The WonderArt Thread

[BethAnne]

I mentioned a new poetry competition on StoriesSpace in the Ape's Writing thread. Now I have a poem in the game. It's a bit short, but I think it gets at the "Beyond the Veil" theme in a rather different way. See what you think.

On The Beauty That Lies Beneath

Nature's beauty only hides the real beauty

www.storiesspace.com

Wonderful!

 

[Mendalla]

In my ongoing attempt to make publishing a new horror or ghost story for Halloween a tradition, I have posted a new story about a nice old woman and her sweet little black cat. Or are they really that "nice" and "sweet"? The naughty boys of the neighbourhood are about to find out the hard way. Mwahahahaha! (cue lightning and thunder)

So pour some pumpkin spice chai, light your jack'o'lantern, and settle back in your chair to read about...

Grace of Bigelow Street

 

[BetteTheRed]

Oh, I do like that story, Mendalla.

 

[BethAnne]

I haven't read it yet...will have to

 

[Waterfall]

I also enjoyed your story. No Grace from Grace....she's nasty.

 

[BethAnne]

Great read @Mendalla

 

[BetteTheRed]

No Grace from Grace....she's nasty.

More just than nasty. And she did give them warning. Stupid men don't listen, particularly to older women, and sometimes karma is just a bitch.

 

[Mendalla]

More just than nasty. And she did give them warning. Stupid men don't listen, particularly to older women, and sometimes karma is just a bitch.

Funnily enough, an old German guy on another site wasn't completely happy with the ending. Though ending with dead people wasn't called for, basically. Liked it otherwise though.

 

[BetteTheRed]

Funnily enough, an old German guy on another site wasn't completely happy with the ending. Though ending with dead people wasn't called for, basically. Liked it otherwise though.

Sorta agree, in that I'm not sure the bad luck needed to go that far, but it didn't spoil the story for me. Some more unconventional bad luck might have worked as well.

 

[Waterfall]

It's almost religious, Grace gives grace to those who know her rules and willing to learn from her teachings so they will inherit Bigalow street.....or go to hell.

 

[BethAnne]

Funnily enough, an old German guy on another site wasn't completely happy with the ending. Though ending with dead people wasn't called for, basically. Liked it otherwise though.

I must be vindictive at heart as I thought it was a great ending - and as mentioned above, she warned them

 

[Luce NDs]

Something has to die at the end it is just the nature of progression so there can be some kind of resurrection, rehabilitation, recycle or other kind of recovery in aliens states ... so it goes as soliloquy (me myself I am told by one source as reproduction is censured). presence as a populace is just an illusion --- God vanity?

 

[JayneWonders]

I was surprised by the ending, but, i also look forward to the sequel.
What happens tomorrow?

 

[Luce NDs]

That's another daze ... dealing with ... well we just don't know because of the excitement, chaos and distraught nature of the contained ...

Someone sang out ... Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends ... thus it repeats like a Revelation or apocalyptical event whereas one can look back at the trailing self ...

On another note a group reading Finnegan's Wake found the same disturbance off the stern ... under the poop deck ... where something prevails ... brute Aye?

Discriminating's ... divine eh? Like Y's ... splitting of hares ... Ray production? Spectra ...

 

[Mendalla]

New competition on StoriesSpace with the theme of The Sound of Silence. And, somewhat ironically, my entry draw on my current fascination with heavy music. A singer in a metal band seeks silence and learns a lesson about what silence really means.

Scream Away The Silence

While the singer is based more on figures like Courtney Laplante of the band Spiritbox and Tatiana Shmayluk of Jinger, the title actually riffs on lyrics from a Floor Jansen solo song, which also gets referenced at least once in the story. The two videos below show off the talents of three of singers who kind of inspired the main character. The first has Courtney and Tatiana teaming in a performance by Spiritbox at the Louder Than Life festival this year. The second is also from that festival and has the solo artist Poppy joining Spiribox on stage.

 

[Mendalla]

And "Fire", the song by Floor Jansen referenced in the title and at least once in the story.

 

[Mendalla]

And my story in the Writer's Block competition is done and in. A writer struggling with his latest work goes to his friend's bookstore seeking a break and ends up going in a new direction.

Dash

Sometimes, all it takes is trying something new

www.storiesspace.com

 

[BethAnne]

And my story in the Writer's Block competition is done and in. A writer struggling with his latest work goes to his friend's bookstore seeking a break and ends up going in a new direction.

Dash

Sometimes, all it takes is trying something new

www.storiesspace.com

Just read this! Really enjoyed it and the twist

 

[Jaebius]

And my story in the Writer's Block competition is done and in. A writer struggling with his latest work goes to his friend's bookstore seeking a break and ends up going in a new direction.

Dash

Sometimes, all it takes is trying something new

www.storiesspace.com

Does he turn into a superhero?

 

[Mendalla]

Does he turn into a superhero?

No superheroes. "Dash" is actually a WWII/Cold War pulp action hero.

The story didn't win any prizes, but came fifth out of the top ten so two places off the podium.