(I don't normally write short stories.)
1208 words in this format; it could probably do with a little tweaking here and there, but it's more or less complete. Conception to conclusion probably under twelve hours.
It comes out sort of political, and mostly depressing -- even if the best-of-all-possible-worlds outcome of the ambiguous conclusion is the true one.
I wonder where to send it. It's the first short thing I've written in ages that isn't completely the wrong length for the short story market.
Mood and music are not intentionally resonant.
1208 words in this format; it could probably do with a little tweaking here and there, but it's more or less complete. Conception to conclusion probably under twelve hours.
It comes out sort of political, and mostly depressing -- even if the best-of-all-possible-worlds outcome of the ambiguous conclusion is the true one.
I wonder where to send it. It's the first short thing I've written in ages that isn't completely the wrong length for the short story market.
Mood and music are not intentionally resonant.