My end-of-the-world flash piece The Storm was published today over at the very cool Eschatology site. Check it out! And leave a comment if you enjoyed it or semi-enjoyed it.
This story is different because it's written in 2nd-person POV, which there seems to be not a whole lot of love for. I believe it's a perfectly valid POV that can work well when the story calls for it, and I aim to make it work!
For the occasion, I made a picture:
It doesn't capture what I had in my mind--it was far creepier--but not bad, if I do say so myself. I drew some inspiration from some of the wicked sand storms we have out here in Arizona. We also have some pretty bad fires. I recall this one day in July how the sky was smoggy, no blue, and the clouds had this yellow-ish hue. It was very surreal.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the story and watch out for those clouds!
Yay! Big congrats!! Will go read soon :) Yes, we do get some wicked sand storms. I don't think I realized you lived here, too. Are you coming to the Phoenix Comicon this year? They've added some pretty cheap hotel rooms... :)
ReplyDeleteThankies! Haha yeah, I live in the Tuscon area. I'd like to come to Phoenix Comicon, it sounds like a lot of fun. I'll have to find out my schedule later on.
DeleteCongrats, Defcon!
ReplyDeleteGreat, creepy story. I enjoyed it.
Cool picture, too :)
Thankies!
DeleteWoohooo. Another step on the road to publishing domination...or something like that.
ReplyDeleteI'll get over there and have a read.
Hehe, indeed. Tis been a good month in terms of publication. Whereas I was hit pretty hard with the rejections earlier.
DeleteThere was no semi-enjoying -- only enjoying! Left you a comment over there.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. :)
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