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Author has written 12 stories for Sci-Fi, Action, General, Supernatural, Mystery, Essay, and Spiritual. "Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." -Meg Chittenden First, I should give you the standard warnings: I have a chronic case of Short Stories. I have frequent conversations with people who don't, technically, exist, and I have never once attempted to seek help for this affliction. Also, I'm a subtext junkie. We're those weird people who read Victorian lit for the purpose of picking out those little bits of subtext that hint at all of the sexual repression of the time. And, er, then we giggle at it, and share it with other subtext junkies. We're like squealing yaoi fangirls, except not always female, generally writing for an academic audience, and more inclined to write formal papers about it. We call it "male homosocial subtext", you see, instead of slashiness, although basically they are the same thing. (I wrote my junior research thesis comparing the intense slash potential in the Sherlock Holmes and Raffles stories, and got a good grade. I may be slightly twisted, or at least mildly bent.) If you are so inclined, you can probably find a lot of not-so-hidden subtext in my writings. Well, yes. I know it's there, and it's deliberate. My writing occasionally tends to wax slashtastic. It's certainly ignorable, though, if you'd prefer not to see it. Oh, right, I was going to think up some normal things about myself. Ahem, well then: I like music, manga, animals, and utter silliness. I have a job that I am quite inexplicably satisfied with, am vastly underpaid per my education level, and can claim a pair of completely useless degrees. I'm an unabashed Anglophile, and to shamelessly swipe a quote from Jonathan Ames, I had an American childhood, "years before my sense of myself as an American got somewhat clouded by reading too many British novels." Indeed. All right, that's all. Updated 2008: My word, this account still exists. Fancy that. Having discovered that, I may actually post a few, more recent stories. Note: Almost everything I've written lately (i.e., for the past few years) has been somehow connected to the Simon&Cade universe, which is the story that starts in Chainlink. So, don't go looking for anything else to ever be written about the other stories. However, if you're at all interested in Simon, or Cade, or lots of people they know who don't appear in that story, then head toward my more recent stuff. Also, everything I've written can be found on my blog, which I've listed as my homepage. Check that out if you want to see the complete lot. | |||||||||||
1. An Expert Opinion reviewsIn which Simon and Martin's personality defects are categorized and validated by a knowledgeable if slightly uneasy mental health professional.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,121 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 8-24-08 - Published: 8-24-082. The Unexamined LifeAfter "Further Education". A brief scene in which the three main characters' parental issues are distilled.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 363 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 8-24-08 - Published: 8-24-083. PeccadilloTakes place after "Chainlink". Remember Martin, from "Further Education"? This is about him, and about his odd relationship with Simon. May contain an abortive attempt at geek courtship rituals, extreme awkwardness, and rampant cross-purposes.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,117 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 8-24-08 - Published: 8-24-084. Further EducationIn which Cade accidentally learns some interesting facts about Simon's education, and manages to be vaguely insightful. Takes place a year or so after "Chainlink".Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,446 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 8-23-08 - Published: 8-23-085. Angels and Ministers of Grace reviewsA slightly offbeat account of some rather unexpected supernatural goings-on, featuring a variety of ethereal and occult beings. Hecklers and other reviewers welcome!Spiritual - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,316 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-19-04 - Published: 10-19-046. The Public Bathroom Affair reviewsAn account of an unfortunate incident involving (as one might guess) a public bathroom, and an unusual amount of poo.Essay - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 698 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-28-04 - Published: 9-28-047. PassFail reviewsThere's no category for straight-up satire :( 'cause that's what this is. Basically, I rip on my old high school's hall pass system, which sounds boring except that, for whatever reason, people really seem to like this thing. Reviews make me dance!Essay - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,391 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 8-13-03 - Published: 8-13-038. Earth and Sky reviewsWow, that title tells you absolutely nothing. Strange events transpire at an insane asylum. Based on an urban legend. Read 'n' review!Mystery - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,684 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 8-10-03 - Published: 8-10-039. A Ghost Story reviewsIf you had Damon Runyon on drugs and used that as an inspiration to write a ghost story that's not really a ghost story, you would get this. Fun, a little silly, and not at all scary. Read 'n' review!Supernatural - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,935 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-10-03 - Published: 8-10-0310. A House Divided reviewsI know, I know, the title is cheesy, but it really fits the story somehow. Basically, a little kid has a non-argument with his mother. *Reviews please!*General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,214 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-15-03 - Published: 3-15-0311. Chainlink reviewsThis thing started as sort of an experiment with crime, drama, and writing styles, but it turned out so well that I really felt it should be posted. Basically, two men run from the police, with disastrous results.Action - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,732 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-15-03 - Published: 3-15-0312. Mars Attacks reviewsBasically, an extremely anti-climatic first contact, falling somewhere between actual humor and slightly off-beat weirdness. This is for everyone who loves Star Trek but secretly thinks that they occasionally take things a little too seriously.Sci-Fi - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,562 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-16-03 - Published: 2-16-03
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