First Micro-Fic

The ending of The Dead Zone bothered me. Maybe as a reader I shouldn’t hope for the protagonist to receive some degree of cosmic justice. Either way, I’m very happy with the way the story itself played out. The pieces all fell into place smoothly, though not necessarily in a very cheerful tone. I recommend this book if you’re looking for a good thriller. Now I’m onto Chandler’s The High Window. I’m not a big mystery reader, but this was recommended by a friend, and I found it at a thrift store for a very cheap price. It’s really short, too, so it’s not like it will take too long to get through.

Hannaford’s produce department is slowly eating my soul. Though, it’s providing me with some laundry money for the upcoming semester. Which is… 24 days away!?

Earlier today, onefortyfiction.com posted a piece I submitted, ‘Thought Control,’ as their twit-fic of the day. I’m really psyched that they did decide to run it, and I do want to submit more to them in the near future. If you want to read it, it’s also archived here: http://www.onefortyfiction.com/archives/thought-control

Also, I stumbled upon this video.

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Dead Zone Days

I’m currently reading Stephen King’s The Dead Zone. The first fourth of the book has been a nice ride, and I hope the pace continues. One of the characters just broke out of a four-year coma, only to find his mother coping with mild insanity, the girl he loved remarried, and his father having the ‘I was kinda hoping that you died’ talk with him. I’m hoping that the book takes a more cheerful turn for him.

On the way to Wal*Mart, a friend dropped a comment to me about going to school in Vermont, where I will be making absolutely no connection towards my future career. It’s not a very reassuring thought, but is the nurturing isolation of Mount Anthony potentially cutting me off from the real world? I have a tab in my Firefox browser for most of the major cities in the US, linked to their ‘Writing Adds’ page on Craigslist. This is how I obtained the mini-internship, but I rarely find any listings where I can actively do something. Though, this is how I did discover Instigatorzine. I would like to pursue the Writer’s Market more for my future short story submissions. I like to think that I’m ‘getting my shit together,’ but every day the road ahead grows darker.

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