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Monette and Bear cowrote a story for the pirate anthology Fast Ships, Black Sails. Get it here for Talk Like A Pirate Day. (Dunno how long it'll be up.) http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/09/fast-ships-blac.htmlETA: via Emma's LJ. Thanks, Emma!! |
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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2008, 09:17:39 pm » |
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And it's an OMG wonderful story.
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Falkner to Worth: "'Competent'" is not an insult."
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2008, 10:25:27 pm » |
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I confess to downloading it and then burying the treasure putting it in my stash running out of brain cells and taking a nap instead of reading it. But I'll read it soon, gloating the while.
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2008, 12:55:30 am » |
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Should I confess to crying, a little?
That was GOOD.
Matey.
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Why, this is Hell, nor are we out of it.
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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2008, 02:36:16 am » |
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Really, really good. Tears at the end, but not just of sadness. What was the word Tolkien used in his essay on faery stories, 'eucastrophe'? That. That breakthrough, unexpected, into something else.
Gah. Words.
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Still will I harvest beauty where it grows... --Edna ST. Vincent Millay
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2008, 05:22:31 am » |
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Aw. You guys. *snif*
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2008, 10:40:46 am » |
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Aw. You guys. *snif*
:: feeds the Bear :: Whar? I'm Jewish! (Cultural trope > warning signs) > Rilly Cheap Pun tolerance. (Yummy nutty muffins, anyone?) |
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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2008, 03:19:18 pm » |
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Applause!
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Why, this is Hell, nor are we out of it.
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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2008, 03:21:26 pm » |
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:: feeds the Bear ::
Whar? I'm Jewish! (Cultural trope > warning signs) > Rilly Cheap Pun tolerance.
(Yummy nutty muffins, anyone?)
One post, six replies, and the topic drifts to food. Is this a record?  |
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Still will I harvest beauty where it grows... --Edna ST. Vincent Millay
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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2008, 10:09:38 pm » |
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Lucky Vinnie. Lucky Alice. Out indeed.
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2008, 10:13:49 pm » |
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And I scrounged up the necessary brain cells, which then melted at the end. Awwwww, Vinnie and Alice!
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« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2008, 03:56:16 am » |
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I'm frightened by [rot13]n ubyq jbegu shyy bs oenvaf va wnef. Gung'f n ubyq shyy bs cbgragvny fhcre ivyynvaf![/rot13]
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« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2008, 06:03:41 am » |
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I think they're more likely to be enslaved forever, Korvar. The bad aliens looked too competent to let them become the other thing.
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2008, 08:00:39 pm » |
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(Yummy nutty muffins, anyone?)
One post, six replies, and the topic drifts to food. Is this a record? Without spoilering the wonderful story ... one could argue the thread started out about food! |
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"Suddenly one of my great satisfactions in life is knowing I'm not a character in an Anne Rice novel." - Hafidha |
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Beauty, insight, and a bibliography.
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« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2009, 11:10:17 pm » |
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I've come late to the party...
but YAY!!!
Awesomewonderfulstoryness!
Thank you, thank you!
Best treat I can offer is my black beans and rice, Cuban style. I will make them for you any time you want to come by.
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