues , and here’s my continuation of Liz Neering’s start, titled Devil’s Night. (First half pasted on. My part continues after the stars.) Devil’s Night Isa stood in the deer blind, the tip of her rifle pointed through the narrow slat out towards the forest beyond. To her teammate she looked like a stranger, a bundle of cold-weather clothing with only a thin strip of brown skin showing between scarf and snow goggles. The brown strip turned to face him, black eyes a shadow behind polarized plastic. “I fucking hate these sneaking missions,” she said. “I just want to shoot something. I don’t think that’s a lot to ask.” Tyler snorted. Behind the heavy fur lining of his coat, he...
Read MoreA bit of an Infected flash fic – Tanksgiving
Nope, not a typo. Happy Thanksgiving, American readers. ** “Tell me again why we’re doing this,” Roan asked, as he set up the dining room table. They’d just bought it at a thrift store yesterday, and Roan had to shift the couches, chairs, and end table in the living room to make room for it. Dylan sighed at him before turning away to pull the lasagna out of the oven. “Because you’ve never had a proper Thanksgiving, and I wanted to give you one.” “See, that’s where you’re wrong. I’ve had a couple of “proper” Thanksgivings, and that’s why I hate it so much.” Roan shook out the green tablecloth Dylan had dug up somewhere, because even though he thought it was silly, he knew he had to play along, or there would be hell to pay. “See,...
Read MoreCharity anthology now available!
I have a couple of flash fics in this, and the money is split between several good charities. Check it out, and support a worthy cause.
Read More5 Song Shuffle Saturday
Yes, I intend to keep doing this. While last week’s was dominated by noise rock, electronic music is the victor this week. 1. Sleepy Eyes Of Death – Night Wires The first of two defunct Seattle bands on this list alone. Both were favorites, and both couldn’t have been more different. SEOD liked semi-orchestral, lush electronic soundscapes, as you can hear for yourself. 2. These Arms Are Snakes – The Blue Rose And the second defunct Seattle band, a noise rock group that is the only noise rock represented on this list. They had the best live shows I’ve ever seen, even when playing in the attic of a junk shop. (This happened. I was there.) 3. A Grave With No Name – Dig Me Out Now back to sort of shoegaze/alternative, although...
Read MoreFlash fic challenge – 200 Words
Okay, new flash fic challenge, involving writing the start of a story alone, clocking in at 200 words. Here’s mine. ** The explosion made theground rock like a ship on a storm tossed sea. Kira covered her head as flaming debris rained down.“Well, that could have gone better.” “Was there an outcome where this wasn’t a certainty?” Dana replied. Kira thought a thousand different curse words at the AI companion implanted in her brain. Not that Dana would care either way, as it may have been an artificial intelligence, but it’s emotional understanding was limited. Kira jumped up to her feet and looked around, surveying the damage. Futureshock’s cybertech lab was now a hole in the ground, covered with a smattering of smoldering rubble....
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