Another old one. I submitted it to Clarkeworld, and got binned.
I ran it past Critters. Some mixed responses. Some people really liked it, they ‘got it’. Lots of people hated it, and didn’t really know what it was about. Still, somewhat encouraging.
Again, text format only for now:
I guess the main verdict on it was that it was too rushed. Which is fair enough, I wrote it in a morning, in about 4 hours or so…
New story: ArchaeologistReportA51253
I wrote this absolutely ages ago actually, just before I started playing with interactive fiction.
I submitted it to … Strange Horizons? … it was a while back, I can’t really remember. Anyway it got rejected :-/ I think it’s an interesting story though.
Anyway…. :
New Short Story: Virtual Crime.
Oscar is sentenced to death for speeding in a computer game.
3800 words.
New story: “The Freezer”.
4500 Words. Finished 31 May 2009.
Toby duplicates himself, with adverse consequencees for his life.
Influences: “My Other Life”, by Chuck Rothman; and “Anachron“, by Damon Knight.
This is the first of my short stories that my girlfriend thinks is well written.