Diligent scribbling noises

[dreamer_easy]

Wrote 1000 words of a story for a new anthology, the nature of which shall remain a secret for now as it hasn't been announced yet AFAIK. However, if you've read Ray Bradbury's story The Silent Towns from The Martian Chronicles, it's partly inspired by that. (Not the sexist stuff, the creepy stuff. I want to compile a list of frightening stories involving telephones, including Bradbury's Night Call, Collect and Dial Double Zero, Clarke's Dial F for Frankenstein, and about half of Press Gang.)

I've started a new journal, greennotebook, in which to record words I don't know as I come across them, along with other word-related stuff. (There's nothing there yet but a few URLs.)

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Tracked it down! A perfect little SF story. Thank you! I'm both sad and glad I read it as an adult - if I'd been a kid it'd scared the hell out of me.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I'd be happy to post you the copy of Lieber's anthology The Secret Songs I picked up for, er, a song, if you'd like to replace the photocopy!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I might hang onto it then - I'm rather enjoying the other stories! I love that era of SF, where everything is like Bewitched.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[gdwessel.livejournal.com]

Also tangentially involving telephones, RINGU/THE RING features a telephone call with Sadako/Samara on the other end after watching the cursed video...

[dark-pheonix.livejournal.com]

Hee! You used my icon for your other journal. I feel loved.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

It is so q00l. I'm using System 2 or whatever it's called for the layout - instead of putting my usual credit in the ikon keywords, it's in the comments. Let me know if you can see it. If you'd prefer keyword credit I'm happy to do that as well / instead! Whatever's perlite. :-)