[donaldscrankshaw] Donald: Storyblogging Carnival LXXXIV

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Posted by Donald:
Storyblogging Carnival LXXXIV
http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/posts/1202089361.shtml


   Welcome to the eighty-fourth Storyblogging Carnival. It took some
   begging on my part, but we have a ten stories this time, including
   some faces we haven't seen recently, as well as someone completely
   new. Plus, we have a few regulars as well. Please enjoy.
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   [1]Fisherman
   by Jeremiah Lewis of [2]Fringe Blog
   A 50 word brief story rated PG.
   How catching fish is akin to life experience.
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   [3]Brief Respite
   by Jeremiah Lewis of [4]Fringe Blog
   A 50 word brief story rated PG.
   A man struggles with his wife's departure.
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   [5]How Future People Fly
   by Jeremiah Lewis of [6]Fringe Blog
   A 50 word brief story rated PG.
   Interstellar travel requires more than just numbers.
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   [7]The Nudes
   by Jeremiah Lewis of [8]Fringe Blog
   A 50 word brief story rated PG.
   A man becomes aware of the beauty of women after he loses his sight.
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   [9]The Office of Second Chances
   by Donald S. Crankshaw of [10]Back of the Envelope
   A 226 word brief story rated PG.
   Less a short story than a premise for one, this answers the question
   of what happens when the hero fails to save the world.
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   [11]The Gathering of the Aetoi
   by Brad of [12]The Vega Mythos
   An 800 word excerpt from a 16,000 word story in progress rated PG.
   Vega Mythos is intended to be a contribution to the conspiracy theory
   genre. In the movie and novel Contact, Earth receives an
   extraterrestrial message from the star Vega. Shortly after seeing the
   movie I looked up the origin of the star's name. I thought it strange
   that Sagan chose a star whose name meant "The Falling Vulture". So I
   began playing around with the idea of there being something sinister
   about the star Vega. Thus Vega Mythos began. So far, The Vega Mythos
   has been an exercise in comparative religions for the most part. I
   haven't got around to addressing Contact, Sagan or wormholes just yet.
   It reads as nonfiction but the basic theme that ties the whole thing
   together is fictional, that is to say, it is a story. The excerpt I
   have submitted discusses the symbolism of vultures in the New
   Testement. Other chapters are listed to the left in a suggested order
   but it is a work in progress so it lacks continuity and completeness.
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   [13]The Morning After
   by D Kai Wilson of [14]Avalon's Mistress
   A 1,529 word short story rated PG.
   Written when a friend asked me what morphine felt like, in second
   person.
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   [15]Beasts
   by D Kai Wilson of [16]Avalon's Mistress
   A 1,535 word excerpt from an continuing novel rated PG-13.
   First chapter of a yet unnamed novel - talks about nuclear war and
   collecting material to record how the world once was.
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   [17]The Pathfinder: A Parallel Roads Novel (Prologue and Chapter 1)
   by Lyle Skains of [18]Hermitville
   A 2,700 word excerpt of a novel rated PG.
   At almost 25,000 miles in circumference, the Earth is a hard thing to
   lose. But lose it exactly what Gloria Walker does in the culmination
   of the worst day of her life. She awakens to a strange new set of
   worlds, where anything is possible, and where she alone is responsible
   for all of them.
   The Pathfinder: A Parallel Roads Novel is a science fiction/fantasy
   novel that tells the story of the one unique person in the universe
   who can travel between parallel dimensions without machines or magic.
   Susheel's conflicted love relations are complicated by his flickering
   perception of reality.
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   [19]An Arkham Welcome
   by Andrew Ian Dodge of [20]Dodgeblogium
   A 5,138 word short story rated PG-13.
   "It would be inaccurate to say that the Sage of Wales was pleased to
   be landing in Boston on this particular January morning. In fact, he
   would rather have been sitting on the opposite side of the ocean just
   passed over, reading by the fire, his dog Eden by his side. Alas, The
   Sage had been summoned by his Alma Mater to address them about some of
   his recent exploits in the study of and battle against Cthulhu."
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   This concludes the eighty-fourth Storyblogging Carnival.
   If you'd like to take part in a future carnival, please [21]contact
   me. I am also looking for hosts. Other carnivals can be found
   [22]here.
   The Storyblogging Carnival can be found at The Truth Laid Bear's
   [23]ÃberCarnival.

References

   1. http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/01/28/fisherman
   2. http://www.fringeblog.com/blog.php
   3. http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/01/14/brief_respite
   4. http://www.fringeblog.com/blog.php
   5. http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/02/01/how_future_people_fly
   6. http://www.fringeblog.com/blog.php
   7. http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/02/01/the_nudes
   8. http://www.fringeblog.com/blog.php
   9. http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/posts/1201756114.shtml
  10. http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/
  11. http://vegamythos.blogspot.com/2007/05/gathering-of-aetio.html
  12. http://vegamythos.blogspot.com/2007/05/gathering-of-aetio.html
  13. http://avalonsmistress.com/the-morning-after/
  14. http://avalonsmistress.com/
  15. http://avalonsmistress.com/beasts/
  16. http://avalonsmistress.com/
  17. http://hermitthecrab.blogspot.com/2008/01/pathfinder-prologue-and-chapter-1.html
  18. http://hermitthecrab.blogspot.com/
  19. http://www.andrewiandodge.com/2008/02/01/an_arkham_welcome/
  20. http://www.andrewiandodge.com/
  21. http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/contact/?to=donaldscrankshaw&subject=Re:+Storyblogging%20Carnival
  22. http://www.donaldscrankshaw.com/storyblogging_carnival
  23. http://www.truthlaidbear.com/ubercarnival.php